A Brief History This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in January! Digging Deeper On January 1, 1773, the all familiar hymn “Amazing Grace” was performed for the first time at a church service in England. On January 2, 533, Mercurius, son of Projectus, a Roman priest was elected Pope by the Catholic Church. On January 3, 1521, Roman Catholic (Augustinian) priest and reformer Martin Luther was ex-communicated from the church by Pope Leo X. On January 3, 2018, supernatural horror fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see…
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A Brief History On January 1, 2016, we started a new year with the same hopes and expectations we normally start every year. Despite all the acrimonious politics, the Obama years had actually been slowly improving across the economy, for rich and poor alike. Job numbers had grown for 81 consecutive months (a record) and Obamacare resulted in more Americans than ever having health insurance. A Presidential election year had begun, and it was widely thought that this year would see the first ever woman nominated by a major political party (Hillary Clinton by the Democrats) and that she would…
A Brief History This article presents a calendar of alleged historical paranormal events! Please click on the links for each month below to learn more about that particular month’s alleged paranormal history. Digging Deeper: A Calendar of Paranormal History January February March April May June July August September October November December Question for students (and subscribers): What if your favorite paranormal event in history? Please let us know in the comments section below this article. If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines by liking us…
A Brief History On January 1, 2017, we at History and Headlines have decided to live up to the “Headlines” portion of our name by re-capping the hottest fake news of last year! Digging Deeper After 2016 introducing fake news to the masses, with a fake news story about Israel threatening to nuke Pakistan resulting in a real Pakistani response threatening to nuke Israel in return, and in an idiot believing a fake news story about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza shop traveling to the pizza shop with a real rifle that he fired…
A Brief History On January 1, 1950, a new method of designating what year it is (or was) went into effect with the BP system, meaning “Before Present.” The Anno Domini (“the year of our Lord”) choice of a starting date for modern counting of years was proposed by the colorfully named Dionysius Exiguus (a monk from what is now modern Bulgaria or Romania) back in 525 AD. (Yes, you can use the letters with or without the periods.) Digging Deeper The Lord referred to in AD is Jesus Christ, which of course seems to slight people of any religion…
