On This Day
1639 – Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
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HistoryWow’s Quick Shot Videos
A short, sharp hit of history in video format. Acclaimed Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde was the toast of London society in the 1890s until things came decidedly unstuck through an association with a young British aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas, known as ‘Bosie’.
The source for this HistoryWow video is: Oscar and Bosie - A Fatal Passion by Trevor Fisher; General Historical Texts.
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Who Am I?
- I was born in Newhouse, United Kingdom, in 1856.
- I began work aged seven, but was rigorously educated at home by my parents and became a lifelong trade unionist.
- I was the first independent Labour Member of Parliament, winning West Ham (South) by a majority of 1,232 in 1892.
- I was instrumental in the founding of the modern Labour Party, and in 1906 became the first chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
- I sought to organise international socialist opposition to war in 1914 but the Labour Party decided to back the war, which disillusioned me greatly, and I died a year later.
Last week’s answer:
Jack Parsons (1914–1952)
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HistoryWow’s Highlighted Historical Quotation
“Everyone who arouses the slightest suspicion should be removed.”
Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), Soviet leader, outlining plans to remove his political opponents in the late 1920s.Source: The Russian Revolution by Sheila Fitzpatrick
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