A Brief History Hello, everyone! As today (September 23, 2023) marks the ten-year anniversary of the debut of our website in September of 2013, we are here presenting our YouTube channel’s ten most popular adaptations of our articles in their historical chronological order. Digging Deeper Our first video in this compilation was made as part of a collaboration on the history of women. Our second video in this compilation was made as part of a collaboration on the history of India. For our third video in this compilation, we leave behind ancient history and enter modern history. For our fourth…
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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 23rd. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 23, 1338, the English ship, Christofer (variously spelled Christopher or Christophe) went into battle at Arnemuiden armed with three cannon and one hand gun. On September 23, 1641, off the coast of Cornwall, England, a British merchant ship named the Merchant Royal sank with her cargo of Spanish treasure. On September 23, 1913, future fighter pilot combat hero Eugène Adrien Roland Georges…
A Brief History On September 23, 2000, journalist, author, government official, and gun control advocate, Carl Rowan, died at the age of 75. Despite his great accomplishments, Rowan arguably died a hypocrite. Digging Deeper Of African American descent, Rowan valued education, was the Valedictorian of his high school class and went to college, graduating from Oberlin College in 1947. He became one of the first African American commissioned officers in the US Navy and went on to a career in journalism and government service, including serving as the first African American to on the National Security Council. As a prominent…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 22nd. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On September 22, 1692, eight people convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials were executed by hanging. On September 22, 1692, eight 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).” On September 22, 1948, USAF pilot Lt. Gail Halvorsen began dropping…
A Brief History On September 22, 1948, USAF pilot Lt. Gail Halvorsen began dropping candy via parachute to the children of Berlin. In 1948, the USSR tried to cut off West Berlin from supplies from the West, starving the population. Digging Deeper The US and its allies began an operation dubbed “The Berlin Airlift,” flying supplies of food, fuel, medicine, and other essentials to West Berlin surrounded by the Soviets and their East German lackeys. Halvorsen was one of those pilots of cargo planes, and when he noticed hungry faces of children lined up by the West Berlin airport, he…