A Brief History On July 1, 1863, the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania began, perhaps the most important battle of the US Civil War. Many historians have considered it the battle that the war hinged on, especially as it was the “high water mark” of the Confederate invasion of the North. We list here some of the most important, most critical battles in our nation’s history, battles that the very existence of the country depended on. Since the only wars that our existence hinged on were the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II, by our definition only those…
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A Brief History On July 1, 1957, the International Geophysical Year began. The IGY was a cooperative scientific effort by 67 countries (there were under 100 countries in the world then, 200 now). In an effort to minimize Cold War tensions, scientists from these countries would work in harmony for the advancement of mankind. The IGY would last until December 31, 1958 (which you may notice is more than 1 year). Things were different then, and here we point out 20 things that did not yet exist or were different then as opposed to now. Digging Deeper 20. Mobile Phones. No satellites,…
A Brief History On at least four separate occasions electronic book burners known as “deletionists” tried to rid Wikipedia of its coverage of the internet phenomenon known as “creepypastas”. Deletionists are a group of bullies who focus their efforts on trying to remove anything and everything they merely do not like from Wikipedia. They typically, out of ignorance, refer to articles concerning topics they are unfamiliar with as “not notable”. Digging Deeper: A Timeline 26 March 2008: Allen3 nominated the article titled “Creepypasta” for deletion from Wikipedia. After a brief discussion in which only five random user accounts voted to delete the article,…
A Brief History On July 1, 1874, E. Remington and Sons placed the first successful typewriter on the market, a model also known as the Remington No. 1 and invented by Christopher Sholes, Samuel Soule, and Carlos Glidden. Digging Deeper Not particularly easy to manufacture, the inventors had sold out to Remington after failing to easily produce the machine. Remington did not find an immediate market, as the machines were costly to make and still had some shortcomings such as the inability to type lower case letters. It did however, introduce the familiar QWERTY 4 row keyboard, which despite appearances made typing much faster than an ABCtype…
