A Brief History Supernatural horror fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see My Best Friend’s Exorcism on Thursday, September 29th, 2022 at 7:30 PM Eastern! For your chance to watch a virtual screening, please log on to https://amazonscreenings.com/MBFEhistoryheadlines. The link is good for the first 100 people who click on it. Digging Deeper In My Best Friend’s Exorcism, the year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade, but after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act…different. She is moody, she is…
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A Brief History On September 18, 1990, the tiny European Principality of Liechtenstein was admitted to the United Nations. Incredibly, Liechtenstein is only the 4th smallest country in Europe, behind Vatican City, Monaco and San Marino. Digging Deeper A monarchy, Liechtenstein is ruled by the Prince of Liechtenstein, though under a national constitution. With barely over 38,000 residents, this German speaking country lies between Switzerland and Austria and occupies a miniscule 62 square miles. While the national wealth of Liechtenstein as measured by GDP ranks a mere 149th in the world, the individual wealth of the population is a staggering…
A Brief History On September 17, 1983, Syracuse University student Vanessa Williams was crowned Miss America, the first African American woman to win the coveted title. In a bizarre nod to the future, her birth announcement included the line, “Here she is: Miss America”! Digging Deeper Sadly, less than a year later, a scandal involving Penthouse Magazine announcing they were going to publish nude photos of Vanessa led to her resigning her “office.” In another twist of fate, her successor, the “First Runner Up” in the 1983 contest to name “Miss America 1984” was Suzette Charles, also of African descent.…
A Brief History On September 16, 1979, the Rap music trio The Sugarhill Gang released their hit, “Rapper’s Delight,” the first Rap song to land in the Billboard Top 40 as a mainstream hit song. Today, we ask our music loving fans, “What is the greatest Rap Song of All Time?” Digging Deeper We list some to choose from, but feel free to name your own pick: “Rapper’s Delight,” Sugarhill Gang, 1979 “The Message,” Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, 1982 “Baby Got Back,” Sir Mix-a-Lot, 1992 “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” Common, 1994 “Criminal,” Eminem, 2000 “Lose Yourself,” Eminem,…
A Brief History On September 15, 1948, a North American F-86 Sabre flew at a world record 671 miles per hour. The Sabre was a superb aircraft and became the most produced jet fighter of all the Western countries with a production run of 9860 of all varieties. (See our many aviation and airplane related articles.) Digging Deeper Today we ask you, our expert audience, to tell us which jet fighter deserves to be named as the Greatest of All Time. We list a few contenders, but you can name your own nominees as well. North American F-86 Sabre, USA. …