GCSE History

#OTD 1066, the Battle of Gate Fulford occurred between the Anglo-Saxons, led by Earls Edwin and Morcar, and the Viking invaders, led by Harald Hardrada. The battle was a crushing defeat for the Anglo-Saxons. #Normans #AQA #Edexcel #Historyteacher gcsehistory.com/faq/gatefulfor…

#OTD in 1935, Aleksei Stakhanovite and his team mined a record-breaking 102 tons of coal in less than 6 hours in the USSR. Their efforts triggered the movement. Workers attempted to produce more than their targets. #USSR #AQA #CIE #Edexcel #Historyteacher gcsehistory.com/faq/stakhanovi…

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#OTD in 1991, President Bush announced that Kuwait had been liberated after the successes of Operation Desert Storm. #CIE #Gulf #iGCSE #Historyteacher #histdist #remotelearning gcsehistory.com/faq/desertstor…

#OTD in 1959, Fidel Castro became the Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing the US-backed dictator Batista during the Cuban Revolution. #ColdWar #America #AQA #CIE #Edexcel #Historyteacher gcsehistory.com/faq/cubanrevol…

#OTD in 1927, the silent movie ‘It’ was released. The star of the movie, Clara Bow, became the first Hollywood ‘It girl’. She became a role model for the ‘flappers’ in 1920s America. #America #1920s #AQA #Edexcel #Historyteacher. gcsehistory.com/faq/flappers.h…

#OTD in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots’ execution occurred at Fotheringhay Castle. She had been found guilty of treason for her involvement in the Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I. #AQA #Edexcel #Elizabeth #Historyteacher #histdist #remotelearning gcsehistory.com/faq/sub_maryqs…

#OTD in 1887, the Dawes Act was passed, which distributed Indian reservation land to individual families. It helped to destroy Native American culture and lives. #AQA #America #AmericanWest #historyteacher gcsehistory.com/faq/dawesact.h…

OTD in 1840, Sir Charles Warren, was born. He was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, 1886-88 and sacked during the Jack the Ripper investigation because of his handling of the Trafalgar Square Bloody Sunday incident. #historyteacher #histdist gcsehistory.com/faq/charleswar…

#OTD in 1935, the Saar Plebiscite was held. Under the terms of the Versailles Treaty, the coal-mining Saar region on the French and German border could hold a plebiscite on who should control the region - Germany or France. #Historyteacher gcsehistory.com/faq/saar.html

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#OTD in 1923 French and Belgium troops occupied the Ruhr, Germany. At the end of 1922, Weimar Germany said it couldn’t pay the next reparations instalment. So France and Belgium occupied the Ruhr to take goods instead #WeimarandNazi Germany #historyteacher gcsehistory.com/faq/ruhr.html

#OTD in 1920, the League of Nations was established through the Treaty of Versailles. The League was set up in Geneva, Switzerland, as an international organisation to mediate disputes between its members to avoid war. #LeagueofNations #Conflictandtension gcsehistory.com/faq/leagueofna…

#OTD in 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded to promote greater rights and opportunities for Indians in British India. Within 20 years it became the main organisation campaigning for Indian Independence. #AQA #MEP #Historyteacher gcsehistory.com/faq/indiaindep…

#OTD in 1856 Woodrow Wilson was born. He became the 28th President of the US. He was responsible for 14 Points of peace in WW1, the creation of the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles. #Conflicandtension #interwaryears #Historyteacher gcsehistory.com/faq/woodrowwil…

#OTD in 1805, Joseph Smith, the founder and prophet of the Church of the Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, was born. #AQA #America #AmericanWest #Mormons #GCSE gcsehistory.com/faq/josephsmit…

#OTD in 1890 Sitting Bull was killed by reservation police officers as Sioux warriors attempted to rescue him He played a very important role in the defeat of Custer in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 #America #Expansion #Historyteacher #AmericanWest gcsehistory.com/faq/sittingbul…

#OTD in 1933, the prohibition of alcohol in America was ended when the 21st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was passed when ¾ of the states finally approved the change. #America #Prohibition #GCSE #Historyteacher #AQA gcsehistory.com/faq/prohibitio…