A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on January 3rd. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper 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, 1933, history was made in North Dakota when Minnie D. Craig became the Speaker of the State House of Representatives. On January 3, 1944, the top American air combat ace, Pappy Boyington, was shot down. On January 3, 1944, America’s…
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A Brief History On January 3, 1944, America’s leading fighter Ace of that time, Marine Major Pappy Boyington, was shot down and taken captive by the Japanese. Today, we take a look at some of the leading fighter pilot aces of World War II by their country. Digging Deeper Top Aces of World War II: Johnnie Johnson, Britain, 38 kills Mato Dukovac, Croatia, 44 kills Ilmari Juutilainen, Finland, 94 kills Pierre Clostermann, France, 33 kills Erich Hartmann, Germany, 352 kills György Debrődy and Lajos Tóth, Hungary, 26 kills Teresio Martinoli, Italy, 22 + 14 shared kills Tetsuzō Iwamoto, Japan, 80…
A Brief History On January 3, 2022, we take a look at the latest movie in the Matrix movie franchise, The Matrix Resurrections that we screened shortly after its release (December 22, 2021). Having watched all 3 of the previous Matrix movies (all starring Keanu Reeves as Neo), and even going so far as to re-watch them all in succession prior to screening the latest edition, we felt prepared to make an appropriate analysis of the new edition in the film franchise. Digging Deeper Several things jump right out at you when you see this new film. First, “Neo,” aka…
A Brief History Bitcoin will be approaching its 11th year in January 2020. When the idea of a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system” was introduced by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto on the 3rd of January 2009, there was much speculation (or debate) as to how much a bitcoin would actually be worth. For more than a full year (a year and 9 days to be exact), there were a lot of back-and-forths. It was then that a Bitcointalk forum user named “dwdollar” expressed the idea of opening the first-ever (and much-needed) bitcoin exchange saying: “I am trying to create a market…
A Brief History On January 3, 2009, the Genesis block, the first of the blockchains, of the crypto-currency known as Bitcoin was first established online by creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, an alias for an unknown person or persons. The form of “currency” invented by Nakamoto (or whatever) does not entail any tangible coins or paper money and is purely theoretical online tradable currency. A decentralized payment system, Bitcoin allows financial transactions of many types to be conducted without the oversight or vagaries of governments or a central bank. Digging Deeper A crypto-currency is a system that uses digital data as a…
