D-Dayis celebrated in the U.S. to memorize the Normandy landings in France on June 6, 1944.On that day, American army and other Allied forces (盟军) fought hard and the World War II(WWII) in Europe was over soon. It is not a public holiday. Businesses have normal opening hours. ...
When the head of Hamas sensed the IDF closing in on him in the tunnel, he ordered the starved and tortured captives shot point blank in the head, but not without a struggle first. Sinwar’s DNA was identified along with the blood of the hostages in the underground tunnel. The other ter...
But while that thread of living memory still has some strands in it, let us briefly travel to it's far end, to the world as far removed from Apollo 11 in the past as we are in our time from July 20, 1969. Let us open our eyes after a moment's concentration to see the world o...
The golden watch was introduced in 16th century Europe. This was when King Henry VIII had a watch made for his wife, Anne Boleyn, which became the first golden swiss watch ever. But unfortunately, she died before she could wear it out. From this point on, the golden watch slowly evolved...
Does he know that he's your childhood hero? Did you get a chance to tell him that he's the reason that you got into music? I think he may know that by now. I hope he does. Doing those shows with him, opening for him, those were huge, huge validation moments for me, as...
The Bielski Forest: When Germany Sought to Exterminate Polish Jews in WWII, Some Jews Fled to Forests in Eastern Europe, Hiding and Fighting. Life in the Forests Laid Bare the Nature of Each IndividualWhen Germany invaded Poland in WWII, the Polish Jews that the Germans did not immediately ...
The first was Temppeliaukio Church, the Church in the Rock, a church excavated into a hill in town after WWII. While they do hold services there, it seems to be primarily used as a tourist attraction (€5 a head). It’s a nice space, although kind of small, especially ...
(In most of Europe, daylight saving time begins on the final Sunday in March, and ends on the final Sunday in October.) Why did daylight saving time start? Benjamin Franklin takes the honor (or the blame, depending on your view of the time changes) for coming up with the idea to ...
his survival will be measured in seconds. Sure, Obama survived the destruction of our embassy, but it was an embassy far away, in a troubled land, and the mass media still had more power than it does now (Or Obama would never have been reelected without fraud that everyone could see. ...
Routine, low-budget WWII drama start off the day Pearl Harbor is bombed and we see con man Steve Boland (Charles Bronson) pretty much turn the other way not caring about his country. He eventually gets busted for a crime and is forced to join the service where he finds himself getting ...