A Brief History On June 11, 980, Vladimir the Great was proclaimed the ruler of all Kievan Rus’, having consolidated an empire consisting of the lands from what is now Ukraine in the East to the Baltic Sea in the West, the White Sea in the North, and to the Black Sea in the South. Digging Deeper Called the Kievan Realm, the people comprising this vast country included what are now Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Nordic, and Finnic people along with other Slavic people. As the name implies, the capital of these people was located in Kyiv. Vladimir, bearing the titles…
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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 10th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 10, 1190, during the Third Crusade, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (r. 1155-1190) drowned in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. On June 10, 1942, and again on June 10, 1944, the German army committed atrocities in Czechoslovakia (Lidice), France (Oradour-sur-Glane), and Greece (Distomo, Boeotia) in separate incidents. On June 10, 1943, Hungarian-Jewish inventors Laszlo and Gyrogie…
A Brief History On June 10, 1943, Hungarian-Jewish inventors Laszlo and György Biro were granted a patent in Britain for the successful modern ballpoint pen. Prior to their invention, attempts to make ballpoint pens failed to find the balance between ink that would be liquid in the pen and yet dry quickly on paper. Digging Deeper American John J. Loud had invented a ballpoint pen half a century before the Biro brothers, but his attempt, like others, was not successful. Laszlo was the genius behind the mechanics of the workable pen, while György made the ink work properly. The brothers…
A Brief History Horror comedy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see The Blackening on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 7:00PM at Cinemark Valley View, 6001 Canal Rd, Valley View, OH 44125! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to https://lionsgatescreenings.com/BLKNGHH613. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper The Blackening, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, centers around a group of Black friends…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 9th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 9, 1534, French explorer Jacques Cartier became the first European (White) man to discover the mighty St. Lawrence River, the gateway into North America for European explorers. On June 9, 1667, the Dutch Navy handed the British Royal Navy its worst defeat in its history in what is known as the Raid on the Medway. On June 9, 1856, 500 Mormons…