A Brief History On March 4, 2020, Nik Wallenda of the famous acrobat and daredevil family, became the first person to walk on a wire above the crater of the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. Not to be outdone, his wife, Erendira, performed an aerial routine above the smoking crater! Digging Deeper The Wallenda family is famous for many of their death-defying firsts, with Nik personally holding 11 Guinness World Records, including being the first to walk across Niagara Falls on a high wire. Other daredevils have achieved epic firsts, including: Annie Edson Taylor, the first to survive going over Niagara…
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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 4th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 4, 938, the relics of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs, were translated, which means moved to a more permanent location. On March 4, 1917, the U.S. Congress welcomed its first female U.S. Representative (congresswoman) when Jeanette Rankin of Montana joined the exclusive group. On March 4, 1918, the USS Cyclops kept a date with destiny! On March…
A Brief History On March 4, 938, the relics of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs, were translated, which means moved to a more permanent location. Not really a king during his life, Wenceslaus was posthumously promoted to “King of the Czechs” after his death. Digging Deeper Wenceslaus was born in Prague, Bohemia in 907, and became Duke in 921. In 935, he was assassinated by his own brother, the aptly named Boleslaus the Cruel. The family murders had begun when Wenceslaus’s own mother had his grandmother and regent killed to prevent the grandmother’s influence. The evil…
A Brief History In January of 2017, Warner Brothers had The Batman in development, with Ben Affleck set to direct and star. The screenplay, written by Affleck, focused on the events after Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) with the villain as Deathstroke, played by Joe Manganiello. The story followed Deathstroke putting Bruce Wayne through a gauntlet of mind games, once discovering Bruce’s alter ego was Batman, taking inspiration from The Game, the 1997 film by David Fincher. As the year went on, Affleck decided to step down from the director’s chair to focus on portraying the caped crusader.…
A Brief History On Thursday, March 4, 2021, Focus Features will have a virtual screening of Land at 7:30 PM Eastern Time. Please go to http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/HISTORYLAND34 for a chance to receive one of a limited number of virtual screening codes. To reserve a spot for the online screening you must click on the link above which takes you to the redeem pass page. You then log in or sign up which takes a minute if you do not have a Focus Features TicktBox account to reserve your virtual spot! The day of the screening you get an email reminder from…