Archive for April, 2010
On This Date in History: John Luther Jones was born on March 14, 1863 in Missouri while the Civil War was in full swing. In 1876, the family moved to Cayce, Kentucky. John Luther was over 6’4″ tall and had gray eyes and dark hair. He loved trains since he was a young boy and his fascination with the [...]
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On This Date In History: Remember how in the Sopranos that the FBI guys were trying to get Tony to help them out to catch terrorists? Well, in real life that sort of thing has happened in war-time. In WWII it has been said that the underworld controlled the docks in New York and that [...]
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On This Date In History: Ever noticed how there are some people who feel like that effort or intent is more important than actual results? Symbolism over substance. Today marks such a day because, if that’s not the case, then it would be largely forgotten. On this date in 1915 World War I (then known as the Great War) [...]
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On this Date in History: When we think of maritime disaster, one immediately thinks of the RMS Titanic. After all, there have been numerous movies and documentaries that detail and discuss the incident. When the news of the Titanic hit the papers, any other news of the day was lost to the backpages and buried. Hence, when [...]
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On This Date In History: A new conspiracy theory got started when presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth was killed in a barn on this date in 1865. It’s kinda interesting how infamous he is to this day. Americans these days generally are pretty poor when it comes to history yet, this guy is probably one [...]
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On This Date in History: In late 1982, the Cold War had gotten a bit chillier. President Reagan had given a speech to the British House of Commons on June 8, 1982 that many mistakenly refer to as the “Evil Empire Speech” when in fact, Reagan never used that term in that particulary speech. But, [...]
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On This Date in History: The Space Shuttle program had its roots in the heads of engineers in the late 1960′s. By 1975, construction began on Columbia, the first space shuttle to fly in space. The first flight of Columbia (STS-1) came on April 12, 1981 with veteran astronaut John Young in command and Robert [...]
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On this date in History: Adlai Stevenson is well known as a two time presidential candidate nominee who lost on both occasions. He was also the Ambassador to the United Nations during the Kennedy Administration. Stevenson rose to prominence as the Governor of Illinois and was known for his wit as well as his legislative initiatives [...]
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On This Date in History: In the long, sad history of the United States and its eradication and relocation of the continent’s native (Indian) tribes, the area now known as Oklahoma became somewhat of a clearing house area of the tribes. Andrew Jackson had been a big Indian fighter in Georgia and Florida. His methods [...]
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When I was in college studying journalism, there were several practices that were preached. After entering the real world, I found that the preached practices were often, in fact, not practiced. One of those was the idea of follow-up. This is especially true with television. Back in January, Haiti was rocked by a devasting earthquake. [...]
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