A Brief History Earlier today, we covered the North Hollywood Bank Robbery of February 28, 1997. Therefore, it only seemed right that we also count down the top ten famous shootouts in history! Digging Deeper 10. John Dillinger gunned down outside a Chicago theater, 1934. Set up by The Woman in Red, was given no chance to shoot back. Having committed 24 bank robberies, two jail breaks, and four police station robberies, J. Edgar Hoover declared him Public Enemy #1. Cracked fact: Ambushed by Agent Melvin Purvis, the same agent that was in on the Pretty Boy Floyd shootout! 9.…
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A Brief History On February 28, 1997, Hollywood was outdone by North Hollywood in a real life shootout worthy of the movies! Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find the Los Angeles Police Department engaged in perhaps the biggest police versus robber shootout in American history! To put it in perspective, about 2,000 rounds were fired of rifle, pistol, and shotgun ammunition! The two bank robbers, Larry Phillips and Emil Matasareanu (from Romania) were not rookies at the robbery game. They had robbed an armored car in 1993 and were arrested a couple months later when during a traffic stop police…
A Brief History On February 28th, Black History Month draws to a close and as such we want to reflect on some notable figures in black history. History is being made everyday, and recently in 2014 landmark cases involving police shootings of African-Americans has resulted in riots and protests, events that will become history once the journalistic cycle is over. Today, History and Headlines takes a look at 10 icons of the civil rights movement, including 5 people held up as martyrs that are legitimate American heroes and 5 that are held up as martyrs, but actually may well have…
A Brief History On February 28, 1893, the United States Navy made an enormous step toward eventually ruling the seas by launching its first ever battleship commensurate with those of other great naval powers. Though the USS Indiana BB-1 was launched on this date, she would not be commissioned until 2 years later. Digging Deeper Designed for coastal defense, the Indiana was not intended to throw her weight around the world as her decks were not designed to take heavy seas in the open ocean. About 351 feet long and with a beam of 69 feet, she did not have the size or proportions of…