Browsing: November 16

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on November 16th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On November 16, 1857, during the battle known as Second Relief of Lucknow, British soldiers earned 24 Victoria Cross medals in a single day, the most in British history. On November 16, 1871, the National Rifle Association received its charter from the State of New York, starting a long and distinguished history as a major force in encouraging marksmanship by Americans as…

A Brief History On November 16, 1857, during the battle known as the Second Relief of Lucknow, British soldiers earned 24 Victoria Cross medals in a single day, the most in British history. Digging Deeper Lucknow, the capital of the Oudh, now called Awadh, province of India, housed a British settlement.  The area was administered by the British East India Company, a situation distasteful to the local Indians. The 1857 Indian Rebellion, May 1857 to November 1858, saw rebellion against the East India Company.  Lucknow, defended by 1,729 troops, was beset by 5000 Sepoys, Indian soldiers that had been working…

A Brief History Biographical war drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Devotion on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 6:30PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD on 6001 Canal Rd. in Valley View, Ohio!  For your chance to get a pass, please log on to https://gofobo.com/DEVOTIONHH16.  Passes are first-come, first-serve.  The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience.  Therefore, seating is not guaranteed.  So, please arrive early!  Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the…

A Brief History Today, as the United States and the rest of the world continues to be ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, we look back to a previous pandemic of enormously greater proportions, the infamous Black Death of Bubonic Plague that ravaged much of the world in the 14th Century.  Panicked populations, desperate for answers and solutions to the deadly plague, took to blaming Europe’s Jewish population as the cause of the calamity, a scapegoating of Jews common throughout history.  The pervasive theme of blaming various catastrophes on Jews made the scapegoating of the Black Death an almost foregone conclusion! …

A Brief History On November 16, 1871, the National Rifle Association received its charter from the State of New York, starting a long and distinguished history as a major force in encouraging marksmanship by Americans as preparation for possible military service and promoting the shooting sports.  Later emphasis on the rights of gun owners and shooters embroiled the organization in political mire and in recent years the once universally admired organization has generated much backlash against its political activities, including hatred from those that oppose the 2nd Amendment.  How did things go so wrong?  The answer is a bit complex,…