The first paddle-steamer to make a long ocean voyage crossing the Atlantic Ocean was SS Savannah, built in 1819 expressly for this service. Savannah set out for Liverpool on May 22, 1819, sighting Ireland after 23 days at sea. The side-wheel paddle steamer SS Great Western, the first purpose-built transatlantic…
The Le Brun Stradivarius of 1712 is a violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644–1737). It is the only violin from Stradivari’s golden period known to have been owned and played by the violinist Niccolò Paganini. Even after this time, Paganini was known to play guitar for…
Because Halloween is at the same time of year as Samhain, pronounced saah-win, many people have argued that Halloween has its roots in the pagan holiday. Samhain is a Gaelic or Celtic festival that translates to “summer’s end” and marks the end of the harvest and the beginning of the…
The historic Western town area at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, Calif., where productions including “ Westworld ” have shot, burned down Friday in the Woolsey fire, according to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation area’s Twitter feed. According to the National Park Service, Paramount purchased the 2,700-acre ranch in…
The death of Achilles did not end the Trojan War though, for a hoard of Greek heroes still lived; Paris though would himself not survive the Trojan War. Paris then abducted Helen and took her to Troy, thereby starting the Trojan War. Death of Paris. In the war, Paris (Achilles’…
In the late 1960s one of his closest friends (a man, not a woman as depicted in the Patch Adams film) was murdered. Soon after graduation, Patch, Linda, and friends founded the Gesundheit Patch Adams is a 1998 semi-biographical comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams on the life story of Dr.…
Patrick Chan. Chan was the son of immigrants to Canada from Hong Kong. They enrolled him in skating classes when he was five years old with the expectation that he would take up ice hockey. Chan, however, was immediately drawn to figure skating instead and by his early teens was…
Swayze passed away on September 14, 2009 at the age of 57, 20 months after his cancer diagnosis. It is estimated that pancreatic cancer will surpass breast and colon cancer to become the second-leading cause of all cancer-related deaths in the United States by 2020. No, Patrick Swayze had an…
Ok Taecyeon’s height is 186 cm or 6 feet 1 inch and his weight is around 76 kgs or 167 lbs. Likewise, the singer has dark brown eyes and hair of the same color. Talking about his social media presence, Taecyeon is available on Twitter as @taeccool with over 3.6…
I was ten when Old Yeller came to the movie theater. The Dawn Theater in Hillsdale. “Ice Cold Air Conditioning” was their tag line in every ad and above the marquee. Maybe Janna will let me know if it’s still standing. Har. The movie starred Tommy Kirk (now 66), Fess…