This Week in History Series!

This Week in History: Week 35

August 24^th: 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 people die.

August 25^th: 1530, Birth of Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, he was the 1st tsar of Russia.

August 26^th: 1845, Birth of Mary Ann Nichols, she was an English victim of Jack the Ripper. She was born in the city of Westminster. She was Jack the Ripper’s first victim.

August 27^th: 1942, Cuba declared war on Germany, Japan & Italy.

August 28^th: 1924, British children's writer Enid Blyton aged 27 married editor Major Hugh Alexander Pollock,  who was aged 36.

August 29^th: 1898, The Goodyear tire company was founded.

August 30^th: 1932, Hermann Goering was elected Chairman of the Reichstag.

 

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Claire

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