A Brief History On July 20, 2017, we eagerly await the mass release of the major motion picture, Dunkirk, the story of the evacuation of over 300,000 British troops from the Dunkirk beach in France in 1940. The Germans had pushed British and French forces into a pocket around Dunkirk on the English Channel, and it...
Continue reading...
A Brief History On July 20, 1971, The Raiders held the top spot on the Rock and Roll charts with “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian).” Although the word “reservation” appears in the song’s lyrics, nowhere in the song is the title mentioned. Here we list 10 major hit songs that also do not have their...
Continue reading...
A Brief History On July 19, 1814, Samuel Colt was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and though he lived only to the age of 47 became rich and famous as the man that made the repeating firearm a practical reality. Here we list 10 of the most important designers of firearms and their components (no significance...
Continue reading...
A Brief History On July 18, 64 AD, the center of Western Civilization, city of Rome, capital of the Roman Empire, suffered an enormous fire that devastated the city and burned for 6 days. Contrary to popular myth, Emperor Nero could not have been fiddling during this event as the violin was not invented until...
Continue reading...
A Brief History On July 17, 2017, the entire world celebrates World Day for International Justice, as it does every July 17th since 2010. In honor of those creeps that received justice and those that avoided justice for their alleged sexual misdeeds and general creepiness, we list 10 Celebrities That are (Alleged) Sexual Creeps. Some...
Continue reading...
