History Short: How Can Both Sides Win a Battle? By Major DanJune 1, 2024 A Brief History On June 1, 1862, the Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks, was fought during the American Civil War. Both sides claimed victory in the battle, a phenomenon often seen ...
Articles Misc. This Day in History How Do We Actually Know We Landed on the Moon? December 1, 2022 Gilles Messier On July 20, 1969, the world looked on in awe as 39-year-old astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped off a ladder of the Lunar Module Eagle and onto the surface of the moon,...
History Short: What Will Happen in 2025? By Major DanJanuary 1, 2025 A Brief History On January 1, 2025, we all take a bold leap into the future, a new year filled with promise and perhaps with some concerns as well. Fear not, for Major Dan at H&H is happy to tell you what will...
October 2nd On this day in history in ... 1962 - Jan Madrid defeats Don Fields in a tournament for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Pensacola, Florida. The title had been vacated almost a year earlier, when champion Chief L...
March 28th On this day in history in ... 1963 - Dory Dixon defeats WWWF World Champion Buddy Rogers in Cleveland, Ohio to become the first World Wide Wrestling Alliance World Champion. Rogers' WWWF World Title is not on the line. 1966 - WWWF ran Madison Square...
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, MARCH 1, 1872, MAJESTIC YELLOWSTONE BECOMES AMERICA'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK The Hollywood version of the real life-inspired tale of Austria's Von Trapp Family singers on the eve ofWorld War IIhas become an enduring entry in American moviecraft, while inspiring au...
Real, Surreal and Beyond Coincidence: This Day in History, September 11Kim McDaniel
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, JANUARY 8, 1790, GEORGE WASHINGTON DELIVERS FIRST-EVER STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS On this date, President William Howard Taft issued an executive order clarifying the proportions of the flag, the arrangement of the stars and the direction the stars, said...
The tradition of Chinese knotting enjoys a long history. Without present-day accessories such as buttons or zips, ancient people had to knot the clothing belt so as to tie their dresses. Over the years, Chinese knot has now evolved to a kind of elegant and colorful artware from owning ...
August 18th in (Feminist) History August 18, 2016 / Leave a comment On this day in 1920, Tennessee officially approved the Nineteenth Amendment, making it ratified and added to the Constitution. The amendment was the culmination of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement, which had fought for...