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July 2025

July 25, 2025

Today Will Soon Be Gone

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July 11, 2025

25 Bits of Historical Trivia and Hot Takes: July 2025

Intro To Historical Trivia 1. When you have no other ideas of what to write...

June 2025

June 24, 2025

The Blockbuster Summer Movie 45 Years Ago

Muslims, Jews and Christians may not agree on who God is or how to govern...

June 20, 2025

The Blockbuster Summer Movie Season Started 50 Years Ago

We all have stress in our lives. The news of the world can come crashing...

June 17, 2025

Why Did I Dream About That?

Dreams are weird. They never make sense. Not usually. But sometimes they do. I think...

June 16, 2025

The Pope and the President on Unity

I'm Catholic and the pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. I'm an American...

June 03, 2025

The 1st Full Decade of Cinema & Sherlock Holmes-1890 -1899

Last Time on HOARATS 1889 The Year Of Tolkien’s Wife | A List Of...

May 2025

May 14, 2025

1889: A Year That Changed Art, Faith, and the World

Life in 1889 1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of...

May 07, 2025

Short History of the Past 12 Papal Conclaves

I thought it important as a Catholic blogger to say something on the start of...

April 2025

April 21, 2025

RIP Pope Francis – History Remembered Easter Week 2025

We end Holy week with the end of the Paschal Triduum and move into Easter...

April 16, 2025

The History We Remember During The Holy Triduum 2025

Millions of Christians around continue their metaphysical journey to Calvary having traveled from Palm Sunday...

April 13, 2025

The History We Remember During Palm Sunday & Holy Week 2025

Millions of Christians around the world will begin the final leg of their metaphysical journey...

April 01, 2025

Anniversary Of When Prehistoric Monsters Invaded Chicago

April 1 will be remembered by historians and Chicagoans as the day the prehistoric monsters...

March 2025

March 03, 2025

Bread and Staple Makers Alive in 1889

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

March 02, 2025

Memorable Academy Award Nominated Films First 50 Years.

On March 2, 2025 the Oscar Academy turned 97. For almost a century the movie...

February 2025

February 26, 2025

Designers and Founders Alive in 1889

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

February 19, 2025

Explorers, Inventors and Discoverers Alive in 1889

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

February 12, 2025

Actors on Stage, Screen and Radio Alive in 1889

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have...

February 07, 2025

Good Sports Alive in 1889

It would seem that worldwide people love to gather with others to watch others kick...

February 04, 2025

Out of the Ordinary Extraordinary People Alive in 1889

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

February 02, 2025

While The Groundhog Saw His Shadow This Also Happen

That's right, woodchuck-chuckers - it's... GROUNDHOG DAY! Redbecca@RedRebeccax (February 2, 2025: It's Groundhog Day today,...

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Cowboys and Outlaws Alive in 1889

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

January 22, 2025

Leaders and Soldiers Alive in 1889

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January 13, 2025

The Write People in 1889

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

January 09, 2025

The Sound of Music in 1889

1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and...

December 2024

December 24, 2024

Christmas Tunes and Hymns In the Last 100 Years

Over a century ago Christmas Music was mostly hymns about the birth of Christ, Mary...

December 20, 2024

Christmas Tunes and Hymns Before 1925

There is nothing quite like getting together with a bunch of O-Come All Ye faithful...

December 13, 2024

2025 A look Behind and Ahead- 700th Post

Here we are once again at another new year. Well for us Catholics the new...

December 01, 2024

This Month in Life December 2024

Sunday December 1, 2024 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Day 335: Run the Race — The...

November 2024

November 28, 2024

Mr. Lincoln Have Thanksgiving Made a National Union Festival

Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian...