In 1936, Edward VIII became King of England; Reza Shah banned veils (including the hijab) in Iran; The Winter Olympics were held in Garmisch-Partkenkirchen; The Hoover Dam was completed; The helicopter debuted; The Spanish Civil War began; Alan Turing published “On Computable Numbers”; Jesse Owens dominated the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin; Stalin began the… Continue reading Jesse Owens dominated Hitler’s Games: A look back at 1936
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The year Trump entered the world: A look back at 1946
In 1946, The United Nations held its first meeting; Juan Perón was elected president of Argentina; Trygve Lie became the first Secretary-General of the United Nations; Syria and the Philippines became independent nations; Sony was founded (as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering); The first bikini was modeled in Paris; Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted their comedy partnership; Mensa was founded;… Continue reading The year Trump entered the world: A look back at 1946
Best of the 1930s
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Inspired by a patriotic teacher, Paul Baumer enlists in the first World War, but quickly finds the reality of the fighting much less glamorous than he was promised. Thirty years before Eisenhower warned of the dangers of embracing the military industrial complex, this film asked many… Continue reading Best of the 1930s
That bitter bastard Elaine makes an interesting gambit
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck) comes to Shanghai at the height of the Chinese Civil War to marry her childhood sweetheart, missionary Dr. Robert Strike. A powerful Chinese warlord, General Yen, assure them safe passage to perform humanitarian work. At a checkpoint, they discover General Yen lied and, in the… Continue reading That bitter bastard Elaine makes an interesting gambit