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A romanticized vision of the Great Indian Wars. (source: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1876, the Dull Knife Fight took place in Wyoming between the Northern Cheyenne and the United States Army. Having been beaten badly by a coalition of Native American forces (Northern Cheyenne, Lakota, Dakota, and Arapaho) at Little Bighorn in June,…
FBI sketch of D.B. Cooper and one of the suspects. (source: Dreshare.com) On this day in 1971, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 was hijacked by a man known as "D. B. Cooper" (or Dan Cooper). The flight was a 30-minute trip from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington. Soon after takeoff, "Cooper" passed a note to…
Artist's depiction of Milton for William Blake's poem "John Milton". (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1644, Englishman John Milton published Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England [sic]. Inspired by the similarly-named work of Isocrates in 4th century BCE, Milton (author of Paradise…
A B-2 "Spirit" bomber on its first flight. (source: AF.Mil) On this day in 1988, the American B-2 Spirit Bomber was unveiled to US military officials. The B-2 is a stealth heavy strategic bomber designed to fly above enemy radar capabilities and conduct long range missions with a crew of two. Costing roughly $2.1 Billion…
An Orthodox priests hears confession as protesters and Berkut riot police face off. (source: Anthro Encyclopedia) On this day in 2013 the Euromaidan, or "European Square" protests began in Ukraine in response to President Viktor Yanukovych's postponement of an association deal with the European Union (EU). The protests, which took place largely in the central…
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