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16th August 1858: Queen Victoria sends the first transatlantic telegram

16th August 2023
Tagged as: Atlantic, Buchanan, Queen Victoria, Science, Technology, Telegraph

Queen Victoria sent the first telegram using the newly-installed transatlantic telegraph cable to US President James Buchanan.

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9th January 1861: Star of the West fired upon by South Carolina batteries as it approached Fort Sumter

9th January 2021
Tagged as: American Civil War, Buchanan, Civil War, Fort Sumter, New York, South Carolina

As Star of the West approached Fort Sumter on the morning of 9 January it was met with cannon shots from cadet George E. Haynsworth on nearby Morris Island.

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16th August 1858: Queen Victoria sends the first transatlantic telegram

9th January 1861: Star of the West fired upon by South Carolina batteries as it approached Fort Sumter

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

2nd December 1805: The Battle of Austerlitz sees Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée defeat Russia and Austria

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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