by qdmhistory | Jan 4, 2022 | Popular
On January 4, 1780, a severe snowstorm bore down on George Washington and his troops at Morristown, New Jersey. Then six years into the Revolutionary War, Morristown was chosen to be the army’s encampment for the winter. The conditions soldiers faced throughout...
by qdmhistory | Jan 3, 2022 | Popular
Greta Thunberg (born January 3, 2003, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish environmental activist who has fought to combat global warming. She started the Fridays for Future campaign in 2018. (also called School Strike for Climate). Greta was diagnosed with Asperger...
by qdmhistory | Jan 2, 2022 | Popular
On January 2nd, 1947, Mahatma Gandhi began his march for peace in East Bengal, one of his last significant protests before his assassination the following year. Religious intolerance was on the rise across the subcontinent, and Gandhi, dismayed by this, wanted to end...
by qdmhistory | Jan 1, 2022 | Popular
On January 1, 1892, the first day of the new year, Ellis Island opened as a United States immigration inspection station. While preparing to open, three ships had already arrived and were eagerly waiting to dock. Records show an impressive 700 newcomers were processed...
by qdmhistory | Dec 31, 2021 | Popular
On this day in history, a small group of conspirators hatched a plan to assassinate the Roman Emperor Commodus. On Dec 31st, AD 192, the conspirators procured the services of the young wrestler to end the emperor’s life. The wrestler strangled Commodus in his...
by qdmhistory | Dec 30, 2021 | Popular
Grigori Rasputin, also known as the Mad Monk, wasn’t actually a monk but a self-proclaimed holy man who was thought to have mystical healing powers. He became friends with Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra in 1905 and supposedly healed their hemophiliac...
