Since its completion in 1937, a number of rehabilitation and improvement projects have been completed that have preserved, protected, and extended the life of the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge. The most significant of these improvements are noted below – many of which were the first for a major suspension span.…
Description: The Grand Canyon is a mile-deep and was carved by the Colorado River over millions of years. This phenomenon shows how consistent weathering and erosion over a long period of time can radically shape the earth. The Grand Canyon was created by mechanical weathering (and its pal erosion), as…
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959. When did The Guardian stop being the Manchester Guardian? The publication became “The Guardian” when “Manchester” was dropped from the name back in 1959, as influence of the…
In the US, the car would only be available in Championship White in 1997 and 1998. The Type R was not available for 1999 but returned in 2000 and remained until the end of DC2 production in 2001. The Type R was introduced as a 1997 model to the US…
Aircraft Carrier Intrepid. Launched in 1943, the aircraft carrier Intrepid fought in World War II, surviving five kamikaze attacks and one torpedo strike. The ship later served in the Cold War and the Vietnam War. Intrepid also served as a NASA recovery vessel in the 1960s. What class carrier was…
When Walter Morrison died in 2010, his family cremated him and turned him into the very toy Morrison invented in 1955, then under the name Pluto Platter. It would later become one of the most successful toys of all-time under the new name adopted by Wham-O: the Frisbee. The inventor…
The Italian Campaign achieved little other than to tie down 300K Germans, but at the cost of the same number of Allied soldiers. The Germans were forced to commit very few tanks and aircraft to the theatre as the terrain made such assets less important. Overall, the campaign was a…
The futuristic family cartoon The Jetsons premiered in 1962. It was set 100 years in the future in the year 2062. We’re over half way there now, but surprisingly, many of the technologies they predicted in the cartoon are already a reality, while others are maturing quickly. Did The Jetsons…
Germany, constrained by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, was not allowed to produce tanks of any kind and only a few armoured cars. In 1926 an unofficial program of tank construction was initiated by Von Seeckt, the commander of the Reichswehr. Was Germany allowed tanks? The German army…
Mike BradyMike BradyHe played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as the father Mike Brady, opposite Florence Henderson’s role as Carol Brady, on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, which aired from 1969…