Browsing: July 11

A Brief History On July 11, 2015, the man called “El Chapo” (Shorty), Joaquin Guzman, escaped from Mexican prison via a mile long 30 foot deep tunnel equipped with ventilation, rail tracks, and a motorcycle.  Obviously such an elaborate engineering feat could not have been constructed without the collusion of authorities, and many prison officials were arrested in the wake of the escape. Digging Deeper Guzman is considered the most powerful drug kingpin in the world today, said by some to be more powerful than Pablo Escobar at Escobar’s peak.  Guzman has a fortune estimated at around a billion dollars. …

A Brief History On July 11, 1914, the major league career of George Herman Ruth began, with Ruth pitching for the victory of the Red Sox over the Cleveland Naps.  On that same day, it is said Ruth met his first wife, a 16 year old waitress.  Of course Ruth is better known as “Babe” Ruth, but he was also often referred to as “The Sultan of Swat” or “The Bambino.”  What you might not know is that his Yankee teammates usually called him “Jidge.” Digging Deeper Great athletes and minor ones alike often have colorful nicknames, and baseball is…

A Brief History On July 11, 1987, the human population of the Earth hit 5 billion, known appropriately as “5 Billion Day.”  Since then, July 11 each year is celebrated as “World Population Day” in an effort to raise awareness about global population issues.  Today, there are about 7.2 billion people alive on Earth.  Estimates for 2050 vary, but are in the area of 10 billion or so.  That is too many people!  Here we list 10 reasons we think there are too many people in the world.  Update, July 11, 2019:  In the summer of 2019, Weather.Com and other sources reported…