A Brief History On May 17, 1900, the L. Frank Baum fantasy story, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was published. In 1902, the story was adapted as a Broadway musical, titled The Wizard of Oz, and in 1939, the famous movie adaptation again titled the story The Wizard of Oz. Of these 3 ways to tell the story, it is the iconic moving picture that has been an integral part of Americana and is the vehicle by which most Americans are familiar with the story. Today, we look at this marvelous tale and tell you about 10 things you may…
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A Brief History On May 14, 2019, a mere five days away from the HBO mega-hit television series, Game of Thrones series finale, we at History and Headlines are all too willing to provide our readers inclined to desperately want to know things ahead of time with SPOILERS! Who will live and who will die, who will occupy the Iron Throne? Many pundits have speculated, and supposedly alternate endings have been filmed to avoid cast members from spilling the beans, but only we have the soi-disant (self-described) clairvoyant, who will now boldly share his visions of the coming final episode…
A Brief History On May 10, 1849, Astor Opera House in Manhattan was the unlikely scene of another of those goofy named riots we keep telling you about. Though the Astor Opera House is no more (nor are the 22 to 31 people killed during the riot!), the Astor Place Riot lives on in the Pantheon of Stupid Riots. (Type in “Riot” in the question box of our website to get our many articles about the seemingly endless supply of riots.) Along with the many people killed, another 260 (including militiamen) were seriously injured, making the Astor Place Riot one…
A Brief History On April 29, 2017, at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London, Anthony Joshua set a post-war crowd attendance record for boxing when becoming the unified heavyweight champion of the world. An eleventh-round stoppage of the much older Wladimir Klitschko saw British boxer Joshua unify the WBA super and IBO belts, which were both vacant, with the IBF strap. Ukrainian legend Klitschko had previously lost the first two titles to Tyson Fury. Digging Deeper The journey from amateur super-heavyweight to holding these and later the WBO championship saw Joshua take a well-trodden path using the Olympics as a…
A Brief History Superhero drama web television series fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see The Boys on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 7:30 PM at Tower City Cinemas in Cleveland, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://www.gofobo.com/THEBOYSJCU. All attendees will also receive free popcorn and soda, promotional items, and the chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card! Seating is first-come, first-served and is not guaranteed. Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper The Boys takes place in a world where superheroes embrace the…