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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on January 4th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On January 4, 1847, inventor of the modern revolving pistol, Sam Colt, first sold his 1847 Walker .44 caliber revolver to the US Army, and the pistol promptly made its mark in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) where the revolver gave the Americans a decided advantage. On January 4, 1903, Thomas Edison’s company filmed the execution of Topsy the Elephant, the largest purported casualty…

A Brief History Today, January 3, 2023, we at History and Headlines just want to send out some positive thoughts to actor Jeremy Renner and athlete Damar Hamlin, both of whom have experienced potentially life-threatening accidental injuries on January 1st and January 2nd, respectively.  In addition to entertaining millions of film and sports fans, both men have been involved in various charitable endeavors. So, we hope that they are both able to recover. Our best to their families as well. Digging Deeper On January 2, 2023, Americans were shocked when a beloved screen actor, Jeremy Renner, was reported to be…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on January 1st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On January 1, 1735, Paul Revere, silversmith and patriot, was born, starting a long line of famous Americans born on the first of the year. On January 1, 1773, the all familiar hymn “Amazing Grace” was performed for the first time at a church service in England. On January 1, 1902, Pasadena, California hosted the Rose Bowl, the first college football “bowl”…

A Brief History (introduction paragraph about what comes after the emergence of Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations) Digging Deeper (a paragraph on the origins of the ancient Israelites) (a paragraph about Moses and the Ten Commandments) (a paragraph about Joshua’s military campaigns) (paragraph about the establishment of the Israel and Judah, including Saul, David, and Solomon) (a paragraph about the collapse/conquest of Israel and Judah) (a paragraph on the Assyrian Empire’s rise) (a paragraph on the Assyrian Empire’s fall) (a paragraph on the Chaldean/New Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II and its accomplishments before its eventual conquest by Persia) (a paragraph on…

A Brief History While history itself can be defined as all the actions taken by human beings and the consequences of those actions, including those events that shaped human existence, such as environmental and natural factors, people have not always had the inclination or the means to record those events and conditions, so a record of human history only dates back to Egyptian records dating to around 3200 BC or perhaps Babylonian/ Mesopotamian recordings from the same time frame.  The budding Sumerian civilization even predated other ancient nascent civilizations, by a good 1000 years or more!  The era of human…