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A Brief History On October 13, 2013 (too many “13’s” in that date?), 115 Indians were killed and another 110 injured during the Hindu festival of Navratri at the Ratangahr Mata Temple in India when a stampede occurred on a bridge.  Today, we list 10 such unhappy times when a religious activity or celebration went terribly wrong.  (BTW, Today, October 13, 2017, is Friday the 13th!) Digging Deeper 1. Navratri Festival, 2013. A common Indian Hindu festival held each Autumn for 10 days and 9 nights, the method and reason for celebrating varies from region to region.  Dancing, recitals, plays, rituals…

A Brief History On October 11, 1779, Polish cavalry officer and American Brigadier General, Casimir Pulaski, died of wounds incurred during the Battle of Savannah (Georgia) during the American Revolutionary War.  Pulaski, known as “The Father of American Cavalry,” had fought in Poland against the Russians, and was forced to flee his own country, taking his military skills to America where he became a hero of the American Revolution.  Pulaski was not the only major Polish officer to fight for America’s Independence, and of course other foreign born people also served in America during the Revolutionary War.  Here we list…

A Brief History On October 10, 2017, we look back on our previous October 10th articles about political scandals, “9 Sensational, Sorry and Stupid Political Scandals” and “More Political Scandals!”, and “10 Famous Politicians and Their Salacious, Scandalous, Sex Scandals” (July 18) by taking this opportunity to regale you with even more tales of politics and politicians gone wild.  There seems to be a never-ending fountain of such events, for which we are sure the late night comedians are grateful.  Of course, we also have individual articles about certain political scandals as well.  What other scandals would you like included…

A Brief History On October 6, 2017, we await another weekend of NFL football while President Trump and the country wait with bated breath, waiting to see what kind of protest the NFL players will or will not participate in prior to or during the National Anthem. Digging Deeper Originally meant to protest police brutality and the wanton murder of Black men by the Police across the USA, somehow that message has gotten lost in malarkey about free speech and Constitutional Rights.  POLICE ARE NOT MURDERING BLACK MEN ACROSS THE USA! People that fear the police are generally ones that…

A Brief History On October 5, 1607 (the same year Jamestown, Virginia was founded), Pope Paul V (yes, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church seen in the sculptural bust above) sent assassins to kill Paolo Sarpi, a Venetian lawyer, historian, and statesman.  Fortunately for Sarpi, he survived the 15 stab wounds from stilettos (the knives, not the shoes), and his attempted assassins were given refuge in Rome.  Many important people have been assassinated over History, but many other attempts have failed.  On April 30th we have an article, “10 Failed Assassinations”, and today we list another 10 notable failed…