Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
08 July 20: Cuts
During the worst years of the Depression (1933-1934) the overall jobless rate was 25% with another 25% taking wage cuts or working part-time. The gross national product fell by almost 50%.
08 May 24: Victoria
Victoria Day, colloquially known as May Two-four, May Long, or May Run is a federal Canadian statutory holiday celebrated on the last Monday before or on 24 May, in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday.
08 May 12: Taboo
‘During the war, Chinese feminists continued their struggle on two fronts. In 1938, Mao Liying founded the Chinese Career Women's Club in Shanghai, which addressed both their society's gender assumptions and the Japanese occupation.
In Shanghai, where public baths were closed to women, members of the club held ‘bathing parties,’ during which they rented a hotel room, and in which they sang, danced and ate, as they took turns taking baths. Club members also bicycled around Shanghai in groups, breaking another cultural taboo.’
Source: ‘Shanghai in 1942’
In Shanghai, where public baths were closed to women, members of the club held ‘bathing parties,’ during which they rented a hotel room, and in which they sang, danced and ate, as they took turns taking baths. Club members also bicycled around Shanghai in groups, breaking another cultural taboo.’
Source: ‘Shanghai in 1942’
08 April 13: DPs
Estimates for the number of displaced persons during World War II varies from 11 million to as many as 20 million.
08 April 8: Aztecs
The ancient Aztecs believed we are born without a face and that we must win our faces bit by bit as we grow.
08 March 25: Di
Princess Diana's funeral was viewed by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world.
08 March 5: Degree
Percentage of immigrants who arrived in Canada before 2001 with a university degree: 28; percentage of recent immigrants with a university degree: 51.
08 February 4: History
Sunday's Superbowl was the most-watched ever, with 97.5 million viewers in the United States, a total that is second only to the M-A-S-H finale audience. The final M-A-S-H episode, which drew 106 million viewers in 1983, is the only other show in American broadcast history watched by more people.
December 30: Boleyn
Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was the mother of the future Queen Elizabeth I, born in September 1533.
November 22: Bicentenary
On March 25, 1801, the British Parliament passed An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 26 years later, passage of the Slavery Abolition Act abolished slavery throughout the British Empire.
October 27: Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first US President to have power over all 50 US states.
October 14: Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought between the United States and Japan in February and March 1945, during the Pacific Campaign of World War II.
October 9: Titanic
Despite the myth of ‘women and children first’, the survival rate for First Class men on the Titanic was higher than for Third Class children.
Before the Titanic, the SS Atlantic was the worst ocean liner disaster in history (April 1, 1873).
Before the Titanic, the SS Atlantic was the worst ocean liner disaster in history (April 1, 1873).
August 22: Chicago
I learned a lot reading these Two Chicago Stories. If you can, take five minutes to read them. Amazing!
August 9: Churchill
‘A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.’
I did not know that these were Winston Churchill's words about Russia in 1939. Now I know.
I did not know that these were Winston Churchill's words about Russia in 1939. Now I know.
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