A Brief History On this day, February 22, 2014, we celebrate the five month anniversary of the launch of our site on September 22, 2013. In our first year (2013), we featured over 100 entertaining articles concerning bizarre and fascinating historic events. According to Google Analytics, the following ten articles were the most popular articles read by our thousands of much appreciated fans in 2013! Please let us know in the comments which article was your favorite from 2013. Digging Deeper 10. How an Accidental Explosion Brought Down the Chinese Empire Read here to learn how on October 9, 1911, an accidental…
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A Brief History On February 22, 1909, President Teddy Roosevelt made good on his advice to “carry a big stick.” Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find the “Great White Fleet,” 16 modern battleships of the U.S. Navy, along with various smaller craft, returning home. Roosevelt was determined to show the world that the United States was a power to be reckoned with and so had this fleet painted all white so that it would be instantly recognized. It was! On the pretext of a goodwill cruise, the Great White Fleet circled the globe to show friend and foe alike the power of…
A Brief History On April 6, 2011, the second San Fernando mass killings incident was discovered. On February 22, 2014, the day I (Major Dan) actually wrote this article, cable and national news outlets trumpeted the capture of Mexican drug Kingpin, Joaquin Guzman, known as “Shorty” or “El Chapo” in Spanish. Digging Deeper Although not the drug lord responsible for the San Fernando massacres, as head of the Sinaloa cartel his underlings have committed perhaps hundreds of murders, massacres, and have certainly planted more than a few mass graves! Making billions of dollars of ill gotten profits a year, Guzman…
A Brief History Yes, you read right, Bigfoot is indeed going to battle tonight…Bigfoot Silva that is! If you were looking for information on the Sasquatch of the same nickname, you may want to read our article on Bigfoot Patty. Digging Deeper Anyway, as for the somewhat more human fighter, a former Cage Rage and EliteXC heavyweight champion, the massive Silva (6 foot 4 inches tall and weighing 264 pounds) faces the almost equally massive former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion Frank Mir (6 foot 3 inches tall and weighing 261 pounds) at UFC Fight Night 61 in Brazil…
A Brief History On February 22, 2014, the Headlines trumpeted the success story of Marit Bjørgen of Norway as she won the 30 km freestyle cross-country skiing event at the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, giving her her 10th Olympic medal. Digging Deeper Born in 1980, this remarkable athlete has so far won 6 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in the Winter Olympics of 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. Though she is tied with 2 other women for total number of Olympic medals, she has more Olympic gold medals than any other female athlete. In addition…