A lesson from the long history of the Goodyear blimps is the realization that airships are exceedingly difficult to fly. That fact was well demonstrated 92 years ago, when the blimp Columbia crashed, spectacularly, in the middle of New York City.
It was relatively common in the middle ages for Kings, royals, and various other titled men to die in combat, and they were at least usually expected to fight personally. Despite the dangers of medieval combat and the expectations of nobility, however, many at the highest levels of aristocracy died in less than noble mundane accidents, and even in embarrassing circumstances.
The saying “American as Apple Pie” is a classic one that harkens back to American culture, to the days of home-baked pies and gingham picnic blankets. But apples, of course, are much older than the United States, and the humble pie has a history much longer than the nation.
The 1968 Democratic National Convention, coming amid a year of political strife, faced controversy both inside and outside the international amphitheater in Chicago. The resulting chaotic convention would forever change the way the United States chooses party presidential nominees.
In the more modern era toy guns appeared, and in the nineteenth century toy guns began to proliferate, quickly becoming a thorny issue for parents, children, and the law.