A Brief History On January 4, 2013, the Philippines were the scene of mass shooting carnage when a 41 year old man went on a rampage that left 20 people and a dog shot, with 7 of those people dying of their wounds and sadly, also the dog. The locale of the shootings was Kawit, a city of over 83,000 people on the shores of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon. Digging Deeper As we have pointed out on several occasions, mass shootings are not a strictly American occurrence, as such tragedies happen in other countries as well as…
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A Brief History On New Year’s Eve of 2020, we look back on some of the best videos published by various education themed YouTube channels from 2020. Digging Deeper Please watch the playlist below for a sample of the best education themed YouTube videos of 2020. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What is your favorite video from the playlist above? For an archive of past best of educational YouTube playlists, please see the table below: If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines…
A Brief History On New Year’s Eve of 2020, we look back on some of the best videos published by various history themed YouTube channels from 2020. Digging Deeper Please watch the playlist below for a sample of the best history themed YouTube videos of 2020. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What is your favorite video from the playlist above? For an archive of past best of history YouTube playlists, please see the table below: If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and…
A Brief History On New Year’s Eve of 2019, we look back on some of the best videos published by various history themed YouTube channels from 2019. Digging Deeper Please watch the playlist below for a sample of the best history themed YouTube videos of 2019. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What is your favorite video from the playlist above? For an archive of past best of history YouTube playlists, please see the table below: If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and…
A Brief History On December 28, 1999, Western actor/action hero Clayton Moore died. If you are not familiar with this star of the small and large screen, he played The Lone Ranger from 1949 to 1957 on television and starred in 2 related big screen movies about the same character. Even if you never saw the Clayton Moore versions of the Lone Ranger, you are probably familiar with “The William Tell Overture” by Rossini, the theme music played for Moore’s Lone Ranger character. In the Covid-19 plagued year of 2020, we have lost another host of notable people, both to…