04/14 Open Thread - The Titanic
Word of The Day: Today;s word is HubrisAt 11:40 pm on April 14, 1912, the ship, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and began to sink, a process it completed between 2:10 and 2:15 am on the morning of the...
View Article04/21 - Grounation Day
Grounation is a Rastafarian thing. I am not a Rasta. There are those out there who call it Groundation. I don't even have an oar to put in there. Grounation Day celebrates and commemorates Haile...
View Article4/28 Open Thread - The US Invaded the Dominican Republic
On this date in 1941, the UstaĊĦe began their genocidal campaign against Serbs in the so-called Independent State of Croatia. They were quite as bad as the NAZIs, with death camps and all but get very...
View Article05/05 Open Thread - The Battle of Puebla
It is well known that the number of people who know that Cinco de Mayo is a celebration vastly outnumber the number of people who know what the hell is being celebrated. Hint - see title, supra. I...
View Article05/12 Open Thread - Various and Sundry
On this date in 1497, the Pope excommunicated Girolamo Savonarola for non approved thinking regarding. Principally, Savonarola had 2 main idees fixee; the destruction of secular art and culture (the...
View Article05/19 Open Thread - Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
The US war on Mexico essentially ended in September 1847 with the fall of Mecico City, the loss of the Mexican Army, and the start of peace negotiations. It did not Officially end until February 2,...
View Article05/26 Open Thread - The Birth of the HUAC
The HUAC, or House Un-American Committee was an extremely Un-American committee of the US House of Representatives. It was created on May 26, 1938 allegedly to investigate forever undefined...
View Article06/02 Open Thread - The Vandals Sacked Rome
So, the Vandals sacked Rome, the city, on June 2, 455. They were led by a dude named Genseric, or Gaiseric, or something like that depending upon what you last read. This was obviously a big deal to...
View Article06/09 Open Thread - The Burning of the Gaspee
On this date in 1772, the British revenue schooner HMS Gaspee ran aground ran aground off Rhode Island while chasing a colonial packet boat. After rowing out to the stranded ship a group of locals...
View Article06/16 Open Thread - It's Bloomsday
On this day in 1811 crewmembers who had survived the previous day's attack on their vessel by Tla-o-qui-aht detonated a powdeer magazine, blowing up the ship and killing about 100 of the attacking...
View Article06/23 Open Thread - Bannockburn
Picture is Robert The Bruce Engaging with Sir Henry de Bohun on June 23, 1314 On this day in 1314, the Battle of Bannockburn started. This two day battle was a resounding victory for the Scots and is...
View Article06/30 Open Thread - Tunguska
On June 30, 1908, there was a humongous air burst explosion near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Russia. This was Tunguska. So, what, exactly, is humongous/ Well, to be (cough) precise, it has been...
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