A Brief History On August 3, 1946, post-war Americans were ready for a good time and were able to find it at the country’s first “theme-park” type of amusement park at Santa Claus Land in southern Indiana. Digging Deeper Surprisingly, today, the park, which is now known as Holiday World, is not only dedicated to Christmas, as it was originally, but also to the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Halloween! The name change occurred in 1984 to better reflect the park’s diversity. Holiday World is constantly being upgraded and just keeps getting better and better. If you like dogs, the Fourth of July section even has a…
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A Brief History The ‘Slot machine’ was a name formerly used for all automatic vending machines and gambling devices. You can play slots today in a little more of a modern setting over at 666Casino, they have numerous fruit machine games to play. It was in the 20th century that the term was restricted to gambling. There are other terms for slot machines. These include “fruit machine” which is a term popular in Britain and one-armed bandit. Digging Deeper The First Slot Machine: Liberty Bell from Charles Fey The Liberty Bell slot machine was first invented in 1895 by a car…
A Brief History On July 20, 1968, the first International Special Olympics for intellectually challenged people was held in Chicago’s Soldier Field. About a thousand athletes competed that day, and today over 4 million participate every year in 170 countries! Digging Deeper Started by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy, in 1962, the Special Olympics were particularly personal to the Kennedy family as John and Eunice had a sister that suffered from mental deficiency for which she was given a lobotomy in hopes of correcting her problem, but it only gave her more brain damage. At…
A Brief History In light of the current troubles with Islamic terrorists and our military operations in Arabic countries (Iraq, Syria, Yemen), we at History and Headlines would like to point out the contribution to American society made by just a few of the many Great Arab-Americans living here or that have made their mark on American society. As you can see, we chose to include mostly highly visible Arab-Americans that you may be familiar with. (Honorable mention to musician Frank Zappa who was mostly Italian, but had Greek and Arab heritage as well.) Digging Deeper 20. Danny Thomas, actor, comedian.…
A Brief history On July 17, 1955, Anaheim, California watched as Walt Disney dedicated and opened Disneyland, at the time, the premier amusement park in the world. The US has a long history of fine amusement parks, certainly making the US the amusement park capital of the world. Here we list 10 great parks, not necessarily the biggest, but 10 that draw the most people each year, and that we think you would especially enjoy visiting. Digging Deeper 10. Six Flags Magic Mountain, California (Valencia). With 19 roller coasters, more than any other park in the world, this place gives…