A Brief History On August 2, 2022, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Shea Ernshaw was published by Disney Press, a sort of sequel to the popular Tim Burton movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Digging Deeper The story is told from the perspective of Sally, a rag doll that marries Jack Skellington, aka The Pumpkin King, thus becoming the queen of Halloween Town, a title and job she is not too sure she either wants or can handle. The story takes Sally out of what she believes is her native Halloween Town to other…
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A Brief History On August 2, 1939, Albert Einstein co-authored a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt, warning that the Germans were working to develop atomic weapons and that the Allies should proceed immediately to develop such weapons first. Digging Deeper Einstein is often cited as the smartest human ever, and yet, Americans often use his name to ridicule the intelligence of others, such as calling someone “Einstein” instead of using another slur such as “idiot.” Kind of like calling your grossly overweight buddy “Slim.” Why is it that “Fat Chance” means the same thing as “Slim Chance?” When we say,…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 2nd. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 2, 216 BC, the Carthaginian army of Hannibal defeated the larger Roman Army at Cannae, a major battle during the Second Punic War. On August 2, 1343, Olivier Clisson, a French nobleman from Brittany, was convicted of treason in Paris and beheaded. On August 2, 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, the French fleet supporting then General Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion…
A Brief History On August 2, 1870, the Tower Subway opened for passenger traffic in London, England, the first ever underground tube type railway commonly called a “subway” in the US and “the tube” in the UK. Digging Deeper Not to be confused with a fast food store, a subway is a rail train for carrying passengers in underground tunnels. Using coal or wood powered steam engines, or even gasoline or diesel engines to power the train would be problematic underground. The Tower Subway was propelled by a cable system with no onboard propulsive power. Most subways today are electric…
A Brief History On August 2, 2022, US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is on a trip to Asian countries, one of which may be Taiwan, an island that officially considers itself to be the true and legitimate government of China. Digging Deeper Mainland China, the world’s most populous country, considers Taiwan to be part of China and a place with no right to independence let alone claiming sovereignty over all of China. The US back in 1979 made the choice to recognize the Communist regime of China as the sole legal government of that country, while ending diplomatic…