A Brief History On December 5, 2025, American martial arts film Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair was released in theaters in the United States by Lionsgate. Digging Deeper A highly credible mash up of Quentin Tarantino’s first class films, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2, this reimagining of the gory story runs 253 minutes of pure martial arts and tongue in cheek one liners and features Quentin’s own take on the amalgamation of the two films. Not surprisingly to Tarantino fans, this re-issue of sorts is a worthy part of the story of The Bride (Uma Thurman…
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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 6th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 6, 343, the man we have come to know as Santa Claus died at the age of 73 in Myra, part of the Roman Empire in what is now South Western Turkey. On December 6, 1884, the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. was completed. On December 6, 1922, The Irish Free State was a state established as a Dominion of the British Commonwealth of…
A Brief History On December 6, 1884, the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. was completed. A spectacular structure, the tall white obelisk was the tallest man-made structure in the world when complete, over 554 feet tall, losing that title to the Eiffel Tower in 1889, although it still is the world’s tallest monumental column. Digging Deeper Some other magnificent American monuments include: Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, carved into bare rock to depict the likenesses of four of our greatest presidents. Completed in 1941, each head is about 60 feet tall with eyes 11 feet wide! Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota,…
A Brief History On December 6, 2021, we take a look at those people in November of 2021 that either distinguished themselves with courage, intelligence, or otherwise something good versus those that embarrassed the human race with their lies, evil action, or stupidity. As always, feel free to add your own opinions as to who should or should not be on this list and why you think that way. (Obviously such a list could be much longer, including those creeps that murder other people and some other everyday heroes such as first responders, health care workers, and others, but brevity…
A Brief History On December 6, 2019, we reflect back on our marathon movie watching experience of the previous night, namely the 209 minute long epic blockbuster film from Netflix, an historical crime film supposedly based on real events. Not only is the movie a long one (3 hours and 29 minutes), it is also an expensive one, with a budget of $159 million, an incredible amount for a streaming app film. Digging Deeper Directed by Martin Scorcese, he of such notable films as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Cape Fear (remake), The Aviator, Casino, Shutter Island and The Wolf…