A Brief History This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in August! Please click on the dates below to learn more information about that date’s paranormal history. Digging Deeper August 2, 1343: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman (Pirate) Scorned! (Or her Ghost!) August 2, 2017: Your Chance to Preview The Dark Tower August 3, 2017: Dark Tower Review, Stephen King Brought to the Big Screen August 7, 2017: Your Chance to Preview Annabelle: Creation On August 13, 2019, we went and saw the latest horror movie from Hollywood, the movie version of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories…
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A Brief History On August 1, 1981, the world of music and television changed forever when MTV made its debut on satellite and cable television, when John Lack announced, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Rock and Roll!” Playing in the background was video of the Space Shuttle Columbia and footage of Apollo 11. A theme song played in the background and then the very first MTV music video followed. Digging Deeper That first video, the answer to the trivia question, “What was the first MTV video?” was the ever so apropos “Video Killed the Radio Star” performed by The Buggles. The television…
A Brief History On August 1, 1911, Harriet Quimby of Michigan became the first woman in the United States to be awarded an Aviator’s Certificate by the Aero Club of America (ACA). She had become interested in aviation and first started flying in 1910 after working as a New York theater critic and screenwriter for 7 Hollywood silent movies, all directed by the famous D.W. Griffith. Digging Deeper Quimby became the first woman in history to fly across the English Channel in 1912, with her great accomplishment overlooked by a public engrossed in the news story of the sinking of…
A Brief History On August 1, 1831, the new London bridge spanning the River Thames in central London, was completed. Replacing a medieval stone arch bridge, the new bridge was also of stone arch construction and is what we normally think of when “London Bridge” is referred to. Digging Deeper Prior to 1176 a series of wooden bridges had spanned the Thames, but the sturdy construction of the stone bridge completed in 1176 would last over 650 years. This “old” bridge was built with a chapel in the middle dedicated to Thomas Becket and had shops crowded along its way. …
A Brief History On Thursday, August 1st, 1991, actress Hedy Lamarr was arrested for shoplifting. Hedy’s life and accomplishments were presented in Part 1 of our series on German-speaking women in English-speaking roles. In this article, we present the next group of German actresses. Digging Deeper Part 2: The Post-War Years 1) Hildegard Knef (1925-2002) During World War II, Hildegard Knef, a young aspiring actress, had an affair with Ewald von Demandowsky who was the head of a film production company responsible for making many Nazi propaganda movies. In the final year of the war and to be able to stay…