A Brief History On July 11, 2025, Superman was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures. Digging Deeper The premier superhero in the DC cinematic universe, the alien from Krypton, and believe us, the “alien” part is prominently mentioned repeatedly in the film, is not the sure, confident, unflappable and invincible hero we have come to know from previous Superman movies! More emotional and sensitive than previous iterations, this Kal-El has been accused by some movie goers and critics of being “woke.” We disagree! Just because the character, played by David Corenswet, is more sensitive and vulnerable than…
Browsing: July 11
Read More
A Brief History On July 11, 1977, civil rights icon, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor. King’s medal was awarded posthumously as he had been assassinated in 1968. Digging Deeper At least 20 of these honors were awarded posthumously, including John F. Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, John Wayne, Roberto Clemente, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth. At least 26 recipients were given their Medal of Freedom “With Distinction,” a special version, including then Vice President Joe Biden in 2017. Many recipients earned their Medal by providing civic contribution to the US…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 11th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 11, 1893, after five years of work and nearly broke, Mikimoto Kokichi finally produced cultured pearls, starting a new industry and providing high quality pearls to the masses. On July 11, 1893, Mikimoto Kokochi of Japan invented a way to make cultured pearls, making pearl jewelry available to millions of women. On July 11, 1914, the major league career of…
A Brief History On July 11, 1979, America’s first space station, Skylab, reentered Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean and Australia. Digging Deeper Launched in 1973, to great public excitement, Skylab is the only space station to be operated only by the US. Children were invited by NASA to submit ideas for experiments to be conducted on Skylab, and the author of this article submitted an experiment with welding in space. The experiment was not accepted, but a participation letter was issued. Skylab was only occupied for 171 of the over 2200 days it spent in orbit, its…
A Brief History On July 11, 2016, we ran an article we called Scumbag of the Year Awards (First Half) 2016. Today, we take another look at this sordid subject with an eye on the first half of 2022. Sadly, three is no lack of subjects for this article, though for brevity reasons we limit our list to only a few particularly egregious offenders. Feel free to tell us those other scumbags you think belong on this list. Digging Deeper Vladimir Putin, Dictator of Russia and War Criminal Vladimir Putin, narcissistic megalomaniac dictator of Russia, ordered the invasion of neighboring…