An interesting historical story.
The Seven Years’ War began in 1756. In North America, it was called the French and Indian War because most Native Americans sided with the French. Much of the action took place in New York where French Canada bordered on the British colonies. Lake George was an important dagger Read more…
Annette Kellerman was born in Australia on July 6, 1987. Her father was a violinist and here mother was a music teacher. Annette suffered from rickets as a girl. She wore steel braces to strengthen her legs. Her parents enrolled her in swim classes to help with her legs. Read more…
Whenever I ponder how far America has come in its view of warfare, I usually think of this battle. No battle better exemplifies the cold fact that Revolutionary War tactics were ineffective due to the advances in small arms fire and artillery fire. The rifle and the cannon were Read more…
The War of the Bucket was the result of a long-term feud between the Italian cities of Bologna and Modena. The feud had been going on since 1075. It was between supporters of the Pope and supporters of the Holy Roman Emperor. Bologna was a Pope city and Modena Read more…
In 1851, chiefs of the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho signed the Fort Laramie Treaty which gave up much of their land for a guarantee to the land north of the Arkansas River to the Nebraska border. In exchange for ceding much land, the tribes got an annuity and a Read more…
Marcus Lucinius Crassus was the richest man in Rome and yet he still craved power to go along with it. He had helped Sulla become dictator by defeating the forces of Marius outside Rome and later ended the slave rebellion by defeating Spartacus. He imagined himself to be a Read more…
Dogs have been used in war since ancient times, but only recently by the US. In WWII, the Army recruited dogs that were donated by families. It was in Vietnam that the war dogs played a significant role. In 1965, Project Top Dog sent 40 teams to South Vietnam. Read more…
Ruben Rivers was born in Oklahoma in 1921. He was half Cherokee, half African American. He graduated from high school and then went to work with a railroad. When America entered WWII, he and his two brothers enlisted in the Army. After facing discrimination in training, he joined the Read more…
Aeschylus is known as the “Father of Greek Tragedy”. He gave us some of the most brilliant plays of the Ancient World. According to legend, he was killed in a unique way. He was sitting outside when he was around 70 years old. He was possibly pondering his next Read more…
The most famous sinking on the Great Lakes was that of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975. The freighter made its maiden voyage on June 7, 1958 as the largest ship ever on the Great Lakes up until then. It was 729 feet long. It is still Read more…