Browsing: October 3

A Brief History On October 3, 1995, in one of the most ridiculed jury findings in American history, a criminal jury found OJ Simpson not guilty of the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Digging Deeper Simpson had been an American hero, born into a working family and raised in the projects of San Francisco after his parents separated in 1952.  OJ developed rickets as a child, and wore leg braces until age 5.  A star high school football player, Simpson first played at the Community College level before transferring to USC where he…

A Brief History On October 3, 2014, Warner Bros. Pictures releases Annabelle, a film about a haunted doll, to theaters.  The movie is a prequel to 2013’s award-winning The Conjuring.  Both films concern alleged, real-life hauntings associated with the famed paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.  Yet, to what extent are they actually based on real events?  Please read this spoiler-filled article to find out! Digging Deeper A new article on the website History vs Hollywood provides quite a bit of information on the film’s purported inspiration from a historical event.  Key points for those interested in a briefer read will be summarized here. …

A Brief History On October 3, 1964, the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York first served Buffalo Wings.  Most people, like many of us here at History and Headlines, celebrate this day as one of the greatest days in Food History, and some of us even made a pilgrimage to the Anchor Bar to eat the original hot wings.  Of course, there are also people who refuse to believe that others eat Buffalo Wings, especially the extra extra hot ones.  Just as with art, one person’s likes and preferences are not necessarily shared by the next person. Back on July 5, 2014,…

A Brief History On October 3, 1283, Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, became the first nobleman executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered. Digging Deeper The drawing above shows the “drawing” of William de Marisco in the mid-thirteenth century.  The horrific fate of this man who was not only executed and subsequently dismembered but also tortured en route to the place of execution was a fate perhaps most famously shared by Scottish hero Sir William Wallace in 1305.  The Oscar-winning film Braveheart depicts some of what Wallace endured for defying Edward Longshanks (“Long legs”) the Hammer of…

A Brief History On October 3, 2012, a National Geographic explorer announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, one with vampire-like fangs! Digging Deeper For this entry, we hearken back to prehistory. In fact, waaaay back to some 200 to 190 million years ago during the early Jurassic Epoch.  During this time period a creature now known as Pegomastax (“strong jaw”) africanus lived with a parrot-like head and an enlarged canine-esque tooth on its lower jaw.  Although believed to be a plant-eater, it may have used its intimidating looking fangs for self-defense. Paleontologists first collected the creature’s remains…