The American Independence day is July 4, 1776. Our founding forefathers did not just wake up one day and decide to rebel against the power of the British King George III. With continual assaults on colonist and increasing tariffs on colonial goods and imports from England, the American people were enraged. By May 10, 1775, [...]
- In 1871-2, England, with 98% of the population aged between 2 and 50 vaccinated against smallpox, it experienced its worst ever smallpox outbreak with 45,000 deaths. During the same period in Germany, with a vaccination rate of 96%, there were over 125,000 deaths from smallpox. – In Germany, compulsory mass vaccination against diphtheria commenced [...]
Here are some strange, silly and weird historical facts that will set you wonder what made them the rule of the times. Some of these dumb facts in history and cultures of the past have filtered down to our times in a very different form than from the time when they were originated:
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The Board of Education is the central governing body of the New York City public school system. When the Board was first formed in 1842, each city ward elected its own school commissioners, trustees, and inspectors, two of whom sat on the central Board of Education. The following timeline traces the changes in governance of [...]
The Great Depression was the worst economic depression in United States history. It started on October 29, 1929, a day known as Black Tuesday when the stock market crashed. This crashing of the stock market actually started the previous Thursday when market dropped 9%. Historians point to several factors that caused this crash. Looking back [...]
