A Brief History On September 22, 1980, Iraq invaded their neighbor, Iran, seeking to take advantage of the disruption caused by the Iranian revolution. The resulting war lasted 8 years and cost each country around a half million people each, with no change in territory and no clear winner. Digging Deeper Today, we ask you, “What was the most miscalculated invasion in history?” and we give some examples to choose from, although you can name your own: US Invasions of Canada, 1775 and 1812 French Invasion of Russia, 1812 French Invasion of Germany/Prussia, 1870 Soviet Invasion of Finland, 1939 German…
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A Brief History On September 22, 1965, the Indo-Pakistani War over the disputed region of Kashmir came to an end. The war had raged for about a month, resulting in a few thousand deaths on each side, along with the loss of a few hundred tanks and dozens of aircraft, a fairly substantial list of losses for a relatively short war. The region of Kashmir, located at the Northernmost part of the Indian sub-continent, is both occupied and disputed between China, Pakistan and India. The region of rugged terrain is the home to pashmina goats that provide the fine wool…
A Brief History On September 22, 1995, a United States Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry (AWACS, early warning spy in the sky type aircraft) flew into a flock of birds immediately after taking off from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, putting 2 of the 4 jet engines out of commission and causing a crash of the big plane, killing all 24 crewmen aboard. Developed from the Boeing 707 jetliner, the E-3 is a large airplane, but not so large it could not be downed by birds. Birds pose a danger to airplanes of all sizes and types and can…
A Brief History On September 22, 2017, the new horror film Friend Request opens in theaters across the U.S. Having previously shown in Germany (where the movie was filmed), the film was made with an English speaking cast speaking English. Apropos to this era of internet and cell phone addiction, the horror aspect of the movie is readily related to by modern audiences. Digging Deeper Friend Request is supposed to be scary. Is it? YES! So scary an adult woman got up and left saying she was too scared to continue watching and people could call her a “chicken” but…
A Brief History On September 22, 1692, 8 women went on trial in Salem, Massachusetts for witchcraft, an event we used as motivation for our article, 10 More Things History Got Wrong About Women (Part 2). Today we will use this historic attack against women to speak highly about the 10 women that lived in the 20th or 21st Century that we personally find to be the most beautiful, most delectable, sexiest, most attractive, prettiest, and most desirable of all. The lack of quality photography prior to the 20th Century is what limits our list to modern times. We are…
