A Brief History On May 15, 2026, American supernatural horror film Obsession was released in theaters in the United States on by Focus Features. Digging Deeper We found Obsession an engaging, entertaining, and refreshingly novel take on the “You better be careful what you wish for” theme. The lead actress (Inde Navarrette) did an excellent job in particular. Although the audience chuckled at various points throughout the film, we overall found the film creepy, with a few jump scares and some startling vocalizations. The ending is a downer, although as always we refrain from explicit spoilers. The overall premise, while…
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A Brief History On May 15, 2010, Australian 16 year old Jessica Watson completed a non-stop and solo unassisted sail voyage around the world, the youngest person to achieve this feat. Digging Deeper Watson piloted a 33.6 foot sailboat on her trip of seven months that covered nearly 20,000 nautical miles. She is just one of many people that achieved great feats before turning 18 years old, some of whom include: American Marjorie Gestring became the youngest Olympic Gold Medalist in 1936 when she won the 3-meter diving event at the age of 13. Eight Olympic champions have been age…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 15th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 15, 1718, Englishman James Puckle patented his machine gun, the world’s first! On May 15, 1718, James Puckle of England patented the first machine gun. On May 15, 1718, Mr. Puckle patented what could be considered the first machine gun. On May 15, 1848, Serfdom was abolished in the Habsburg Austrian region of Galicia, ending the slavery of peasants in…
A Brief History On May 15, 2001, a 47-car freight train in Walbridge, Ohio took off away from the train station sans engineer who had dismounted to set a switch. The train, which included tanker cars carrying hazardous flammable chemicals, traveled an incredible 66 miles before finally being stopped in Kenton, Ohio. Digging Deeper In the face of recent train derailments and disasters, this particular incident could have been much worse. In this case, no crash occurred, and nobody was killed, due to the quick thinking and courage of rail crews. The engineer did suffer minor injuries in his vain…
A Brief History On May 15, 2020, a “new” science fiction drama makes its debut, a film about the late 1950’s that is filmed to be in the retro style of that era. It works, and audiences might not get to see it in the theaters but will instead have access to the film via Amazon Studios. The movie, The Vast of Night, will be available on Prime Video on May 29, 2020. Digging Deeper The movie takes on the UFO craze of the 1950’s sci-fi era, and starts out with a Twilight Zone style opening, beginning in black and…