A Brief History On August 25, 1967, US Navy World War II pilot, George Lincoln Rockwell, was shot and killed by a former member of his hateful group. Digging Deeper Born to European American parents that worked as comedians, little was funny about George.  His parents divorced when he was young, and he was later denied admission to Harvard.  He did attend Brown University but left in 1938 to join the Navy as a pilot. He served the US Navy well during World War II, although he did not engage in combat.  Recalled to active duty for the Korean War,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 24th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 24, 410, the city of Rome fell to foreign invaders for the first time in 800 years. On August 24, 1215, Pope Innocent III declared the Magna Carta that King John of England signed with a group of dissatisfied barons on June 15, 1215, a famous document that is often treated with similar respect as the American Declaration of Independence,…

A Brief History On August 24, 1998, science fiction and conspiracy theory met science fact when the first successful human implant of a radio tracker was tested in the UK. Digging Deeper Called “Radio-frequency identification, “or “RFID,” the device consists of a miniaturized radio transponder that when interrogated by a RFID “reader” sends identifying information to that reader, usually a coded number that is interpreted as whatever identity of person is assigned to the implant. Far from the conspiracy theory systems that allow satellites to observe and report on the location and movement of people with implants, for the device…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 23rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 23, 1244, the main central citadel of the city of Jerusalem, the Tower of David, fell to the invaders from the remnants of the Khwarezmian Empire, a vast polyglot land that included parts of what is now Iran and Afghanistan along with other areas in Central Asia. On August 23, 1305, William Wallace, a military leader of the Scots against…

A Brief History On August 23, 1898, a new age of exploration began when the Southern Cross Expedition set sail for Antarctica in the aptly named ship, Southern Cross. Digging Deeper Thus began the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, a British venture exploring the Southernmost part of the Earth, an era that ended in 1922. Inspired by previous Antarctic explorers, Norwegian born Carsten Borchgrevink first gazed on Antarctica from the deck of a whaling ship, prompting his desire for further exploration.  Carsten pursued financing in Britain and succeeded in organizing the expedition with the Southern Cross, the first such visit…