A Brief History On May 5, 1904, Denton “Cy” Young of the Boston Americans pitched an historic American League game against the Philadelphia Athletics, not allowing any base runners in the first major league “Perfect Game” of the modern baseball era. Digging Deeper The name “Cy” was a shortened form of “Cyclone,” a nod to his ability to demolish fencing like a cyclone with his fastball. Born in Ohio in 1867, Young first played professionally in Canton, Ohio, moving up to the Big Show with the Cleveland Spiders of the National League. Young embarked on a major league career that…
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Major Dan
Major Daniel Zar is a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served during the Cold War and has traveled to many countries around the world. Prior to his military service, he graduated from Cleveland State University, having majored in sociology. Following his military service, he worked as a police officer eventually earning the rank of captain prior to his retirement.
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A Brief History On May 4, 2019, the W Series conducted their first and inaugural motor race at Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, Germany, an all-Female auto racing event. Digging Deeper That initial race was won by Jamie Chadwick, a British race car driver, who went on to win that first season W Series Championship. Chadwick still drives competitively in the Indy NXT series for the Andretti Autosport team and is a major female example of top-notch drivers such as Danica Patrick, Shirley Muldowney, Janet Guthrie, Simona de Silvestro, Michèle Mouton, and Maria Teresa de Filippis. Apologies to the many great female drivers…
A Brief History On May 3, 1999, the state of Oklahoma experienced a catastrophic weather event known as the “1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak.” A series of tornadoes that lasted from May 2nd to May 8th, the highest wind speed recorded during the twisters was an incredible 301 mph, plus or minus 20 mph. Digging Deeper But of course, that is tornadic wind speed. Wind as measured as normal high-speed wind along the surface of the Earth has a lower record velocity. A candidate for the highest wind speed on Earth occurred at Barrow Island, Australia in 1996, an umbrella shattering…
A Brief History On May 2, 2011, American military Special Forces carried out a surprise raid on the Abbottabad, Pakistan compound where Al Qaeda leader and mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabian Osama bin Laden, had been hiding. Digging Deeper At the time of the terrible crimes committed on September 11, 2001, the President George Bush vowed that Osama bin Laden and others responsible for the attacks would be found, “Dead or Alive” and brought to justice. President Bush never did “get his man,” but President Barack Obama authorized the raid into the third-party…
A Brief History On May 1, 1851, Queen Victoria opened The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, a sort of World’s Fair, in Hyde Park, London, England at a spectacular edifice known as The Crystal Palace. Digging Deeper So impressive was the venue, many people called the event the “Crystal Palace Exhibition.” Lasting from May 1st to October 15th, 1851, the celebration of industry, culture, and art attracted numerous celebrities, such as Sam Colt, Michael Faraday, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carrol, Charlotte Bronte, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and other stars. Designed by Joseph Paxton,…