A Brief History On April 9, 1937, a Japanese aircraft made the first ever flight by a Japanese built airplane to London, England, when the Mitsubishi Ki-15 Karigane nick named “Kamikaze” made the nearly 4 day flight. Not to be confused with the World War II Japanese suicide airplane missions dubbed Kamikaze (Divine Wind), this flight was purely peaceful in purpose, though it should have given a wake up call to British and American war planners that the Japanese aircraft industry had indeed entered the world stage as cutting edge in technology. Digging Deeper The Kamikaze, piloted by Masaaki Iinuma…
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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 April 8, 1974, Hammerin’ Hank Aaron slugged his 715th career home run at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta to surpass Babe Ruth as the all-time major league home run hitter. We use this historic event to enjoy some alliteration in the title (one of our favorite things) and to give you our list of the 10 African American (male) athletes we think should be considered among the greatest. Remember the “American” part of the list, as great Black and African heritage athletes from places outside the US are not being considered. (Soon we will list our…
A Brief History On April 7, 2018, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts promotion television Pay-Per-View event labeled UFC 223 has been rocked by the bizarre assault of a UFC bus carrying fighters expected to fight in the event by one of their own major fighting stars on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Digging Deeper A group of fighters and entourage members including high profile fighting star Irishman Conor “The Notorious” McGregor made their way into the basement of Barclays where they confronted and assaulted a bus carrying other MMA fighters,…
A Brief History On April 7, 1940, Booker T. Washington became the first African American depicted on a United States Postage stamp. A community leader among African Americans and an educator/advocate for equal rights, Washington was one of the last African American leaders to have been born as a slave. Digging Deeper Born in 1856 in Virginia, Booker Taliaferro Washington (in case you wondered about the T) his mother moved Booker and her family to West Virginia after the Civil War to reunite with her husband (Booker’s father), Washington Ferguson. Booker was a smart lad and an able student, later…
A Brief History On April 6, 2018, we eagerly await the 2018 version of the premier event in professional Football/Soccer, The World Cup! This year the event will be conducted in Europe (Russia) from June 14, 2018 to July 15, 2018. All matches will take place in stadiums located in European Russia (except 1) in order to facilitate travel between venues. Who will win? Digging Deeper Last time around in 2014 the German National Team was victorious, their 4th World Cup victory (the others being 1954, 1974 and 1990), posting a record performance of an Elo rating of 2205 points.…