What Happened in August 1973

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  13 minutes  |  2634 words  |  Martina Birk

Historical Events Aug 1 Johan Witteveen appointed as the 5th managing director of the International Monetary Fund Aug 1 MLB All Star catchers Thurman Munson of the NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox' Carlton Fisk brawl at home plate Fenway Park; Red Sox win, 3-2 NBA Trade Aug 1 Struggling ABA club Virginia Squires trades star forward Julius Erving to New York Nets for George Carter and cash [Read More]

What Happened on December 14, 2008

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  93 words  |  Patria Henriques

Historical Events Bush Gets Shoes Thrown at Him President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad Famous Deaths Ramon Barce, Spanish composer, dies at 80 Died in 2008 2008 Highlights About December 14, 2008 Day of the Week: Sunday [Read More]

What Happened on October 13, 2015

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  106 words  |  Patria Henriques

Historical Events Basketball player Lamar Odom is hospitalised after being found unconscious in a brothel in Nevada First Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by CNN and held in Las Vegas, Nevada Marlon James is the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel "A Brief History of Seven Killings" Famous Deaths Michael Walsh, British Army officer (Operation Musketeer), dies at 88 Died in 2015 2015 Highlights About October 13, 2015 [Read More]

What Happened on September 5, 2022

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  184 words  |  Kelle Repass

Historical Events 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Chinese city of Chengdu, while it was under lockdown, killing 65 people [1] Music History Ringo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour after two musicians recover from COVID Event of Interest UK's ruling Conservative party appoints Liz Truss as their next leader and Prime Minister, replacing scandal-ridden Boris Johnson [1] Famous Deaths Eva Zeller, German poet and novelist, dies at 99 Hans Eder, German soccer defender (Hertha BSC) and manager (Hertha BSC 1974, 79, 85), dies at 87 Lars Vogt, German concert pianist, conductor, and educator, dies of cancer at 51 Mark Littell, American MLB pitcher, 1973-82 (Kansas City Royals, St. [Read More]

What to Know About the 2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  511 words  |  Martina Birk

For 102 years, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs have held their annual Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4 in Coney Island. Over the decades, it’s become a major event: tens of thousands of spectators gather to watch the food battle go down, in which dozens of competitors stuff their faces as rapidly as possible with processed meat and buns. This year, once more, a new crop of pre-qualified contenders will face down their piles of hot dogs in an attempt to win the title, the “Mustard Belt” and a stack of prize money. [Read More]

Why Full House Matters for Fathers, Then and Now

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  553 words  |  Kelle Repass

Nostalgia for Full House is through the roof this week as the sequel Fuller House hits Netflix. But the sitcom, which originally aired from 1987 to 1995, wasn’t just about sticky-sweet solutions and adorable kids. It mattered for parenthood. The three father figures, particularly Danny Tanner, occupied a unique role in the pop culture universe and left an impact on dads like me. TV history is littered with bad dads. Childlike, clueless, incapable fathers have been the norm in commercials and sitcoms. [Read More]

Why This Historian Is Looking Forward to the New 'Shogun'

 Posted on August 30, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1289 words  |  Tandra Barner

The original Shōgun was a rare phenomenon. More than 1,200 pages and 400,000 words in length, it proved stunningly successful, staying on the best-seller list for more than 30 weeks and selling millions of copies. The 1975 novel presented a fictionalized account of a real event: the arrival of an English pilot, William Adams, to Japan in 1600. Clavell reimagined the story, giving his hero (whom he renamed John Blackthorne), a starring role in the archipelago’s turbulent domestic politics in the months leading up to the climactic battle of Sekigahara, which brought more than a century of constant warfare to a final end. [Read More]

'Super Racist Stuff' Behind DOJ Report on Minneapolis Police

 Posted on August 29, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  844 words  |  Kelle Repass

Damning as it was, most of what the U.S. Department of Justice announced about the Minneapolis Police Department on Friday had beendocumented a year ago by the state of Minnesota’s Department of Human Rights. Each report involved interviews with more than 2,000 people, and describes a police agency rife with excessive force, racial profiling, lack of accountability, military-style training—all the institutional shortcomings that allowed Derek Chauvin to think he could kneel on George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes. [Read More]

2024 Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony: Memorable Moments

 Posted on August 29, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  582 words  |  Patria Henriques

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics ended its 19-day competition on Aug. 11 with a blowout at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, which boasted about 71,500 spectators.  The first half of the program was made up of acts that paid tribute to the host country and French culture, while the second half was more “Hollywood,” as the next summer Olympics will take place inLos Angeles in 2028. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach commended the athletes for their " [Read More]

27 high court judges to face NJC probe panels over alleged misconduct

 Posted on August 29, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  412 words  |  Patria Henriques

This is contained in a statement issued by the NJC Director of Information, Soji Oye on Friday in Abuja. Oye said that the remaining 18 petitions were discountenanced for lacking in merit, abandoned or being subjudice. The council at its 106th meeting presided over by the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, considered the report of its Preliminary Complaints Assessment Committee on 22 petitions written against 27 Judicial Officers of the Federal and State High Courts. [Read More]