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It always floors me to look back at some events that have happened in human history and see that not many years have gone by since our first flight, the invention of the automobile, etc. Who would have thought that just 229 years ago, the first hot-air balloon flight was viewed as a huge accomplishment, […]
Originally used as a prison to house Civil War prisoners in 1861, Alcatraz stayed a military prison until it was turned over to the Bureau of Prisons in 1933. For the next thirty years, the facility known famously as “the rock” would house the most dangerous criminals. It is said that noone ever escaped Alcatraz. […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been less than 100 years since they established gambling in Nevada, but that’s the case. On this day, in 1931, the Nevada Legislature legalized gambling, opening up the doors for places such as Reno and Lake Tahoe to prosper. It also brought into existance the city of Las Vegas. Ah, […]
Today is the date when the fighting at the Alamo, in San Antonio, Tx started taking place. Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led the battle which would end on March 2nd of that year. By the end of the battle, Santa Anna’s troops would take over the Alamo, killing up to 250 Texas […]
Roller coasters have always thrilled me. I’m lucky enough to say I live less than an hour away from the best roller coaster park in the world, Cedar Point. But, without the inventions and patents of times past, we would probably not have the designs we have today. One of those patents is that of […]
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