by qdmhistory | Jan 17, 2022 | Popular
On January 17th, 2007, scientists changed the Doomsday Clock from seven minutes to midnight up to five minutes to midnight. This change indicated their belief that the world had edged closer to nuclear armageddon. Although this was in direct response to North...
by qdmhistory | Jan 16, 2022 | Popular
On January 16, 1970, four months after leading a revolt that ousted King Idris 1’s governance, Gaddafi became the chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, the then ruling governing body. Muammar Gaddafi, the energetic and brilliant 27-year old colonel, had...
by qdmhistory | Jan 15, 2022 | Popular
The Purity Distilling Company of Boston, Massachusetts, was the site of an unusual disaster that claimed the lives of 21 people, injuring another 150. A tank measuring 50 feet high with a 90-foot diameter contained molasses that was being stored at the facility before...
by qdmhistory | Jan 13, 2022 | Popular
Afghanistan has a reputation for being the Graveyard of Empires. This is much exaggerated because the region has been an integral part of a number of very successful empires. However, the western perspective is dominated by three things – the War in Afghanistan...
by qdmhistory | Jan 12, 2022 | Popular
On January 12, 1967, Dr. James Bedford, an ordinary psychology professor, died an all-too-common death from cancer. Then his story got really weird. That’s because he had decided to take the Life Extension Society’s offer of free cryonic preservation for...
by qdmhistory | Jan 11, 2022 | Popular
On January 11 in 1838, the modern world was invented. Or, at least, the invention that would give rise to the modern world was demonstrated for the first time. This invention, the telegraph, made the world a smaller, more connected place. For the first time in human...
