Browsing: October 14

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 14th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 14, 1066, the Normans under William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings. On October 14, 1586, Mary Queen of Scots went on trial for conspiracy against her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. On October 14, 1912, a certain badass former U.S. president was shot while giving a speech…and he continued to speak!? On October 14,…

A Brief History On October 14, 2003, Chicago’s Wrigley Field was the scene of a baseball play that fit right in with the “Curse of the Billy Goat.”  The hapless Cubs were playing in the National League Championship Series for a chance to win their first pennant since 1945, when a Cubs fan derailed the team’s efforts. Digging Deeper Leading the series 3 to 2 and the game, 3-0, the Cubs seemed on the brink of beating the curse.   When a foul ball was hit, a fan, Steve Bartman, tried to catch the ball and got in the way of…

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…

A Brief History On October 14, 2020, we take the time to (briefly) review four 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…