A Brief History On New Year’s Eve of 2019, we look back on some of the best videos published by various history themed YouTube channels from 2019. Digging Deeper Please watch the playlist below for a sample of the best history themed YouTube videos of 2019. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What is your favorite video from the playlist above? For an archive of past best of history YouTube playlists, please see the table below: If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and…
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A Brief History On December 28, 1999, Western actor/action hero Clayton Moore died. If you are not familiar with this star of the small and large screen, he played The Lone Ranger from 1949 to 1957 on television and starred in 2 related big screen movies about the same character. Even if you never saw the Clayton Moore versions of the Lone Ranger, you are probably familiar with “The William Tell Overture” by Rossini, the theme music played for Moore’s Lone Ranger character. In the Covid-19 plagued year of 2020, we have lost another host of notable people, both to…
A Brief History On December 25, 2020, people around the world celebrate the Christian holiday of Christmas, honoring the birth of Jesus Christ. During this Christmas season, we are likely to hear many Christmas carols and holiday songs, but none of them are arguably as touching and universal as “O Holy Night,” also known as “Cantique de Noël” in the original French. We take this opportunity to reflect on the song that, in our opinion, is the greatest Christmas carol. Digging Deeper While the famous carol is of course, Christian, the backgrounds of the men involved in creating the song…
A Brief History For a chance to view an advance virtual screening of the American disaster film Greenland on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 7:00 PM, please click the link at http://stxtickets.com/GRNLNDHH to RSVP. Each of those who RSVP in time will receive a confirmation email. An hour before the screening starts, you will then receive a unique, encrypted link via your email to access the “online screening room.” Screenings do have a limit, so the sooner you click the link, the sooner you can confirm your spot. You can stay on the countdown page until time elapses, but if…
A Brief History On December 14, 1909, the last paving brick was laid at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana, giving the venue its iconic nickname, The Brickyard. Previously, the racing surface was a miserable concoction of limestone, gravel, tar and oil, a surface that ate the tires of cars and motorcycles for lunch! Road surfaces and the motor vehicles that drive on them have improved immeasurably in the years since 1909, and today we take a look at some of the automotive gadgets and features we believe best illustrates those advances. As always, feel free to nominate those automotive…