A Brief History On October 25, 1999, American golfing professional Payne Stewart was on a Learjet chartered to fly from Florida to Texas, when the jet apparently lost pressurization (air rapidly leaked out of the plane) causing all on board, including the pilots, to pass out. Or the jet failed to ever properly pressurize in the first place. The pilot-less jet continued on a 1500 mile flight with no one on board regaining consciousness. When the jet ran out of fuel over South Dakota, it fell uncontrolled out of the sky and crashed. All aboard the Learjet were dead, probably…
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A Brief History On October 24, 2018, Americans have just two days to wait for the latest action-adventure movie showcasing brave and capable American heroes saving the world, a submarine based thriller featuring almost super-hero-like Navy Seals. Oddly enough, Hunter Killer has a high profile cast of Hollywood stars that are not even American! Gerard Butler (Scottish, as the captain of the USS Arkansas), Gary Oldman (English, as the American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), Caroline Goodall (English, as the American President), David Gyasi (British, as Chief of the Boat on the Arkansas), Troy Stephens (English as the…
A Brief History This article presents a timeline of American history since the Civil War for History 213 Online. You can click on any of the dates below to be taken to an article covering that date’s event to learn more. Please feel welcome to post a comment using the Disqus commenting system on any article you click on to let us know your thoughts about that historic event. To my students, commenting on these articles is entirely optional and doing so is not worth any points toward your course grade. Digging Deeper Module #1: Reconstruction and the Expansion of…
A Brief History On October 23, 1982, Cochise County, Arizona law enforcement Sheriff’s deputies attempted to serve three arrest warrants at the Christ Miracle Healing Center and Church, the headquarters of a cult that had its origins in Mississippi. In the ensuing violence as cult members resisted the arrests, two cult members were killed and seven law enforcement officers were injured. One of the injured officers later died of his injuries, as did an additional cult member. State police were called in to assist with the riot. Today we examine this tragedy in light of the recent nosedive in relations…
A Brief History On October 22, 1934, US FBI agents shot and killed infamous bank robber Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd in East Liverpool, Ohio. Floyd is just one of the many robbers and murderers generally referred to as “gangsters” that became notorious during the decades of the 1920’s and 1930’s, an era that started with Prohibition, automobiles, and Tommy guns, making for an entirely new sort of mobile, deadly criminal. Cars made robbers faster and more mobile than any previous period in history, and in part led to the development of faster and faster cars. After World War I…