July 16, 1927 — Henry Ford publicly apologises for his anti-Semitism
Henry Ford, famously the founder of the Ford Motor Company, was also something of an anti-Semite. The kind of something...
July 9, 2019
Crime & Law
August 7, 1930 — Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith are lynched
On the evening of August 6, 1930, Thomas Shipp, Abram Smith and James Cameron were arrested for the murder of...
May 29, 2019
January 16, 1935 — Kate ‘Ma’ Barker is killed in a shootout with the FBI
The Barker-Karpis gang was, in its time, one of the most feared and deadly gangs of criminals in the United...
May 19, 2019
September 3, 1941 — Zyklon B is first used at Auschwitz
One of the deadliest chemicals ever invented, Zyklon B is a derivative of Prussic acid. It was invented in 1922...
January 14, 2019
December 12, 1941 — Hitler announces the destruction of the Jews
Of all things, it was the entry of the United States into the war that prompted Hitler to move the...
January 4, 2019
March 19, 1943 — Frank ‘The Enforcer’ Nitti commits suicide
The man in charge of all the muscle for Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit, Nitti was busted along with Capone in...
November 19, 2018
September 5, 1945 — Iva Toguri D’Aquino is arrested under suspicion of being “Tokyo Rose”
During the Second World War, Japanese propagandist and DJ Tokyo Rose broadcasted to American and Allied soldiers from somewhere behind...
October 4, 2018
August 10, 1949 — John George Haigh is executed for murder
The murderous career of John George Haigh is an object lesson in the importance of forensics in obtaining convictions. Haigh...
August 29, 2018
September 6, 1949 — Howard Unruh goes on a killing spree
Sometimes, you really think that these things should have been caught earlier than they were. Surely, for example, someone in...
August 24, 2018
July 17, 1951 — The Bantu Authorities Act comes into force in South Africa
The Bantu Authorities Act was one of the major foundations of apartheid in South Africa. It permitted the forced removal...
June 4, 2018
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