Yes, but only in the sense that it moves in front, which happens on rare occasions. This happened just yesterday, though, as seen from some locations in North America and western Africa. This occultation was notable not only because the Moon was a fully lit Wolf Moon, but because ...
Did you know that January 31 is known as Gorilla Suit Day? Here you'll learn some interesting facts & events that happened on this day throughout history.
Article VII of their Constitution specified that “It shall be the duty of each member of the association to furnish in a form suitable for preservation, such facts and incidents in his early pioneer life, and in relation to the first settlements of this country, as he may deem of sufficien...
It's easy to say the world wouldn't be where it is today without the significant events that transpired throughout the 20th century. These important ...
These features resemble those corresponding to a series of evolutions of ENSO events, but the signals in the North Pacific and the North Atlantic are much stronger than those of the typical ENSO events. After the shifts have happened, the changes in spatial patterns of SST that occurred at ...
I return after 10 days during which a lot has happened in the realms of events & non-events . Most significant in this collage has been the arrival of Rishi Kanuga , on 10th August , in London . This one therefore is for you, Rishi : Veni Vidi Vici because I like my blog titles ...
The most significant change that happened in the West after the WWII was that the previous situation of multi-polar powers contesting one another turned into a confrontational duopoly. MaCarthyism was prevalent in the USA. Since then, the world entered into the Cold War in which the U.S.A....
ON a—uh, “lighter” note, I took quite a bit of criticism because of my brief remark that while I wouldn’t refuse Sarah Huckabee Sanders service in a restaurant, I’d suggest salads. “That was mean!” went the tenor of my emails. Guilty. Itwasmean. And I don’t apologize. To...
and are decidedly not voting Republican. Come back in twenty years and see what they’ve done. We boomers will nearly all be gone by then, thankfully. We talk Woodstock but we voted Trump. I can’t explain that, and I was born right smack in the middle—1957—of the post war baby...
Mitchell arrives in Soledad Canyon. 1861 May 7: Andres Pico and partners granted state franchise to build toll road and cut 50-foot-deep cleft through (Newhall) Pass; they failed; Beale later succeeded. June 7: Army officer in San Francisco informs Fort Tejon's commanding officer that the...