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March 10, 2019: Captain Marvel, Throw Out the Controversy and Enjoy the Movie!

By Major Dan on March 10, 2019 Cinema & TV, Literature, March 10

A Brief History On March 10, 2019, we offer a mini-review of the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster film Captain Marvel. Unfortunately, even prior to the release of the movie on March 8, 2019, coincidentally International Women’s Day, tremendous flak developed over the star, Actress Brie Larson, making comments seen by some as anti-White Male. The result of the fallout from Larson’s unfortunate comments has been extreme, with scathing articles and reviews denouncing the film, often by people that did not even see the movie! Robo-reviews and comments on blogs and movie sites have flooded the media, both with…

Weird Things People Used to Say

By Major Dan on March 7, 2019 Literature, March 7

A Brief History On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his invention he called the “telephone.” Far from the device people today cannot seem to drive a car or eat dinner without, the original model did not even have push buttons or an LCD screen! No wonder people had a hard time adapting to the new technology. For example, how does one answer a phone? Invent something and a new problem is created. Bell’s answer to answering the phone was to loudly state a brisk, “Ahoy, hoy!” Really, no kidding. The guy that invented the telephone…

When Did People Start Naming Days of the Week?

By Major Dan on February 6, 2019 February 6, Horoscopes, Literature, Nature, Travel

A Brief History On February 6, 60 AD, in the Roman city of Pompeii, an unknown graffiti artist noted that the day was “dies Solis” (Sunday), the first known instance of being able to attach a date to a day of the week. While this bit of graffito is the earliest recorded account of a day and date being matched up, people had been naming days of the week prior to this incident. The Romans called Sunday “dies Solis” meaning day of the Sun. Read on for more about what the names of each day of the week mean and…

How to Avoid Mistakes when Writing a Historical Essay

By Mary Selby on January 26, 2019 Literature

A Brief History Are you trying to write a really good historical essay? You won’t be the first. Writing a historical essay that is meaningful, and yet avoiding errors can be somewhat daunting for a new content creator, writer or students who want to begin a career as freelancers by helping their friends write some essays for cash. It can be mystifying going about the start of writing your essay. Although many articles online exhaustively deal with this issue, yet it still seems complicated to practically enact. In this article, we will expound a better, more vivid and easier way…

December 30, 2018: People We Lost in 2018

By Major Dan on December 30, 2018 Cinema & TV, December 30, Fashion, Food, Lists, Literature, Military, Music, Politics, Sports

A Brief History On December 30, 2018, we at History and Headlines take a moment to remember some of the notable people that died this year. (Yes, we know there is an entire day left in the year, so we will update the article to include any last minute deaths of note.) As always, we invite you, the reader, to nominate any other worthy people that died in 2018 that we neglected to mention, especially as we are not trying to name every single person of minimal celebrity that died. If you choose to mention a person that died, please…