A Brief History On August 25, 1920, the Polish army prevailed over the Russian-Soviet army at The Battle of Warsaw, actually a series of battles that the Poles would later call their victory “a miracle.” Digging Deeper The so called Polish-Soviet War was fought between late 1918/early 1919 and 1921, with the Second Polish Republic trying to resist a creeping land grab by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic that sought to recover lands lost by Imperial Russia during World War I, as well as land previously governed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Meanwhile, between November of 1918 and July of…
Browsing: August 25
A Brief History On August 25, 1823, mountain man and fur trapper Hugh Glass was attacked by a Grizzly Bear while on a fur taking and exploring expedition in what is now South Dakota. The terrible injuries Glass suffered and his fierce determination to live have been recalled for history by not 1, but 2 major motion pictures, Man in the Wilderness (1971) and The Revenant (2015). We have previously discussed this famous incident in our article, “10 Incredible Tales of Survival.” Today we will discuss 10 cases of animal attacks on human beings that are famous or infamous, either…
A Brief History On August 25, 1904, our greatest ice cream sundae was born, the invention of pharmacist apprentice David Strickler in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Only 23 years old at the time, Strickler was experimenting with the soda and ice cream counter at the pharmacy he worked at (Tassel Pharmacy), and came up with the greatest of all ice cream treats, the mighty Banana Split. On this day each year we celebrate National Banana Split Day, a solemn occasion for this hungry author! Digging Deeper Normally made of 3 scoops of ice cream, 1 vanilla, 1 chocolate, and 1 strawberry, covered…
A Brief History On August 25, 1945, American Army Intelligence officer, Captain John Birch, was killed by communist revolutionaries in China a mere 10 days after the end of World War II. Birch is seen by many, especially hard corps right wing anti-communists, as the first martyr or victim of the Cold War between the totalitarian communist states and the democratic capitalistic nations (largely East vs. West). Digging Deeper Birch was the son of Christian missionaries and was born in India in 1918. Highly intelligent, hard working, and a dedicated patriot, Birch graduated Magna cum laude from Mercer University in…
A Brief History On August 25, 1914, during the opening stages of World War I German soldiers burned the Library of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, destroying a treasure of ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance works. Over 300,000 books were burned, many of them irreplaceable volumes now lost forever. Thousands of manuscripts of various types were burned, along with 1000 Incunabula (printed works made before 1501, the earliest works printed by machine). A specific work that was lost was the Easter Island Rongorongo Text E, a wooden tablet etched with glyphs made by Easter Island natives before invasion by…
