Tag: 1930s
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Nine young black men were taken off the Southern Railway line in Paint Rock, Alabama, and arrested for throwing a group of white teens off the train further up the line. March 25, 1931
Image: Scottsboro Boys and Juanita Jackson Mitchell, 1936. (Public Domain) On this day in history, March 25, 1931, nine young black men were taken off the Southern Railway line in Paint Rock, Alabama, and arrested for throwing a group of white teens off the train further up the line. Two white women aboard the train,…
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Canadian-Born Silent Film Star Florence Lawrence Died by Suicide in Beverley Hills, California. She Was 52 years old. She Was Best Known for Her Roles in Nearly 300 films, and Lawrence Was Also an Inventor. December 28, 1938.
Image: Florence Lawrence (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 28, 1938, Canadian-born silent film star Florence Lawrence died by suicide in Beverley Hills, California. She was 52 years old. She was best known for her roles in nearly 300 films, and Lawrence was also an inventor. She created the first “auto signaling arm,”…
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During the Nanking Massacre in the Sino-Japanese War, the U.S. Gunboat Panay Was Attacked and Destroyed by Japanese Warplanes in Chinese Waters. December 12, 1937.
Image: The U.S. Navy river gunboat USS Panay (PR-5) sinking after Japanese air attack on Nanking, China, on 12 December 1937, in what became known as the Panay incident. (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 12, 1937, during the Nanking Massacre in the Sino-Japanese War, the U.S. gunboat Panay was attacked and destroyed…
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Edward VIII Decides to Abdicate After the British Government, the Public, and the Church of England Denounced His Choice to Marry the American Divorcee, Wallis Warfield Simpson. December 11, 1936.
Image: Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson on their Mediterranean holiday, 1936. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 11, 1936, after ruling as king for less than one year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to renounce the throne willingly. He decided to abdicate after the British government, the public, and the Church…
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Public Enemy No. 1 Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was Shot and Killed by Bureau of Investigation Officers in a Cornfield in East Liverpool, Ohio. October 22, 1934
Image: Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 22, 1934, Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was shot and killed by multiple gunshots by Bureau of Investigation officers in a cornfield in East Liverpool, Ohio. Floyd, Public Enemy No.1 since the death of fellow gangster John Dillinger on July 22, 1934, who…
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History Daily: August 30
SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN Image: The Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, fought August 29th and 30th, 1862. On August 30, 1862, the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, ends with a Confederate victory over Federal forces. The battle was the culmination of the Northern Virginia Campaign waged by Confederate…
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History Daily: August 28
EMMETT TILL IS MURDERED Image: Emmett Till (Wikimedia Commons) On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American boy from Chicago, is viciously murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. His murderers—the white woman’s husband and his brother—made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton gin…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 