Comparing Pearl Harbor To 9/11
Did you know that Pearl Harbor Day is December 7th? It's been over seventy years since it happened and there aren't that many people left around that remember this day "that will live in infamy." It was a terrible event in American history and many have been comparing Pearl Harbor to 9/11. People, for years after, would ask, "Do you remember where you were when you heard about Pearl Harbor?" Since most of us were not around, here is a list of five things you should remember about the heroes who fought that day and comparing Pearl Harbor to 9/11.
Categories: History Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, FDR, franklin delano roosevelt, George W. Bush, homeland security, iraqi war, pearl harbor, Pentagon, war on terror, world trade centers, world war 2, world war two, WW2, wwII
Five Books That Predicted The Future
I am a big fan of literature and every once in awhile, you’ll come across a book that seems to be visionary in predicting future events. Some of these are the vivid imaginations of the authors, while others make you wonder if they just didn’t take a time machine to the future and eyewitness the events as they happened. Here are five peeks into the future. Read more...
Categories: Trivia, Weird News Tags: edgar allan poe, Fall of the House of Usher, FDR, franklin delano roosevelt, george orwell, Gulliver’s Travel, h.g. wells, herman melville, Jonathan swift, lilliputians, manhattan project, moby dick, morgan robertson, Pit and the Pendulum, predicting future, the world set free, titanic, vincent price, white star line
Five People Born on May 8th
Today is May 8, 2010 and the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 958 days till the end of the current cycle. Today is National Have A Coke Day, in celebration of the invention of Coca-Cola. It is also National No-Sock Day. No answer there. Here are five people born on this day. Read more...
Dark Secrets: We KNEW About The Holocaust And DID Nothing.
Shamefully, the United States, Britain, and Russia knew that the Germans, during World War Two, were killing the Jews in Concentration Camps and did nothing about it. I had never heard about this until recently, and was shocked with the knowledge. How could our leaders have allowed for such a travesty of humanity to continue without trying to put a stop to it? While the first major killings began in 1940, this did not come to public knowledge until 1944. How many lives could have been saved had someone listened on done something about it. Here are five points behind this dark secret. Read more...
Categories: History Tags: Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Concentration Camps, FDR, franklin delano roosevelt, Jan Karski, Josef stalin, nazis, Polish Home Army, Winston Churchill, Witold Pilecki
Five People Born on March 2
Today is March 2, 2010 and the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 303 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 1025 days till the end of the current cycle. On this date, in 1953, the Academy Awards were first broadcast on NBC. Here are five people that share a birthday on this day: Read more...
Categories: Born On Date Tags: 007, academy awards, ashbury jukes, birthday, birthdays, born on this date, born on this day, bruce springsteen, daniel craig, desi arnaz, dr. seuss, FDR, franklin delano roosevelt, how the grinch stole christmas, I love lucy, james bond, jon bon jovi, lara croft, lou reed, lucille ball, mar 2, march 2, the cat in the hat, theodor geisel, velvet underground
My Five Best Baseball Myths
Part of the allure of Major League Baseball is its stories - a collection of myths and fabrications that have made their way through generations, which tie them all together - making the game something magical. Below are five stories that may or may not have ever happened. They simply are true in the minds of the fans. Read more...
