International Day to End Corporal Punishment

 30 April is International Day to End Corporal Punishment. Here is my history of corporal punishment.

Mary Timney

On 29 April 1862, Mary Timney became the last woman to be hanged in public in Scotland. She was hanged in Dumfries.

Last woman to be guillotined

 Today’s useless info: In 1949 Germaine Leloy-Godefroy became the last French woman to be guillotined. (She was having an affair and she killed her husband with an axe while he was asleep).

Happy St George's Day

 Happy St George's Day everyone!

John Paul Jones

 On 22 April 1778 during the American War of Independence, a US ship captained by John Paul Jones attacked the port of Whitehaven in northwest England.

Stockton on Tees

 I wrote a history of the city of Stockton on Tees in Northeast England 

The Lisbon Massacre

 On 19 April 1506, the Lisbon Massacre began. Dominican friars incited churchgoers to massacre Jews. It's not known how many were killed but probably between 2,000 and 4,000 people died.