Lent usually begins on Ash Wednesday (itself a different date every year) and ends on Holy Thursday (the day before Good Friday when Christians commemorate Jesus Christ’s crucifixion). That’s a period of 40 days if you don’t count Sundays. You are supposed to give something up for 40 days during…
Sport Diving is an underwater aquatic sport, where aspects of scuba diving are performed in a swimming pool. The sport which originated in Spain to promote scuba diving, is currently played in many European countries. In its more elaborate, acrobatic form, diving originated in Europe early in the 19th century…
The first season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad premiered on January 20, 2008 and concluded on March 9, 2008. It consisted of seven episodes, each running approximately 48 minutes in length, except the pilot episode which runs for approximately 58 minutes. Breaking Bad’s Timeline Explained Breaking Bad…
On Monday, March 2, 2020, the company closed the Gordon Biersch locations in Rockville and Baltimore, Maryland, Navy Yard and Chinatown in D.C., Syracuse, NY, and Virginia Beach, VA. The following day, Craftworks Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. Craftworks Holdings, the group that owns Gordon Biersch,…
William Stewart HalstedWilliam Stewart HalstedHalsted was educated at home by tutors until 1862, when he was sent to boarding school in Monson, Massachusetts at age ten. He didn’t like his new school and even ran away at one point. He was later enrolled at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where…
Two decades later, on March 3, 1845, Florida was admitted to the Union as the 27th U.S. state . Florida is nicknamed the “Sunshine State” due to its warm climate and days of sunshine. After centuries of Spanish rule, 20 years of British control, and almost 25 years as a…
Greta Garbo, original name Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, (born September 18, 1905, Stockholm, Sweden—died April 15, 1990, New York, New York, U.S.), Swedish American actress who was one of the most glamorous and popular motion-picturemotion-pictureA film, also called a movie or a motion picture, is a series of still photographs on…
“I Feel Love” is a song by Donna Summer. Produced and co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it was recorded for Summer’s fifth studio album, I Remember Yesterday (1977). Produced and co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it was recorded for Summer’s fifth studio album, I Remember Yesterday…
The popularity of FM radio grew in the 1950s and 1960s, as the FCC opened up more channels to broadcasters and FM sets became cheaper and more readily available. Car companies introduced FM car radios in 1963. AM was the undisputed king of the airwaves in 1952, but that didn’t…
Eventually, he was caught when one of his clients realized he had misspelled his false name on a legal document. In 1939, he was arrested and imprisoned again, this time sentenced to four years for fraud. On August 10, 1949, John George Haigh was executed for his crimes. Now that…