by qdmhistory | Oct 8, 2022 | History
On October 8, 1869, United States President Franklin Pierce died at 64. He succumbed to liver cirrhosis and died at his home in New Hampshire. He was the first and only president from New Hampshire; President Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United...
by qdmhistory | Oct 7, 2022 | History
For most of maritime history, sailing the open oceans meant captains coped with storms as a consistent threat. Such was the case in October 1737, when a storm formed in the North Indian Ocean and then went north, slamming into the mouth of the Hooghly River close to...
by qdmhistory | Oct 6, 2022 | History
If you were in or near Chicago, Illinois in mid-late 2016, there was no getting around baseball fever. Baseball was on fans' minds everywhere, and for good reason. The Cubs finally had the chance to vanquish a curse that had plagued them since October 6, 1945. A...
by qdmhistory | Oct 5, 2022 | History
On the morning of October 5th, in the marketplace of Paris, a group of women began to gather.The Price of Bread and a DrumOn the precipice of a revolution in France, the price of bread, and violence, were on the rise. Caused by poor policy decisions and a particularly...
by qdmhistory | Oct 4, 2022 | History
WikiLeaks, created on October 4, 2006, was said by Julian Assange to have been created to allow the press to more quickly access and cover information leaks.Founding and First LeaksJulian Assange, taking inspiration from the release of the Pentagon Papers of 1971,...
