by qdmhistory | Oct 15, 2021 | Popular
By 1969, the US had been involved in the Vietnam War for over a decade and suffered over 40,000 casualties. Though many politicians insisted the war was necessary to stop the spread of Communism further into Asia, the conflict and the draft remained deeply unpopular...
by qdmhistory | Oct 13, 2021 | Popular
On October 13, 2010, 33 miners slowly emerged from a capsule that was repeatedly lowered deep in the ground. The miners had been trapped far underground for 69 days, ever since an explosion in the mine had trapped them there on August 5th. For 17 days after the...
by qdmhistory | Oct 12, 2021 | Popular
Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, and his crew left Spain with 3 ships named: the Pinta, the Santa Maria, and the Nina for his first voyage at sea. He wanted to discover a new route to the Orient. He also wanted to bring back treasures for Spain. On this...
by qdmhistory | Oct 10, 2021 | Popular
The Windscale plant fire accident on October 10, 1957 was Britain’s most severe nuclear accident. The Windscale nuclear reactor plant was producing plutonium for the UK to make its atomic hydrogen bombs. Britain used the first explosive material to test its...
by qdmhistory | Oct 9, 2021 | Popular
On this day of October 9 in 1986, The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber premiered in London’s West End, and it has since gone on to become the most successful stage musical of the contemporary era, as well as the longest-running on Broadway. Who can...
by qdmhistory | Oct 7, 2021 | Popular
On October 7th, the famed musical “Cats” debuted on Broadway in New York City. It was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on a 1939 collection of poetry by T. S. Eliot called “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” which is where...
