A Brief History On April 3, 2023, I noticed a cat walking along a tree line in Ashland, Ohio near U.S. Route 250 east of Interstate 71. Digging Deeper I am sharing this footage that I took for the benefit of any students or subscribers who live nearby that may be looking for their cat as well as for my farther away subscribers who are perhaps just interested in what Ohio looks like during the present season. Question for students (and subscribers): Do you own or have you ever owned a cat? Please let us know in the comments section…
Browsing: April 3
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 3rd. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On Good Friday, possibly April 3, 33 AD, Jesus of Nazareth, prophet to Islam and Judaism, the Christ and Savior to Christians, was crucified by the Romans in Jerusalem. On April 3, 1882, notorious Wild West train and bank robber Jesse James was gunned down in his own house by a new member of his reconstituted gang, Bob Ford. On April 3,…
A Brief History On April 3, 1981, the Osborne Computer Corporation unveiled its latest creation, the Osborne 1, the first portable computer to be commercially viable. The grand daddy of all the laptops, tablets, pads and smartphones we have today started with this 24.5 pound chunk of electronics. Despite the pioneering nature of the company, Osborne went out of business only 4 years later. Digging Deeper Costing a whopping $1795 (or equivalent to over $5000 today), the Osborne 1 had to be plugged in to a wall socket for power as it had no internal battery. Although you could not…
A Brief History On April 3, 2019, Zaccaria Pinball became available for the Xbox One. By providing digital recreations of classic pinball tables, Zaccaria Pinball helps to preserve pinball history. Digging Deeper Zaccaria (later briefly reorganized under Mr. Game before ending production) was an Italian manufacturer of pinball and arcade machines that existed in Bologna from 1974 until 1990. After the Mr. Game-era, the former Zaccaria factory was sold to technoplay. This San Marino-based company also made some pinball machines and is still in business today. At Zaccaria’s height, the company was the third largest manufacturer of pinball machines in…
A Brief History On April 3, 2017, an alleged Uzbek/Russian terrorist set off a suicide bomb on a Russian rapid transit train (called the Metro), killing himself and about 15 other people, as well as injuring another 4 dozen or so. Luckily, a second bomb failed to detonate and was later defused by police bomb technicians. Once again, a deranged, homicidal person proved that such people do not need guns to commit mass murder. Digging Deeper The suspected terrorist, Akbarzhon Jalilov, was born in Kyrgystan and was of Uzbek ethnic nationality. He was reportedly upset with the Russian involvement in…
