A Brief History On September 30, 1966, Bechuanaland in Southern Africa declared its independence from the United Kingdom, and became the Republic of Botswana.  Fifty-six years later, on September 30, 2022, a collaboration of several history YouTubers attempts a more refined approach to the initial objective of #ProjectAfrica, released a couple of years ago.  South of the Sahara aims to bring together numerous history content creators in a collective attempt to spread and promote African history in a largely positive and interesting light as a direct and imposing contradiction to the usual portrayals of African history which are largely in…

A Brief History On September 30, 1954, the American submarine, USS Nautilus, was commissioned for service as the first ever nuclear powered warship. Digging Deeper Serving the US Navy well until 1980, Nautilus immediately gave the US a tremendous advantage in submarine warfare, with the ability to stay submerged many times longer than conventional diesel-electric submarines that had ruled from World War I through the post-World War II era. Setting many records and serving as a test bed for the new technology, Nautilus became the first submarine to make a submerged transit under the North Pole, in 1958, a voyage…

A Brief History On September 29, 2011, a special court convened in India convicted a staggering 269 police and government officials of complicity in an atrocity called the “Vachathi case,” including 17 of those convictions for rape. Digging Deeper On June 20, 1992, almost 2 decades before the eventual convictions a large group of officials, including 108 police officera, 155 forestry agents and 6 revenue agents conducted a raid on Vachathi village, a community suspected of smuggling sandalwood. The so called “search team” ransacked private property, looted what they could, destroyed property and livestock, and assaulted scores of villagers, including…

A Brief History On September 28, 2008, the history of space exploration reached a new milestone when SpaceX, a private company, launched their Falcon 1 unmanned spacecraft, the first private spacecraft launched into orbit. Digging Deeper SpaceX and the business of private space launches is the project of Elon Musk, an entrepreneur worth a staggering $254 billion, making him the richest man in the world.  Musk’s SpaceX is so far the premier private space launch company, sending various communication satellites into orbit, giving NASA astronauts a ride into space, and even going to and docking with the International Space Station.…

A Brief History Supernatural psychological horror fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Smile on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 7:00PM at Silverspot Cinema – Orange Village in Beachwood, Ohio!  For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://gofobo.com/HISTHEADSMILE.  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 In Smile, after witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing…