by qdmhistory | Apr 20, 2022 | History, Uncategorized
On April 20, 1999, tragedy struck the town of Littleton, Colorado, when two teenagers went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School. The Columbine High School Massacre was, at the time, the worst school shooting in U.S. history. The tragedy began at 11:10 in the...
by qdmhistory | Apr 3, 2022 | History
On April 3, 1978, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call. Cooper stood near a 900 MHz base station on Sixth Avenue in New York City and called the Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey. This call was made on DynaTAC (dynamic adaptive total...
by qdmhistory | Oct 31, 2021 | History
In 1503 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to repaint the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome; however, he did not live to see the finished work. On October 31, 1541, Pope Paul III and Emperor Charles V attended a ceremony unveiling Michelangelo’s...
by qdmhistory | Oct 29, 2021 | History
The events of October 29, 1929, or Black Tuesday as it is called, had far-reaching consequences that led to a decade-long economic slump felt throughout the United States and the world, shaping history and causing widespread suffering. A Weakening Economy in a...
by qdmhistory | Oct 28, 2021 | History
The Volstead Act, formally known as the National Prohibition Act of 1919, was passed on October 28, 1919, to implement the eighteenth amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors and beverages in the United States. Wayne...
by qdmhistory | Oct 26, 2021 | History
One time in history, young men rode horses to deliver mail from Missouri to California. This first-time journey took ten days. The communication system along the Pony Express National Historic Trail was one of the direct and practical means of east-west communications...
