A Brief History On June 10, 1943, Hungarian-Jewish inventors Laszlo and György Biro were granted a patent in Britain for the successful modern ballpoint pen. Prior to their invention, attempts to make ballpoint pens failed to find the balance between ink that would be liquid in the pen and yet dry quickly on paper. Digging Deeper American John J. Loud had invented a ballpoint pen half a century before the Biro brothers, but his attempt, like others, was not successful. Laszlo was the genius behind the mechanics of the workable pen, while György made the ink work properly. The brothers…
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A Brief History Horror comedy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see The Blackening on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 7:00PM at Cinemark Valley View, 6001 Canal Rd, Valley View, OH 44125! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to https://lionsgatescreenings.com/BLKNGHH613. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper The Blackening, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, centers around a group of Black friends…
A Brief History On June 9, 1973, Secretariat, often called “Big Red,” won the final round of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, by an unprecedented and unequaled 31 lengths! In fact, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont all in record times that still stand 50 years later! Digging Deeper Secretariat was a big, strong horse, 16 ¾ hands high and weighing in at 1155 pounds. With a stride of 24 feet 11 inches, he could cover ground at a top speed of 49 miles per hour carrying a jockey, even faster if unburdened. His…
A Brief History On May 28, 2017, Japanese race car driver, Takuma Sato, won the Indianapolis 500 motor race, making history as the first Asian, and the first Japanese driver to take the big prize. Proving his Indy prowess was not a fluke, Sato won the Indy 500 again in 2020, becoming the 20th driver to claim two victories at Indianapolis. Digging Deeper Sato, born in Tokyo in 1977, has also won titles in other racing formats, including the Macau Grand Prix, the Masters of Formula 3, and the British Formula Three. In 2004, he placed 8th for the season…
A Brief History On May 21, 2023, movie fans lost a beloved macho British actor when George Raymond Stevenson died at the too early age of 58. The big man took ill while filming for a new film in Italy, Cassino in Ischia, and no cause of death was given. Digging Deeper Stevenson played many macho characters befitting his rugged good looks, including many historical related roles such as a knight of the Round Table, a Roman soldier, mobster Danny Greene, the pirate Blackbeard, the Viking Ohthere of Hålogaland, Ferdinand I of Naples, James IV of Scotland, and other adventure…