Browsing: June 23

A Brief History American superhero film fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Supergirl on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Phoenix Theatres Great Northern Mall, 450 Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted, OH 44070!  We have a link/code for a total of 15 pairs of passes.  For a chance to receive one of these limited number of advance screening pairs of passes, please send an email to admin@historyandheadlines.com with the subject of “Supergirl movie pass.”  The fifteen recipients of the codes will be determined in the order emails for this…

A Brief History On June 23, 1926, the SAT exam was administered for the first time, a test created by the College Board to predict a student’s likelihood of success in college.  Going through name changes and modifications of the testing itself, the SAT has generated controversy over its usefulness as a predictor of college or workplace performance, especially in relation to cultural factors of the test takers. Digging Deeper As with any standardized test, the SAT, which once stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test then the SAT Reasoning Test before being shortened to just SAT, has…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 23rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 23, 1611, the ship appropriately named Discovery, captained by explorer Henry Hudson, was in what is now called Hudson Bay and was the scene of a mutiny. On June 23, 1917, Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth pitched to only one batter, walking him, before he was ejected from the game for punching the umpire. On June 23, 1926, the…

A Brief History On June 23, 2023, Americans celebrate National Detroit Style Pizza Day, a day to honor perhaps America’s favorite food in a unique style. Digging Deeper While most are familiar with “New York Style” and “Chicago Style” pizza, the variety invented by Buddy’s Pizza in Detroit, Michigan back in 1946 is a major player in gustatory wars that define pizza. Detroit Style is different, starting with its square shape, baked with a thick, airy crust in a square pan, spread with plenty of Wisconsin Brick Cheese all the way to the ends, covered with “racing stripes” of pizza…

A Brief History On June 23, 1942, Oberleutnant Armin Faber of the German Luftwaffe made an historic blunder when he landed his state of the art Focke-Wulf 190 fighter plane at a Welsh airfield at RAF Pembrey, handing the British Germany’s latest and best fighter aircraft complete and in flyable condition.  Faber apparently mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel which caused his navigational error.  So eager were the British to capture an example of the FW-190 they actually considered mounting a commando raid in order to steal one of the high performance fighters.  Lucky for the British, Armin…