Browsing: November 8

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on November 8th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On November 8, 1520, the Stockholm Bloodbath began, an event that followed the successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces and resulted in the execution of around 100 people. On November 8, 1837, Mary Lyon founded Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later became Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. On November 8, 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen (or Röntgen) discovered what…

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A Brief History On November 8, 1965, a North Vietnamese force of 1,200 soldiers ambushed 400 of the US Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade West of the Dong Nai River and paid dearly for their disregard of American military prowess. Digging Deeper In a search and destroy mission called Operation Hump, the US Army was roaming South Vietnam hoping to find and engage North Vietnamese forces to force a battle that would diminish the Communist forces.  As often happened during the US war in Vietnam, it was the Vietnamese that found the Americans first and initiated contact. Although the outnumbered American…

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A Brief History On November 8, 1837, Mary Lyon founded Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later became Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.  Earlier, Lyon had founded Wheaton Female Seminary, also in Massachusetts.  Despite the title word “Seminary” in the colleges founded by Mary Lyon, she was neither a clergy person nor creating a school for future clergy, although she was indeed a devout Christian.  Today we take a look at some religious beliefs that are likely to confuse, confound or perhaps totally discombobulate those persons not of that particular set of beliefs.  (No value judgements are made or…

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A Brief History On November 8, 2019, a big, really big, war movie about one of the most pivotal battles of World War II hits the big screens across the United States when Midway makes its debut.  We had the opportunity to prescreen this $100 million blockbuster and found the film entertaining, though not exactly a documentary.  Expect the visual treats a $100 check can write!  Some big stars, excellent special effects, and lots of action make this film the action film of the year in our book. Digging Deeper Directed and produced by Roland Emmerich, the 11th highest grossing…

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A Brief History On November 8, 1901, people once again proved that human beings are willing to riot over just about anything.  This time it happened in Greece and was precipitated by the publication of the Gospel of Matthew in a translation from Latin into the modern Greek vernacular (demotic Greek).  Known as “Black Thursday,” November 8, 1901 was the climax of the Gospel Riots and 8 of the rioters were killed.  (We have previously published numerous articles about riots, so if you are interested in checking out some of these ridiculous and sometimes deadly events, please use the search…

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