2009: Millvina Dean, the last known person to have survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died in Southampton, England; she was nine weeks old at the time of the disaster. [How much do you know about the Titanic?]
1921: The Tulsa race massacre began in Oklahoma as mobs of both African Americans and whites descended on the courthouse where a Black man, who was accused of assaulting a white woman, was being held; in the ensuing violence, Tulsa's prosperous Black neighbourhood of Greenwood was destroyed and as many as 300 people were killed, mostly African Americans.
Anglo-Saxon Silver Brooch Recovered in EnglandSOMERSET, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that a metal detectorist has uncovered an early medieval brooch in southwestern England. The disc-shaped, Trewhiddle-style brooch, decorated with intricately carved, interlaced animals, has …Read More
Renaissance shield looted by Nazis returned to Czech RepublicThe Philadelphia Museum of Art has agreed to return a 16th century shield that was looted by Nazis during World War II to the Czech Republic. The pageant shield, elaborately decorated with a scene of Publius Cornelius Scipio …Read More
Possible Parietal Art Discovered on the Tibetan PlateauITHACA, NEW YORK—Gizmodo reports that fossilized, individually placed handprints and footprints dated to between 169,000 and 226,000 years ago were found on the Tibetan Plateau near the Quesang Hot Spring and studied by an in…Read More
Renaissance shield looted by Nazis returned to Czech RepublicThe Philadelphia Museum of Art has agreed to return a 16th century shield that was looted by Nazis during World War II to the Czech Republic. The pageant shield, elaborately decorated with a scene of Publius Cornelius Scipio …Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Rock-Cut Camels RedatedRIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA—According to a BBC News report, a series of large-scale camel sculptures discovered carved into rock faces in northern Saudi Arabia three years ago are now estimated to be between 7,000 and 8,000 years ol…Read More
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