June 29 in Pop Culture History
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground.
1889 – Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population.
1956 – The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
1967 – Actress Jayne Mansfield died in car crash on Interstate 90, …
Here is a sneak peek of Soul, set to be released in theatres November 20th!
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(PCM) I have no idea why I am just discovering this brilliant story now, but an artist by the name of Bartholomäus Traubeck has been using cross-sectional slices of a tree stump and playing them on a converted record player to create various pieces of music.
The sounds created are both beautiful and haunting and how each piece of music turns out depends upon the type of wood and species of tree.
Here’s how it …
Rock USA 2019 took place on July 18-20 on farmland in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This incredible festival always has an amazing crowd, great food and beverage options, and the best rock bands on the planet.
Red Sun Rising played a blistering set under the burning sun on Friday, July 19, 2019. The band went on indefinite hiatus in February 2020. Band members …
June 28 in Pop Culture History
1635 – Guadeloupe became a French colony.
1832 – The first American case of a cholera epidemic was reported in New York City.
1838 – Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
1846 – Adolphe Sax patented the saxophone.
1894 – Labor Day became an official US holiday.
1895 – The US Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’ claim to Barony of Arizona is “wholly fictitious …
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Let’s start this with an open mind and an open heart. We all care about the police. We all support the police. We all need the police. We respect the stressful nature of their job and the difficulty of the positions they place themselves in. We all recognize that they are individual human beings, with everything that comes with that. They are the law, but they are not above the law. When they break the …
June 27 in Pop Culture History
1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs were burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
1844 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Mormons, and his brother Hyrum Smith, were murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe was completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
1949 – The first sci-fi TV show, Captain Video …
YouTube Originals debuted the trailer for “Lockdown” – a brand new 10-episode scripted series that follows six friends as they work together to solve a mystery in their neighborhood during the social distancing era yesterday. Episodes 1 through 5 of this free-to-stream social media mystery are available June 26 at 9:30AM PST / 12:30PM EST and new episodes will release weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays only on the YouTube Originals for …
June 26 in Pop Culture History
1498 – The bristle toothbrush was invented in China.
1797 – Charles Newbold was issued a patent (#X000177) for an improvement for the cast-iron plow
1807 – Lightning struck a gunpowder factory in Luxembourg, killing more than 300 people.
1819 – The first US patent (#X003115) for a velocipede, a predecessor of the bicycle, was issued to William K. Clarkson Jr. of New York.
1870 – Christmas was declared …
