The original,known on movie sets as “the Old Man”. Little Trigger,featured on the cover of Life magazine in 1943 and exclusively in SON OF PALEFACE (Paramount,1952). Trigger,Jr.,a Tennessee Walker stallion used mostly on personal appearances and in the movie that bears his name. There were at least three. Trigger, Trigger…
Harry Truman & the Creation of NATO: A Brief History. After a lengthy confirmation process in the Senate, the NATO treaty was confirmed. When Harry Truman signed the treaty on August 24, 1949 he declared: “By this treaty, we are not only seeking to establish freedom from aggression and from…
When a new wave of striking unions shut down industries, Truman threatened to draft strikers into the army. “It was as high-handed, as unconstitutional, a measure as imaginable,” says biographer David McCullough. “But he meant it.” What did Truman threaten to do to workers who were striking in 1946? As…
Very rich people in Tudor times liked to have a large garden, often containing a maze, fountains or hedges shaped like animals. Poor people had much smaller gardens and grew their own herbs and vegetables. Most homes had dirt floors, which were almost impossible to keep clean. I n the…
Tupac put together a benefit concert to help a growing non-profit organization, A Place Called Home, raise money for a new building. Tupac Shakur Charity Work, Events and Causes. Tupac was an American rapper who was murdered in 1996. Tupac Amaru Shakur dealt with great obstacles such as homelessness, hunger,…
Twenty one pilots currently consists of Tyler Joseph, lead singer and keyboardist, and Josh Dun, who plays the drums. However, fans might not know that Dun wasn’t a founding member of the band. Here are 13 other things we learned about Twenty One Pilots while reporting the story. When Josh…
twenty one pilots’ ’Trench’ didn’t get a Grammy nomination, here’s why. The 61st Annual Grammy Awards released their list of nominations this morning. The GRAMMY AWARDS are the biggest music awards in the world, and Twenty One Pilots have been there a couple times. They’ve won a total of one…
L’Ouverture was himself a slave owner at one point (as his father had probably been in the Allada kingdom, Girard tells us), which is a fact that emerged only in 1977. Did Toussaint Louverture support slavery? Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt and emancipated the slaves in the French…
Japanese industrial engineers, Taiichi Ohno and Eiji Toyoda, rose to the task and embarked on the challenge of developing the Toyota lean manufacturing system between 1948 and 1975. Lean Production since 1950 Toyota developed a new concept of “lean manufacturing.” Toyota recognized that inventory was a major cost factor for…
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing is a jointly owned-and-operated automotive production plant. The $2.3 billion facility is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs and will have the capacity to assemble up to 300,000 vehicles a year, beginning in 2021. Toyota takes stake in Mazda, links up for $1.6 billion U.S. plant.…