Holodomor

I thought people might be interested to read this article about the Holodomor, the terrible man-made famine in Ukraine in the 1930s.  https://www.euronews.com/2019/11/23/holodomor-ukrainians-remember-the-famine-that-killed-millions-in-soviet-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR34JCwH72vZIS1yKVw0QlyjOg8DgDjpAlaX7NjOeVv5sC7S2PmiMOS_HC8 

Tightrope walking

 28 February is the birthday of Charles Blondin the first man to walk a tightrope across Niagra Falls. Tightrope walking has a long history going back to Ancient Greece. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/an-abridged-history-of-funambulists

The History of Ukraine

This is my history of Ukraine localhistories.org/a-history-of-ukraine

Domestic Violence

 I wrote a history of domestic violence localhistories.org/a-history-of-domestic-violence

Queen Mary

 Mary Tudor became queen of England on 18 February 1553. She was the first woman to rule all of England. https://localhistories.org/a-brief-biography-of-queen-mary-i

Walter Bolton

 On 18 February 1957, Walter Bolton became the last person to be hanged in New Zealand https://nzhistory.govt.nz/walter-bolton-becomes-the-last-person-to-be-hanged-in-new-zealand

Nylon

 On 16 February 1937, Wallace Carothers patented nylon. Nylon stockings went on sale in the USA in 1939. (They were a huge hit). But in 1940, women only wore stockings. A man named Allen Gant introduced pantyhose (tights) in 1959. localhistories.org/a-history-of-clothes