Month: October 2023
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The United States Army Executed By Hanging Four Native Americans Found Guilty of Killing American Civil War General Edward Canby during the Modoc War in Oregon. October 3, 1873.
Image: Major General Edward Canby (Public Domain). On this day in history, October 3, 1873, the United States Army executed by hanging four Native Americans found guilty of killing American Civil War general Edward Canby during the Modoc War in Oregon. Canby was the highest-ranking army officer and the only general ever murdered by Native…
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The City of Jerusalem, Under Balian of Ibelin, a Christian Crusader, Surrendered to Saladin’s Army After 88 years of Christian Control. October 2, 1187.
Image: Saladin (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 2, 1187, the City of Jerusalem, under Balian of Ibelin, a Christian crusader, surrendered to Saladin’s army after 88 years of Christian control. Despite planning to kill all Christians in Jerusalem as revenge for the slaughter of Muslims in 1099, Saladin agreed to let them…
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Amazing Vintage Photographs of Clark Gable Who Served in Uniform, Flew Combat Missions in World War II
Clark Gable was an American hero. Not because of his superstar status where he earned the title “The King Of Hollywood”, but because he gave up that life and put himself in great peril to serve his country in World War II. He and his wife Carole Lombard were active in the war bonds effort…
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Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow Drowns Off the North Carolina Coast When a Yankee Vessel Runs Her Ship Aground, and She Falls in While Holding $2000 in Gold. October 1, 1864.
Image: Rose O’Neal Greenhow with her youngest daughter and namesake, “Little” Rose, at the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., 1862. (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 1, 1864, Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow drowns off the North Carolina coast when a Yankee vessel runs her ship aground, and she falls in while holding…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 