A Brief History On March 8, 1917, the United States Senate voted to adopt a procedure designed to limit the maddening practice of filibuster in Senate proceedings, a practice called cloture, or colloquially “the guillotine!” The rule was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate, with a vote of 76 for the measure and only 3 votes against adopting cloture. Perhaps you have heard of this term many times in recent years as the US Senate battles through tough times for bi-partisan actions and neither side having a clear majority. Digging Deeper As you may note from the date of the adoption…
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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…
A Brief History On March 1, 1917, one of the most provocative diplomatic messages known to history was disseminated in the American press, the so-called Zimmerman Telegram, sent by Germany to Mexico in January of 1917 and intercepted by the British who dutifully relayed the shocking message to American President Woodrow Wilson. An aghast and angry Wilson wanted to release the contents of the message to the world and the American people immediately but held the news until March 1, 1917. An outraged American public learned of German designs on the American mainland and the telegram was largely responsible for…
A Brief History On March 1, 1961, a new pet project of newly sworn in President John F. Kennedy was created, the Peace Corps, a volunteer organization for the betterment of humankind run by the United States Government, just one of many agencies, departments and programs that would come to existence during this author’s lifetime. Sure, Franklin Roosevelt invented all sorts of government agencies and programs during the Great Depression, but the Presidents and Congresses that have come since have not exactly been slackers when it comes to expanding our government. Many of these agencies and programs seem so ingrained…
A Brief History On March 5, 2021, American science fiction action-adventure film Chaos Walking is scheduled to be released in the United States by Lionsgate. For a chance to receive an Atom Ticket for this film, please send an email to admin@historyandheadlines.com with the subject of “Chaos Walking movie pass” as well as a screenshot included with your email showing that you are subscribed to our YouTube channel. The recipients of the passes will be determined in the order emails for this opportunity are received and if the above instructions were followed correctly. Promo codes will be sent via email on…