A Brief History On July 1, 2025, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – The Graphic Novel by Liz Marsham was published by Disney Press, an adaptation of the popular novel, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Digging Deeper Obviously, the story we enjoyed in the novel is the same in the graphic novel version, and since we found the story in the novel to be highly entertaining the same analysis remains true for the graphic novel. In fact, the graphic novel version flows smoothly much like a regular novel, with appropriate…
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A Brief History On July 1, 1966, Canada had its first ever color television broadcast in Toronto, Ontario. Back when color TV hit the airwaves in the US, 1950 and 1951, no normal people had color TVs anyway. 1950s color TVs were horrible, with round screens that cut off a lot of the picture and garish colors like a bad cartoon. Digging Deeper TVs from the 1950s and early 1960s did not come with remotes, and they took forever to warm up, starting with a little dot of light in the middle that grew into a picture. Using CRTs and…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 1st. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 1, 1863, the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania began, perhaps the most important battle of the US Civil War. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1, 1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia joined to form the semi-autonomous federal Dominion of Canada, which began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion…
A Brief History On July 1, 1980, Canada officially adopted “O Canada” as its national anthem. Dating back to 1880, “O Canada” became the informal national anthem of Canada in 1939. The English form of the lyrics have been amended several times, including in 2018, while the French words remained the same. Digging Deeper Other countries have well known stirring anthems, and we list a few for you to pick from as your favorite: France, “La Marseillaise,” 1792. Germany, ”Deutschland Über Alles,” 1922. United Kingdom, “God Save the King (or Queen),” 1745. United States, “Star-Spangled Banner,” written 1814, adopted 1931.…
A Brief History Several days ago, we announced an opportunity to virtually screen The Tomorrow War. Because these digital tickets went so quickly and our screening partner had more available, she has opened our code for 50 more! So, once again, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, a limited number of you have a chance at watching a virtual screening of The Tomorrow War at 7:00PM. Amazon’s The Tomorrow War marks the return of the epic summer blockbuster, promising large-scale sci-fi-action mixed with comedy and heart. Starring Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaids Tale) J.K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin…