A Brief History On April 20, 2023, the giant SpaceX Starship rocket booster vehicle proudly made its first flight, although the huge and hugely expensive rocket blew up only four minutes into that maiden flight! Digging Deeper The most powerful rocket ever made, the Starship’s price per unit is hard to pin down, although the project cost is a whopping $5 billion. Towering 397 feet tall with a diameter of 30 feet, the giant rocket weighs 11 million pounds! Designed to replace SpaceX’s previous rockets, the Falcon series, Starship is expected to provide the heavy lifting needed to launch the…
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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 20th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 20, 1657, a fleet of 23 British Royal Navy warships sailed boldly into the defended harbor at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, to attack a Spanish treasure fleet anchored there. On April 20, 1657, the Dutch masters of the colony of New Amsterdam, later to become New York City, made the historic move of granting religious freedom to two…
A Brief History On April 20, 2022, marijuana users celebrate a day that is commonly acknowledged as “Marijuana Day,” an unofficial holiday in which marijuana aficionados rally around their herb of choice and advocate for the legalization of recreational marijuana use and the associated decriminalization of the growing, possession, and use of the leaves of Cannabis sativa and its closely related kin, Cannabis indica, the scientific name of the plant we usually refer to as marijuana, weed, pot, or other euphemistic names. So, what could be the problem? Digging Deeper To date, according to US News, 18 states as well…
A Brief History Epic historical fiction action fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see The Northman on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD in Valley View, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/NORTHHHVV20. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows…
A Brief History On April 20, 1657, a fleet of 23 British Royal Navy warships sailed boldly into the defended harbor at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, to attack a Spanish treasure fleet anchored there. Braving fire from the anchored ships and the shore batteries, the British fleet sank 12 of the Spanish ships and captured the other 5, suffering only serious damage to one of their own ships. Digging Deeper The Spanish suffered 300 men killed, while the British lost 48 killed and 120 wounded. While England of course had warships for many, many years, the Royal Navy…