by qdmhistory | Nov 23, 2021 | Popular
On Saturday 23rd November 2019, at 17:35 local time, Iman, Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhino, was declared dead. She was the last known specimen of her kind in the Asian country and was 25 years old. Just six months before this tragic incident, the last male...
by qdmhistory | Nov 21, 2021 | Popular
On November 21, 1934, The New York Yankees absorbed a 19-year old Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco for five other players and $50,000. DiMaggio’s Early Start November 21, 1934, The New York Yankees absorbed a 19-year old Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco for five other...
by qdmhistory | Nov 20, 2021 | Popular
On November 20, 1695, the townspeople of Quilombo dos Palmares observed as Portuguese soldiers attached the severed head of Zumbi, the last Warrior king of Palmares, onto a stake right in the middle of the central plaza. Palmares, then a city of runaway slaves, was...
by qdmhistory | Nov 19, 2021 | Popular
November 19, 1863, President Lincoln delivered one of the most iconic speeches during the formal dedication of Gettysburg national cemetery for the fallen soldiers who died in battle. In attendance is Secretary Seward, Hon. Edward Everett, various state governors, and...
by qdmhistory | Nov 17, 2021 | Popular
In the years before the ascension of Elizabeth I, England experienced much political and social change. Elizabeth’s father, King Henry the VIII, caused religious disorder and upset over his marital scandals when he broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and...
by qdmhistory | Nov 16, 2021 | Popular
The hills were alive with The Sound of Music in the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in New York City on this day. That was when Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic Broadway musical opened with Mary Martin playing Maria von Trapp. The show was based on the real-life...
