A Brief History On Thursday, March 4, 2021, Focus Features will have a virtual screening of Land at 7:30 PM Eastern Time. Please go to http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/HISTORYLAND34 for a chance to receive one of a limited number of virtual screening codes. To reserve a spot for the online screening you must click on the link above which takes you to the redeem pass page. You then log in or sign up which takes a minute if you do not have a Focus Features TicktBox account to reserve your virtual spot! The day of the screening you get an email reminder from…
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A Brief History On March 1, 1917, one of the most provocative diplomatic messages known to history was disseminated in the American press, the so-called Zimmerman Telegram, sent by Germany to Mexico in January of 1917 and intercepted by the British who dutifully relayed the shocking message to American President Woodrow Wilson. An aghast and angry Wilson wanted to release the contents of the message to the world and the American people immediately but held the news until March 1, 1917. An outraged American public learned of German designs on the American mainland and the telegram was largely responsible for…
A Brief History On March 1, 1961, a new pet project of newly sworn in President John F. Kennedy was created, the Peace Corps, a volunteer organization for the betterment of humankind run by the United States Government, just one of many agencies, departments and programs that would come to existence during this author’s lifetime. Sure, Franklin Roosevelt invented all sorts of government agencies and programs during the Great Depression, but the Presidents and Congresses that have come since have not exactly been slackers when it comes to expanding our government. Many of these agencies and programs seem so ingrained…
A Brief History On February 22, 2014, the Ukrainian Rada, their unicameral version of a legislative body, voted to impeach President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine, removing him from office. In 2021, the American Congress is preparing to impeach President Donald Trump (as of January 11, 2021) in a history making second effort to oust the President. While previous Presidents Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton were both impeached, and in turn not convicted by the Senate and thus not removed from office, Trump was impeached in 2019, and like his predecessors on the hot seat, he was not convicted…
A Brief History On March 5, 2021, American science fiction action-adventure film Chaos Walking is scheduled to be released in the United States by Lionsgate. For a chance to receive an Atom Ticket for this film, please send an email to admin@historyandheadlines.com with the subject of “Chaos Walking movie pass” as well as a screenshot included with your email showing that you are subscribed to our YouTube channel. The recipients of the passes will be determined in the order emails for this opportunity are received and if the above instructions were followed correctly. Promo codes will be sent via email on…