Browsing: September 6

A Brief History On September 6, 2024, we scurried to our local theater to watch the remastered RealD version of the 2009 blockbuster stop motion film, Coraline.  The original film was not only mega-successful when released in 2009, it also became the third highest grossing stop motion movie of all time with a box office of $172.8 million against a budget of $60 million Digging Deeper While the original version is of course great, according to various viewers, this new version, put together with incredible painstaking detail by the original animators, is absolutely extraordinary.  Colorful, fast paced, and combining comedy…

A Brief History On September 6, 1939, the Battle of Barking Creek in the skies over England became an historic event for Britain’s RAF, the first loss of an RAF fighter plane and fighter pilot during World War II.  Unfortunately, this “combat” was a mistake, as radar operators misidentified the blips on their screen as enemy aircraft when in fact those menacing blips flying toward the English coast were actually RAF Hurricane fighters. Digging Deeper Spitfire fighters scrambled to intercept the supposed enemy and promptly shot down a pair of the incoming Hurricanes, killing one of the unfortunate pilots.  Such…

A Brief History On September 6, 2022, Ukrainian military forces conducted a surprise counter-offensive against the much larger and better equipped Russian forces that had invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, a continuation of the land grab Russia had illegally begun against their neighbor by seizing the Crimea in 2014.  Not only did Ukraine resist the Russian invasion of 2022, but the counter-offensive of September also resulted in Ukraine regaining over 3000 square kilometers of previously lost territory.  As the Russia-Ukraine war grinds toward 2025, the haughty Russians, previously believed to be a juggernaut of military power, has still failed…

A Brief History On September 6, 1997, two to two and a half billion people worldwide were glued to their TV sets watching the funeral of Princess Diana, a similar number of TV viewers that watched the 2009 funeral of pop rocker Michael Jackson. Digging Deeper Did you realize funerals were much bigger television events than Super Bowls?  In fact, the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the UK ranks Number 1 on the list of most watched TV events with a staggering 5.1 billion viewers worldwide! The opening ceremonies of the 1996 and 2008 Summer Olympics drew 3.6 and…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 6th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, England, headed for the “New World” in America. On September 6, 1803, pioneering atomic theorist John Dalton of England first assigned symbols to represent atoms of various elements. On September 6, 1939, the Battle of Barking Creek in the skies over England became an historic event for Britain’s RAF, the first loss of an RAF…