A Brief History NASA’s planned launch of a new gigantic rocket called Artemis scheduled for August 29, 2022 has been scrubbed due to a problem with an engine, with a new launch date scheduled for September 2, 2022. The launch vehicle is intended to take Americans to the Moon once again, perhaps in 2025 or 2026. (See our other space based articles.) Note: The rescheduled launch for September 2 was changed to September 3, but on September 3 NASA once again rescheduled the launch for September 5. We’ll See! Now they say September 27! Digging Deeper So why call this…
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A Brief History On September 2, 1984, Sydney, Australia was the scene of a major shoot-out between rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros. Contrary to the popular opinion that mass shootings only occur in the US, a total of 7 people were killed and 12 were wounded in the incident known as the “Milperra massacre.” Digging Deeper Apparently the answer to our question is that, “Yes, other countries do have motorcycle gangs.” Our previous article, Mass Shooting…in Canada??? tells the story of another such motorcycle gang related mass shooting, this time in Canada. In fact, Wikipedia has an article about…
A Brief History On August 29, 1728, the city of Nuuk, Greenland was founded. Kind of an odd name, Nuuk is only one of many cities or places with odd or downright goofy names. Today, we ask you, what is the goofiest name you know of for any city, town, or village? Digging Deeper Here we list some of the contenders, but feel free to nominate your own choice: Hot Coffee, Mississippi Bugtussle, Kentucky Santa Claus, Indiana Two Egg, Florida No Name, Colorado Why, Arizona Whynot, North Carolina Screamer, Alabama Worms, Germany Intercourse, Pennsylvania Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Placentia,…
A Brief History On August 28, 1921, the Red Army disbanded the Ukrainian Makhnovshchina, an anarchist free Ukrainian territory in the Ukraine. The Russians, during the Russian Civil War, 1917 to 1923, sought to keep the Russian Empire together while the formation of the USSR took place. Digging Deeper Russia has long sought to control Ukraine and Ukrainians, and Ukrainians have long sought their own independence. Not only was the Soviet era, 1922 to 1991, brutal for Ukrainians, but the breakup of the USSR in 1991 left Ukraine an impoverished country with worthless Russian guarantees of their borders and national…
A Brief History On August 27, 2006, Comair Flight 5191, a connecting flight from Lexington, Kentucky to Atlanta, Georgia, crashed, killing all aboard the aircraft except a single survivor. Not only is the “sole survivor” fact amazing, but it was the man that was piloting the plane during the crash! (See some of our many articles about aviation and aircraft by clicking this link.) Digging Deeper The Bombardier CRJ-100 twin jet airliner that can carry 50 passengers plus an aircrew, crashed when it was attempting take off from the wrong runway, flying from runway #26 when the tower had assigned…
