Browsing: September 1

A Brief History This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in September!  Please click on the dates below to learn more information about that date’s paranormal history. Digging Deeper September 2, 2016: Review of Morgan (2016) September 8, 1966: The Original Star Trek Television Series Premiers on NBC September 8, 2017: History and Headlines reviews Stephen King’s It (2017) September 12, 1952: Monster Seen in West Virginia (Flatwoods Monster) September 12, 2014: Farsight Studios Makes Affordable Pinball Available to the Masses! September 14, 326: Holy Sepulchre and True Cross Found in Jerusalem! On September 14, 1975, Elizabeth Ann Seton…

A Brief History On September 1, 1983, a fighter plane of the Air Force of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or Soviet Union) shot down an unarmed civilian passenger plane that had accidentally entered Soviet air space, killing all 269 people aboard.  Shooting down airliners was just one of the dirty tricks pulled by the Soviet Union over the years, against foreigners and against their own people, especially non-Russian Soviets.  Here we list 10 of those incidents, reason we do not mourn the passing of the Soviet Union.  What incidents would you include in this list? (Hint: There…

A Brief History On September 1, 1985, after 73 years sleeping on the deep dark ocean floor, the wreck of the fabled ocean liner, RMS Titanic, was discovered by a joint American-French salvage team led by Robert Ballard, sponsored by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.  The mighty ship had sunk on its maiden voyage when it hit an iceberg 375 miles South of Newfoundland on April 15, 1912 with the loss of more than 1500 passengers and crew, including the ship’s captain.  Not equipped with sufficient lifeboats for all on board, only about a third (705) of the 2224 people…

A Brief History On September 1, 1914, the last known living Passenger Pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo.  When Martha the Pigeon died, her species became extinct, and extinct because of over hunting by people.  Once in flocks so great people said you could knock them from the air with a broom, the birds were slaughtered without regard to conservation, and now they are gone, just like many other species.  Here we list 10 notable animal species or varieties that are either totally extinct or nearly so because of the actions of people.  Perhaps cloning can bring some of them…

A Brief History On September 1, 1983, a Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 scrambled to intercept an airplane that had violated Soviet airspace over the Kamchatka Peninsula.  Suspecting the jet liner was actually a U.S. spy plane, the Soviet fighter fired 2 air-to-air missiles, easily shooting down the lumbering commercial airliner that was flying from New York City to Seoul, Korea via Anchorage, Alaska. Digging Deeper Soviet officials at first denied involvement in the shootdown.  Then they claimed the fighter had first called the airliner on the radio before firing warning shots with tracer ammunition.  Years later, when the Soviet Union dissolved, more complete information…