A Brief History On December 19, 1912, US President William H. Taft pardoned the skipper of the ill-fated cruise ship, the PS General Slocum, which had burned and sunk on June 15, 1904, costing over 1000 people their lives. Captain William Van Schaick had been convicted of negligence in the incident and had served 3 ½ years in prison at Sing Sing prior to his pardon. Digging Deeper The General Slocum was a cruise steamship built in 1891 that had made a career of taking sightseers around the waters of New York City. Unfortunately, her owners and operators, including Captain…
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A Brief History Now that is December 18, 2019, winter is upon us, and it is only getting colder with each passing year! So what is a person meant to do to keep themselves warm without feeling like they have a million layers on, rendering them unable to walk like a normal person? The great thing is that we have collected a list of the 5 most important items that you need to have to keep you warm in cold weather. Digging Deeper A WARM HOME It all starts from the home! You want to ensure that your house is…
A Brief History With today being December 18, 2019, the year is coming to an end, the holidays are approaching, and everyone is starting to think about the New Year. What will the new year bring? What will happen? What will you do? What will you accomplish? A common thing to endure at this time is to think about a New Years’ resolution. A New Years’ resolution is a challenge or promises you make to yourself to accomplish or change for the upcoming year. Some people do not believe in New Year’s resolutions because of the fact they are often…
A Brief History On December 18, 1982, arguably the greatest combat pilot in German military history died of a stroke in Rosenheim, Bavaria, West Germany. Hans-Ulrich Rudel is credited with shooting down only 9 enemy airplanes, and yet eclipses such German legendary aces as Baron Manfred von Richthofen (80 aerial kills, #1 during World War II) and Erich Hartman, history’s all-time leading ace with 353 air to air kills without ever being shot down or forced to land by enemy airplanes (all during World War II). Rudel performed his aerial heroics flying dive bomber missions. We used the occasion of…
A Brief History On December 17, 1989, The Simpsons premiered on American television with their first episode, “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.” Not only does The Simpsons rank as probably the greatest animated television show of all time, it is also the longest running scripted primetime television series in TV history. Today we take a look at what we consider the 5 greatest animated television series of all time. As always, feel free to disagree with those that we have chosen and tell us which shows we should not have picked and what shows we have overlooked. (Sorry, Looney…