A Brief History On February 3, 1959, a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane crashed in Clear Lake, Iowa, a crash that would become one of the most famous plane crashes in aviation and music history. When the light plane hit the ground in wintry weather, the lives of 3 early Rock and Roll stars were lost, an incident often referred to as “The Day the Music Died.” On that fateful day, music fans lost Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper (aka J.P. Richardson), and the young Ritchie Valens. Digging Deeper The airplane involved in the tragedy was a 1947 model of the Beechcraft…
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A Brief History On February 2, 2004, Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer ascended to the #1 ranking in the World, a position he would hold for 237 consecutive weeks, an all-time record. He would go on to be the #1 male tennis pro for a total of 310 weeks, again, a number unmatched by any other male tennis star. The ranking of tennis professional players by the Association of Tennis Professionals’ (ATP) is but one measure of the greatness of Roger Federer. Perhaps his record number of 20 Grand Slam titles is an even better indication of his dominance over…
A Brief History On February 1, 1964, the British sensational band, The Beatles, hit the top of the American charts for the first time with their smash hit, “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” The iconic rock song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and would be the first of many such #1 hits by this song writing and singing pair. In fact, the Beatles would go on to post a record 20 #1 hits in the US. The Beatles would go on to probably the greatest career for any band in musical history, let alone Rock and…
A Brief History Today, we ask, “Are you trying to write a really good historical essay?” You will not 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…
A Brief History On January 25, 1924, Chamonix in the Southeastern part of France hosted the first iteration of the modern Olympic Winter Games. The ancient Greeks had held Olympic Games from about the 8th Century BC and continued to hold the games until the 4th Century AD. The Olympic Games were revived in 1894, with the establishment of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. The holding of a separate Winter version of the Olympic Games finally became a reality with the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924. Digging…