by Matilda Cruz | Jun 9, 2024 | History
Did you know that June 9th is National Donald Duck Day? Each year, we celebrate this temperamental yet beloved character because he made his debut in the Disney animated short “The Wise Little Hen” on June 9, 1934. Even today, over 90 years later, Donald...
by Matilda Cruz | Jun 8, 2024 | History
On June 8, 1949, English author George Orwell published a novel titled Nineteen Eighty-Four. Often referred to simply as 1984, this groundbreaking work serves as a cautionary tale about totalitarian governments and the dangers of excessive government control. Upon its...
by Matilda Cruz | Jun 7, 2024 | History
On June 6, 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon, marking the beginning of a conflict that would last several months and become known as the First Lebanon War. At that time, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was active in southern Lebanon, where it had been involved...
by Matilda Cruz | Jun 6, 2024 | History
On June 6, 1984, a Russian software engineer named Alexey Pajitnov changed the gaming industry with the release of his game, Tetris. At the time, he was working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre, where he developed the game using an Electronika 60 computer. Tetris...
by Matilda Cruz | Jun 5, 2024 | History
On June 5, 1981, the CDC published a report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), detailing five males who were identified as having a rare lung infection. The men were considered healthy prior to their diagnoses, and two of them died shortly after...
