Tag: Transportation

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4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

4th December 2021
Tagged as: Atlantic, Cargo, Ghost, Gibraltar, Mystery, Ship, Transportation

Mary Celeste had departed New York on 7 November.

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13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

13th November 2020
Tagged as: Civil Rights, Law, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Racism, Supreme Court, Transport, Transportation

The United States Supreme Court upheld the District Court’s ruling in Browder v. Gayle that segregation on public buses and transportation in Alabama was illegal.

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2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car

2nd August 2020
Tagged as: San Francisco, Technology, Transport, Transportation, United States

The Clay Street Hill Railroad was successfully tested, becoming San Francisco’s first operational cable car.

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5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

5th June 2020
Tagged as: Belgium, Constantinople, Europe, France, Paris, Railway, Train, Transport, Transportation, Travel

The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.

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18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

18th March 2020
Tagged as: Agriculture, Australia, England, Law, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Transportation, Unionisation, Workers

The industrial revolution, combined with the first of the Enclosure Acts, had seen the earnings of poor farmers plummet.

Tag: Transportation

4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama

2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car

5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

18th March 1834: Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced to transportation to Australia

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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 July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales

4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time

3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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