The Ludlow Massacre of 1914 occurred when the Colorado National Guard and forces from the coal mining companies fired into a group of striking coal miners. The striking miners had erected a tent colony in Ludlow, Colorado, land leased by the miner’s union close to a mine whose chief owner was John D. Rockefeller Jr. Shooting […]
The Scopes Monkey Trial was the trial which brought the issue of whether or not it was appropriate to teach evolution in public schools to the forefront of the national consciousness. On one side of the argument stood those believing in the literal interpretation of the bible and on the other side were those who […]
The incident is detailed in a book called The Washing Away of Wrongs by Song Ci. The investigator determined that a villager was murdered by a sickle. They also knew that blow flies are attracted to human tissue and blood. With these two pieces of knowledge the investigator asked the members of the village to […]
The mansion was built by Sarah Winchester in the Santa Clara Valley of California after she was left the sole remaining heir to the company which made Winchester rifles. Her husband, the son of the founder of the company, and infant daughter had died leaving Sarah in sole possession of a sizable fortune. The distraught […]
During 1786 and 1787, Daniel Shay led thousands of farmers in a rebellion against the Massachusetts State Government called Shay’s Rebellion. The participants were all fed up with the economic conditions after the Revolutionary War that saw them lose their land and possessions when they couldn’t pay their taxes. During this time, the federal government was […]
President James Garfield was shot twice in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station by Charles Guiteau. One of the physicians who visited him in the station, before he was transported back to the White House, was Charles Burleigh Purvis. Purvis was one of the founders of the Howard University Medical School, a historically black university. […]
When Charles Guiteau wrote a speech in support of Grant for the 1880 presidential campaign the prevailing belief was that Ulysses S. Grant would be the Republican Party’s nominee for president. When the nomination went to James Garfield instead, Guiteau changed the name throughout his speech from Grant to Garfield and left the rest of […]
Kin selection is the principle that genetic material could best be passed down by helping one’s relatives even if it meant the individual’s reproductive success might suffer. Bees are a prime example of this behavior. A large majority of a hive is sterile and the worker bees leave all reproductive duties to the queen. J.B.S. […]
Tate’s Invasion occurred in 1797. The French force, led by Colonel William Tate, was the last time a foreign force landed on British soil. The French force ultimately surrendered to British forces but the invasion led to the suspended conversion of banknotes issued by the Bank of England into gold. In order to issue some […]
The Gordon Riots of 1780 began when Lord Gordon, head of the Protestant Association, led Londoners on an anti-Catholic protest that turned violent and became widespread rioting. Gun makers, in an attempt to keep firearms out of the rioters hands, sent their weapons to the Tower of London. The Tower was the headquarters of the […]
