This
Week in History: Week 9
February
23rd: 1889, Birth of Director Victor Fleming.
Born in Pasadena, California. He is best known for The
Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.
February
24th: 1786, Birth of Wilhelm Karl Grimm.
Born in Hanau, Germany. He was a story teller, best known for Grimm's Fairy
Tales. He was the younger brother of
Jacob Grimm.
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| Wilhelm Karl Grimm |
February
25th: 1923, the price of Bread in Berlin rises
to 2,000 mark, this was due to hyperinflation within Germany at the time.
February
26th: 1802, Birth of Victor Hugo. Born in
France, he was an author. Best known for his works Hunchback of Notre Dame and
Les Miserables.
February
27th: 1872, Charlotte
Ray, the First Black woman lawyer graduated Howard University.
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| Charlotte Ray. |
February
28th: 1525 -
Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor, ruling from 1520 to 1521. Was tortured and
killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
March
1st: 1692, the first three woman, Sarah Good,
Sarah Osborne and Tituba were arrested for witchcraft, in Salem, Massachusetts.
This was part of the Salem witch trials.
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| Salem Witch Trials. |
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| Grave of Sarah Good.
That's it for this week!
See you next time
For
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY!
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