April 11th: Today in 1689 William III and Mary II were crowned as the joint monarchs of England. Mary did not weild power normally, but did govern when Willaim was away at war. The coronation was not without controversy as the Archbishop of Canterbury refused to crown them, remaining loyal to James II, but in [...]
April 10th: Today in 1741 Fredrick the Great ‘won’ his first major battle at the Battle of Mollwitz. The battle had been going badly for the Prussians and Fredrick had been advised to leave the field but after his departure the momentum turned and the Prussian army won the day, giving Fredrick his first great [...]
If you note a downward line in my Baltimore standings postings it just means that the season is almost a week old. Still, tied with the Yankees….
April 9th: Today in 1937 The Kamikaze, piloted by Masaaki Iinuma, lands at Croydon Airport after a fifty-one hour flight direct from Tokyo, Japan. This first direct flight stunned many European pilots who had naturally assumed the flight would be made from Europe by Europeans, not from Japan by a Japanese pilot.
David Koppel at the Volokh Conspiracy has the best write up I have seen yet why things like the recently hyped Judas Gospel should be viewed with very real suspicion. The farther we get from historical incidents the harder it gets to validate them in any meaningful way. The primary documentation becomes harder and harder [...]
They are out there. They are waiting for their chance to strike. No, Not the Garden Ninjas, Crocodiles. Human beings rule now, but when disaster hits, the crocs strike…….
Via Fark
In a stunning case of real life imitating a movie, secret gardners are striking in London fixing up spots without proper authorization. You may recall the movie ‘Brazil‘ where covert duct repairmen worked in London, now the garden Ninjas strike. There are official gardeners but
“He was only allowed to do something here once every [...]
April 8th: Today in 1975 Hall of Famer Frank Robinson manages his first game as the manager of the Cleveland Indians. Robinson was the first Black man to manage a major league club and he has been managing most of the last thrity years most recently with the Washington Nationals.
Apparently Superheros and bears are natural enemies in the wild. Who knew?* See vulnerable heros battle the mighty bruins! See the Batman (reduced by Lex Luthor to a ten year old boy without any training) battle a Bear!**
* Apparently Chris Sims at the Invincible Super-Blog knew, that’s who.
**Amusingly, this came up in two of my [...]
I know very well this is petty, being an Orioles fan means enjoying it while you can. They really got pasted last night by Boston.