A Brief History On September 30, 1927, the greatest slugger of all time in Baseball History on the greatest team of all time in Baseball History hit his record breaking 60th home run of the season, a record that would stand until broken by Roger Maris of the same New York Yankees in 1961. Digging Deeper George Herman Ruth is arguably the best baseball player of all time, exceptional as a pitcher but probably the greatest hitter ever.  His frequency of home runs (a homer every 11.76 at bats) for a career was the all-time best until Mark McGwire (a…

A Brief History On October 5 and 7, 2017, Kent State University at Stark’s History Club and English Club will be hosting two awesome events for any students and faculty interested in learning more about Dracula and other monsters throughout history and literature. Digging Deeper First, on Thursday, October 5th from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM in SNB 217, join the History Club and English Club along with Dr. Lindsay Starkey, Dr. Ann Martinez, and Dr. Mary Rooks for a round-table discussion on how monsters have been portrayed throughout history. Then, on Saturday, October 7th at 8:00 PM, as an…

A Brief History Action thriller fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland to see The Foreigner before it opens in theaters on October 13, 2017. Digging Deeper The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan, is a timely action thriller from the director of Casino Royale.  The film tells the story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love — his teenage daughter — is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism.  In his relentless search for the…

A Brief History On September 29, 2017, the news media are buzzing about the revelation made public by CNN yesterday that not only did the Russians buy targeted Facebook ads in an attempt to influence the 2016 American presidential election, they also posted disinformation posing as Black Lives Matter sympathizers in an effort to create divisive rifts in US race relations.  Posing as “Blacktivists” the Russians also used Twitter and blogs to destabilize race relations in the US. Digging Deeper The so called “Internet Research Agency,” a front for a Russian government backed “troll farm” posted the ads and false…

A Brief History On September 29, 1940, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) experienced the most astounding incident of airplanes colliding in mid-air, becoming locked together, and then safely landing.  Incredibly, no crew member of either plane was killed! Digging Deeper At the RAAF No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Station Forest Hill, New South Wales, Australia (near Wagga Wagga if that helps), pilots and navigators learned to fly CAC Wirraway (single engine) and Avro Anson (twin engine) airplanes. The Anson was a derivation of the Avro 652 airliner, that served as a general purpose airplane before and during…