A Brief History On October 14, 1943, the United States Army Air Force conducted one of the most catastrophic bombing raids in history, catastrophic for the bombers, that is! In 1943, World War II was still in serious doubt as to the outcome, and the United States and its key ally, Great Britain, were wracking their brains for the most efficient way to diminish German war making potential. Under enormous pressure from the Soviet Union to open a second front in Northern Europe, the US and UK elected instead to bring the land war to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations…
Browsing: October 14
A Brief History On October 14, 2020, we take the time to (briefly) review 4 of the latest movies from Blumhouse, a production company that has been pumping out films for a movie hungry world crippled by the coronavirus pandemic. Working with Amazon streaming television service, Welcome to the Blumhouse is a series of horror movies in various types of circumstances, including sci fi, supernatural, human frailty, etc. We have within the past couple weeks watched 4 of their films and will briefly review them here. Those films include The Lie, Black Box, Nocturne and Evil Eye. As always, we…
A Brief History On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared a “War on Drugs,” meaning of course a war against illegal drugs. His wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan coined the phrase, “Just Say No” in an effort to inspire the youth of America to resist the urge to use drugs illegally. Neither the government law enforcement campaign nor the simplistic exhortation by the First Lady had much of an effect on illegal drug availability or use back then and no discernible effect on curbing illegal drug use since. Digging Deeper The 1980’s was a time when cocaine became the…
A Brief History On October 14, 1938, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk made its first flight, leading to an eventual production run of 13,738 of the rugged fighters. Although often referred to as “obsolete” at the beginning of World War II, and famously rejected by the British for combat in the Northern European theater, the plane flown by the Flying Tigers with its intimidating shark mouth paint job became one of the main Allied fighters of World War II. (Previously, on November 6th we featured an article, The Hawker Hurricane: The Most Underrated Fighter Plane of World War II, and on…
A Brief History On October 14, 1586, Mary Queen of Scots went on trial for conspiracy against her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. Apparently Mary and her supporters saw Mary as the legitimate heir to the English throne, but of course, Liz saw differently! (No surprise there.) Mary ended up being executed for her machinations against Elizabeth, just as many other traitors have before and since. Here we list 7 of the most notorious traitors to end up executed or otherwise forced to die. (Note: There is no significance to the order as listed.) Digging Deeper 7. Mary Queen…
