A Brief History On August 19, 2002, the Russian military suffered the worst fatal helicopter incident and crash in the history of aviation when a missile fired by Chechen Islamic Separatists struck a Russian Mi-26 helicopter, bringing the huge helicopter down in a minefield and killing a total of 127 Russian soldiers. Digging Deeper The Mil Mi-26 (NATO code named “Halo”) is a heavy lift helicopter introduced in 1983. Over 300 of the giants have been built, and it is the biggest and most powerful production helicopter ever produced. Its 2 turboshaft engines produce a total of almost 23, 000…
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A Brief History On August 18, 2017, we learned of Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Democrat from Union City, made the idiotic statement, “I hope Trump is assassinated!” on Facebook on August 16, 2017. An African American woman, Chappelle-Nadal has refused demands that she resign. Although the Facebook conversation was removed, Chappelle-Nadal reiterated the comment in an interview with the Post-Dispatch. Digging Deeper Needless to say, the Secret Service is aware of the post and reported interview and will be detailing the St. Louis office to look into the matter. Now claiming that she spoke out of “frustration” and “didn’t…
A Brief History On August 18, 1976, Soldiers of the North Korean Army used an ax to murder two US Army officers that were overseeing a work party to cut down a tree in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, in an area known as a Joint Security Area (JSA) that is manned by soldiers from North Korea, South Korea, and the United States. Digging Deeper The JSA is a post set up to monitor the DMZ by both sides in the Korean conflict to ensure a safe border and prevent dangerous incidents. The United Nations observers…
A Brief History On August 10, 1977, David Berkowitz, known popularly as “Son of Sam,” a serial killer in New York, was arrested for murders in the New York area over the past year. It so happens that Berkowitz was a Postal worker, an occupation that has become synonymous in the United States with frustration and exploding rage. Here we list 5 Times People “Went Postal!” with those “people” being postal employees. (There have been at least 23 Postal and parcel service related shootings since 1975 in the US, not including Berkowitz.) Digging Deeper 1. David Berkowitz, 1977. This serial killer…
A Brief History On August 7, 1930, 2 African-American men were seized from jail in Indiana by an irate White mob, beaten, and hanged for the alleged crimes of robbery, rape, and murder. They were the last 2 African-Americans lynched in a Northern state A third Black male, only 16 years old, was rescued from the lynching by a White woman, though he was later convicted and imprisoned. Digging Deeper Defined as “extrajudicial punishment,” lynching can be any form of punishment without due process of law, usually by a mob or a vigilante, such as beating, tar and feathering, and…