A Brief History On January 10, 1927, Fritz Lang’s classic film Metropolis was released in Germany.  This iconic film, made during the “silent film era,” cost the modern equivalent of 21 million Euros and is considered to be among the greatest films ever made. Digging Deeper Oddly enough, Orson Welles, creator of another candidate for “Greatest Movie,” Citizen Kane, called Metropolis, “Silly.” Some of the other films others have called, “The Greatest,” include Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Vertigo, Jaws, The Seven Samurai, The Godfather, Battleship Potemkin, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Obviously, criteria such as biggest…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on January 9th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On January 9, 1839, the first practical photographic process (Daguerreotype) was revealed by the French Academy of Sciences. On January 9, 1861, the State of Mississippi seceded from the United States of America, the second of the slave holding states to do so. On January 9, 1873, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, died after ruling France for a longer reign than…

A Brief History On January 9, 1861, the State of Mississippi seceded from the United States of America, the second of the slave holding states to do so.  The states that seceded and formed the Confederate States of America included South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Digging Deeper Slave holding states that chose not to secede were Maryland and Delaware.  Two other states were split between those that wanted to secede and those that remained loyal to the Union, and actually belonged to BOTH sides during the American Civil War, namely, Kentucky…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on January 8th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On January 8, 1835, President Andrew Jackson saw fit to celebrate the rarest of events in American history, the only time the US has ever had a zero balance for a National Debt. On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron Presley, the King of Rock and Roll was born in Mississippi. On January 8, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced his “War on Poverty,” just one…

A Brief History On January 8, 1835, President Andrew Jackson saw fit to celebrate the rarest of events in American history, the only time the US has ever had a zero balance for a National Debt.  This rare and wonderful situation lasted until 1837, never to be seen again. Digging Deeper Today, we routinely talk about our national debt, which is about $31.5 Trillion at this time.  Our spending for Fiscal Year 2023 has exceeded our tax revenues by about $336 billion, adding that amount to our national debt. The last time the US had a balanced budget, where spending…