Browsing: August 16

A Brief History On August 16, 1940, Flight Lieutenant Nicolson of the British Royal Air Force flew his Hawker Hurricane fighter into history during combat over England against the German Luftwaffe when he continued to fight an aerial battle despite his plane being on fire from 4 cannon shells and multiple machine gun bullets striking it from an enemy Me-110.  Only after shooting down the enemy fighter despite being wounded and suffering severe burns, did Nicolson bail out, and was later awarded the Victoria Cross. Digging Deeper Air to air combat is a demanding and tricky business, and one of…

A Brief History On August 16, 2008, the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, Illinois topped out and immediately became the tallest residence above ground level of any building in the world. Digging Deeper Towering, an appropriate adverb, 1,389 feet high, the skyscraper bearing the name of the future President of the United States cost about $847 million dollars in those-days dollars and would not open until January 30, 2009.  When completed with its spire in 2009, Trump International became the 7th tallest building in the world, and boasted 98 floors with 2.6 million square feet of floor space.…

A Brief History Psychological horror fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see The Night House on Monday, August 16, 2021 at 7:30 PM at Cinemark At Valley View & XD in Valley View, Ohio!  For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://www.searchlightscreenings.com/tzcVu49515.  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 In The Night House, reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth (Rebecca Hall)…

A Brief History From August 14 through 16, 2003, a widespread power outage affected millions of people living throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and the Canadian province of Ontario.  Today, though, it may be hard to imagine not just a couple weeks but rather a whole life without electricity.  Nevertheless, there has been indeed a time period when there was a world without electricity. We, the humans, have come a long way as a race and civilization. For instance, one can create a quality research paper about how people discovered fire, harnessed electricity and was able…

A Brief History On August 16, 1927, the Dole Air Race began, with 8 airplanes taking off from Oakland, California and heading to Honolulu, Hawaii.  Of the 8 planes that managed to get into the air and race, 6 were lost with the loss of 10 men.  Only 2 of the planes made it to Hawaii.  Sometimes races of any type go wrong, horribly wrong, and people or animals end up dead or maimed, sometimes not even the participants!  Here we list 5 disastrous races. Digging Deeper 1.  Dole Air Race, 1927. Also known as the Dole Air Derby, between 15…