by qdmhistory | Dec 17, 2022 | History
While swimming in an area near Portsea, Victoria, Prime Minister Harold Holt suddenly vanished without a trace. A massive search party was put together, and despite many hours spent looking for him, they never found his body.BackgroundHarold Holt was born on August 5,...
by qdmhistory | Dec 16, 2022 | History
Alcatraz spent 29 months holding some of the country's most notorious criminals, including Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Robert Franklin Stroud. Despite being dubbed as inescapable, several prison escapes were made on the island. Over the...
by qdmhistory | Dec 15, 2022 | History
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the best-known historical figures associated with France. However, it took nineteen years for Napoleon’s funeral. Why, you may ask? After he lost his last battle, he was exiled to the Island of Elba in the Mediterranean Sea, this...
by qdmhistory | Dec 14, 2022 | History
She was only six days old when Princess Mary Stuart inherited the Scottish Crown. Born December 8, 1542, the infant queen was too young to take over the daily tasks of the head of state. In her place, regents, and for a time, her mother ruled Scotland. Princess Mary...
by qdmhistory | Dec 13, 2022 | History
The prospect of a global court that could levy punishment on sovereign nations is a relatively new system that's barely a century old. By the end of the nineteenth century, the world's strongest countries had established colonies worldwide. This created the...
