Tucker, on training run, dies when his P-38 fighter crashes at Wayside Honor Rancho (later Pichess Detention Center) in Castaic. October 1: Actor William S. Hart's sister and co-habitant in Newhall, Mary Ellen Hart, dies. 1944 April 29: U.S. release of "Outlaw Trail" starring Hoot...
Built out of the disassembled timbers of the 1797 Constellation, this corvette sloop-of-war was in service for close to a century, including a stint in a blockade during the American Civil War, before its retirement to museum duty at Baltimore Harbor in 1954. While the ship’s main part i...
In this segment of the Pinch of the Past, we talk about the history of Chess, Backgammon, and Go. Most of the games that have survived for centuries involve intense strategy and lots of abstract thinking. I’m not sure what exactly that indicates–maybe they were born of long winters of...
Queen of Katwe will more than satisfy. The best part is that it's based on atruestory about the first titled female chess player in Ugandan chess history, Phiona Mutesi. Life in the Katwe slum is a constant struggle, but everything changes when she learns how...
James McCune Smith, “The Critic at Chess,” inThe Works of James McCune Smith, 110. Quoted in ibid., 110–111. Freeman, “The Free Negro in New York City in the Era Before the Civil War,” 435–436. McCune Smith, “The Black Swan,” 120. ...
As William the Conqueror had once promised this captain the privilege of taking the royal family across the Channel, King Henry now bade his son William sail in it. The king's vessel set out ahead, but the prince delayed, spending the last hours in Normandy in feasting. He sent plenty ...
In the year 2002, she was estimated to have been the second-highest-paid model in the world.Outside of modeling, Kass ran for the European Parliament in 2004 and was the president of the Estonian Chess Federation from 2004 to 2011. Also ranks #92 on Victoria's Secret's Most Stunning ...
2-D Chess Dweller on 09/12/2022 at 7:33 pm Yes, MeowKing. All part of the same script to print “emergency powers” and create more institutions for the “national security state”. They are now attacking the last refuge for publishing dissenting opinion, the internet. Any who join...
Gen. Sir John Kennedy, Director of Military Operations at the War Office, pointed out to the Chiefs of Staff that Singapore Island had never been considered defensible against close attack. The channel was narrow, mangrove swamps impeded defensive fire, and the airbases, water supply, and ...
Heussman intended to frame the death of Hynkel as an assassination by Japan to start a nuclear war but the German Civil War ensures that unless there is a clear winner, the plot may not be discovered. America as mentioned is split along Man in the High Castle borders but with the...