Browsing: October 3

A Brief History Live-action/animated musical comedy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 5:00PM 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/CROCHISTORYVV3.  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 Based on the best-selling book series by Bernard Waber, Lyle, Lyle,…

A Brief History On October 3, 1952, (October 2 local date), the British became the third country to boast the possession of atomic weapons when Operation Hurricane resulted in a successful nuclear blast in the Monte Bello Islands of Western Australia.  The United States had first achieved nuclear fission in bomb form on July 16, 1945, in a famous/infamous blast called the Trinity test in the desert of New Mexico, the culmination of a joint Allied effort to design and field an atomic bomb, an effort that the United Kingdom had contributed to.  So why was the UK not included…

A Brief History Thomas “Tom” S. Newman (October 10, 1851 – October 3, 1930) was the former Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky. He also operated Tom Newman’s clothing store, which operated at the north side of Greenup, between 15th and 16th Streets. It operated a row-in business in the Flood of 1884.[1] Digging Deeper Newman was a supporter of U. S. President William McKinley.[2] T. S. Newman Tom Newman’s Dry Goods row-in service during the Ohio River Flood of 1884 10th Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky In office January 1, 1894 – November 9, 1897 Preceded by J. C. Whitten Succeeded by W. A. Ginn Personal details Born…

A Brief History On October 3, 1919, Adolfo Luque, born in Cuba in 1890, became the first Latin American major league baseball player to play in a World Series.  Dolf, as he was called, pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, had a long major league career, playing from 1914 to 1935.  Although “non-white” players were excluded from the major leagues at the time (until 1947), Dolf and other Hispanic players with particularly light skin and especially blue eyes passed the criteria for being “white” and were allowed to play.  Luque posted a good major league pitching record of 194 wins against…

A Brief History Superhero film fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Venom on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 7:00 PM at Cinemark in Valley View, Ohio!  For your chance to get a pass, log on to SonyScreenings.com/Redeem and enter the code VenomHH83752.  This pass is valid for up to 2 seats.  Seating is first-come, first-served and is not guaranteed.  You must be with your guest to enter.  Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper   In Venom, a journalist named Eddie Brock has been trying to take down the notorious founder of the…