Category: event & history

• “Miss Dior:” Member of the French Resistance During World War II

  November 26, 2024

  1940s, Buchenwald, Catherine Dior, Christian Dior, Concentration Camps, Croix de Guerre, espionage, event & history, F2 Franco-Polish Resistance network, French Resistance, French Women, Gestapo, Hervé des Charbonneries, History Daily, Legion of Honour, Nazi, Paris, Spies, Trolley de Prévaux, World War II

  1940s, Buchenwald, Catherine Dior, Christian Dior, Concentration Camps, Croix de Guerre, espionage, event & history, F2 Franco-Polish Resistance network, French Resistance, French Women, Gestapo, Hervé des Charbonneries, History Daily, Legion of Honour, Nazi, Paris, spy, Trolley de Prévaux, World War II

• Matthew Henson – The First Man to the North Pole, 1909.

   Image: Matthew Henson, American explorer. 1910. Matthew Henson – The First Man to the North Pole, 1909. On April 6, 1909, a team of six men on dog sleds, including the first person to stand on top of the world, an African American man named Matthew Henson, travelled 413 nautical miles off the coast of…

  November 26, 2024

  1890s, 1900s, African American Explorer, American History, Ellesmere Island, event & history, First Man to North Pole, History Daily, Inuit Guides, Matthew Henson, North Pole, Polar Explorer, racism, Robert Peary, Unrecognized Achievement

  1890s, 1900s, African American Explorer, American History, Ellesmere Island, event & history, First Man to North Pole, History Daily, Inuit Guides, Matthew Henson, North Pole, Polar Explorer, racism, Robert Peary, Unrecognized Achievement

• November 7, 1872: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?

  

  November 7, 2024

  1800s, 1870s, American History, Captain Benjamin Briggs, Captain David Morehouse, Crew of Mary Celeste Never Found, Dei Gratia, event & history, History Daily, Incident Investigated, Mary Celeste, Santa Maria Island, Ship Abandoned, Shipping

  1800s, 1870s, American History, Captain Benjamin Briggs, Captain David Morehouse, Crew of Mary Celeste Never Found, Dei Gratia, event & history, History Daily, Incident Investigated, Mary Celeste, Santa Maria Island, Ship Abandoned, Shipping

• The Anaconda Plan During the American Civil War

  

  October 17, 2024

  1800s, 1860s, American Civil War, American History, Battle of Vicksburg, Blocade Runners, Blocade Runners, Confederate Army, Confederate Navy, event & history, General Winfield Scott, George Yost, History Daily, Ironclad Gunboat, Mississippi River, Monitors, Southern States, The Anaconda Plan, The Confederacy, Union Army, Union Navy, USS Cairo

  1800s, 1860s, American Civil War, American History, Battle of Vicksburg, Blocade Runners, Confederate Army, Confederate Navy, event & history, General Winfield Scott, George Yost, History Daily, Ironclad Gunboat, Mississippi River, Monitors, Southern States, The Anaconda Plan, The Confederacy, Union Army, Union Navy, USS Cairo

• Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl and the Końskie Massacre. September 12, 1939.

  

  September 12, 2024

  1930s, event & history, Filmmaker, History Daily, Invasion of Poland, Jewish People Massacred, Konskie Massacre, Leni Riefenstahl, Nazi Germany, Nazi Propaganda, War Crimes, War Crimes Trial, World War II, XIV Panzer Corps

  1930s, event & history, Filmmaker, History Daily, Invasion of Poland, Jewish People Massacred, Konskie Massacre, Leni Riefenstahl, Nazi Germany, Nazi Propaganda, War Crimes, War Crimes Trial, World War II, XIV Panzer Corps

• Former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo Attempts Suicide. September 11, 1945.

  

  Image: General Hideki Tojo lies semiconscious, limp in a chair with a gaping bullet wound just below the heart after a botched attempt to kill himself as American soldiers surround his house. September 11, 1945. On September 11, 1945, former Japanese Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo attempted suicide as American soldiers arrived at his home…

  September 12, 2024

  1940s, event & history, Execution, Hideki Tojo, History Daily, Imperial Japan, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Japanese Prime Minister, Suicide Attempt, United States, War Crimes, War Crimes Trial

  1940s, event & history, Execution, Hideki Tojo, History Daily, Imperial Japanese Navy, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Japanese Prime Minister, Suicide Attempt, United States, War Crimes, War Crimes Trial

• Hans Butzke and His Teddy Bear

  

  September 11, 2024

  1930s, 1940s, Austria, event & history, Final Solution, German Army, Germany, Hans Butzke, History Daily, Jews, United States, Vienna, ViennaAustria, World War II

  1930s, 1940s, Austria, event & history, Final Solution, Hans Butzke, History Daily, Jews, United States, Vienna, World War II

• Norway’s Traitor: Vidkun Quisling is Sentenced to Death

  

  September 11, 2024

  1940s, event & history, History Daily, Nazi Germany, Norway, Traitor, Vidkun Quisling, World War II

  1940s, Collaborator with the Nazis, event & history, History Daily, Nazi Germany, Norway, Traitor, Vidkun Quisling, World War II

• Did Ernest Hemingway Really Kill More Than 100 Germans During the Second World War?

  

  August 28, 2024

  1940s, American History, Ernest Hemingway, event & history, French Resistance, History Daily, Liberation of Paris 1944, OSS, Ritz Hotel, War Correspondents, World War II

  1940s, American History, Ernest Hemingway, event & history, French Resistance, History Daily, Liberation of Paris 1944, OSS, Ritz Hotel, War Correspondents, World War II

• Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944.

  

  Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944. With German forces withdrawing in France, and Paris on the cusp of liberation, the Nazis continue their brutal treatment of the civilian population. On August 24, 1944, the village of Buchères (10800) near Troyes was to experience a day of horror. The previous evening, FFI fighters set up a…

  August 25, 2024

  1940s, 68 Murdered, event & history, Executions, French Forces of the Interior (FFI), History Daily, Massacre at Bucheres, France 1944, Waffen SS 51st Brigade, War Crimes, World War II

  1940s, 1944, 68 Murdered, event & history, Executions, France 1944, French Forces of the Interior (FFI), French Resistance, History Daily, Massacre at Bucheres, Waffen SS 51st Brigade, War Crimes, World War II