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…
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A Brief History On January 22, 1973, heavyweight boxing legend and purveyor of home grills, George Foreman, pummeled the reigning heavyweight boxing champion, Smokin’ Joe Frazier, into a quivering pile of jelly in their championship bout in Kingston, Jamaica. The fight was mercifully stopped by the referee in the second round, making George Foreman Heavyweight Boxing Champion and de facto “King of the World.” As stunning as Foreman’s victory was, as Frazier was the undefeated Champion at the time, this fight was only one of 3 truly momentous fights in Foreman’s boxing career. Most boxers are lucky if they are…
A Brief History On January 21, 2019, the citizens of the United States of America celebrate another national holiday, this one in remembrance of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement. Unfortunately, not everyone has honored Reverend King’s legacy in a commendable way this past month. Yet, those who have disrespected Reverend King are but some of our fellow citizens who have disappointed our society in various ways in January 2019. Although we have nearly a third of the month of January yet to go, we feel compelled to list “Jerks of the Month”…
A Brief History On January 11, 532, the seeds of a riot broke out in the capital of the Byzantine Empire (spawn of the Eastern Roman Empire), Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) over competing support of chariot racing teams. Not your typical few hours of drunken revelry, the Nika Riots went on for a week and resulted in half the city being burned down! While we consider a modern sports related riot that results in a fatality to be a tragedy, the Nika Riots resulted in an estimated 30,000 rioters killed, making it the worst sports related riot in history. Today…
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…