by qdmhistory | Mar 25, 2022 | Popular
Billboard Magazine tracks the popularity of various songs and albums, both in the United States and all over the world. It has long been one of the music industry’s leading indicators of a work’s relative popularity. On March 25, 1939, Billboard Magazine...
by qdmhistory | Mar 24, 2022 | Popular
On March 4, 2020, Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, took drastic steps to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Although India had been slow to develop new cases, once they reached 500 in number, Modi decided that it was time to take immediate and...
by qdmhistory | Mar 23, 2022 | Popular
Early in 1775, the budding American Revolution was looking like it would wither and die before it even got started. Revolting against the British government was a rather big step, and a lot of people were not comfortable with taking it. Many didn’t dislike everything...
by qdmhistory | Mar 22, 2022 | Popular
On March 22, 1954, Northland Center, the first regional shopping center, opened in Michigan. Architect Victor Gruen designed this mall, and its construction began in 1952. The 1.4 million square foot property was constructed at about $25 million and served as a...
by qdmhistory | Mar 21, 2022 | Popular
On March 21, 1349, a massacre against the Jewish community was committed in Erfurt, Germany. The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, had spread across Europe three years earlier. To date, no other pandemic has proven more devastating than the Bubonic. Along...
by qdmhistory | Mar 20, 2022 | Popular
On March 20, 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel was published. The book was comprised of two volumes and sought to depict the cruel reality of slavery through the titular character Uncle Tom, an enslaved African-American man. At the...
