Browsing: February

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 19th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 19, 1807, former Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, the same guy that shot Alexander Hamilton to death in a duel while Burr was serving as Vice President, was arrested for treason. On February 19, 1859, New York Congressman Daniel E. Sickles made history as the first person acquitted by reason of “temporary insanity.” On February 19, 1943,…

A Brief History On February 19, 1954, the Soviet Politburo, the highest policy making organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, ordered the Crimean Oblast to the Ukrainian SSR.  The Crimea had previously been part of the Russian SFSR, and numerous cultures, kingdoms, and empires before that. Digging Deeper After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, a referendum of Crimean citizens voted to become an autonomous region within the Ukrainian SSR and in 1992, within an independent Ukraine.  In 1994, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States agreed to the Budapest Memorandum, a treaty that addressed former Soviet…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 18th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 18, 1930, Elm Farm Ollie (Also known as “Nellie Jay,” “Sunnymede Ollie” and “Sky Queen.” Say, why does a cow need aliases???) made aviation history as the first cow to fly in a fixed wing airplane. On February 18, 1930, as previously chronicled in our article “First Cow Milked in the Sky!” we told of the first cow to fly…

A Brief History On February 18, 2023, the USA celebrates another National Battery Day!  We would like to take this opportunity to briefly talk about batteries. Digging Deeper An electro-chemical device used to power any sort of electrical gizmo, we use batteries to start out cars, power our cell phones, light our flashlights, run our radios, power medical devices such as hearing aids and pacemakers, and they keep our computer data from being lost when the lights go out. Batteries were first invented way back between 150 BC and 650 AD, although we are not sure, the first known example…

A Brief History Sports drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Creed III on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 7:00PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD, 6001 Canal Rd., Valley View, OH 44125!  For your chance to get a pass, please log on to https://uareleasingscreenings.com/CREED3HH28.  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 In Creed III, after dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan)…