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Aug 3, 1492
1492:Conquest of Paradise
EVENT: Christopher Columbus wanted to sail the world so he gathered a crew in time they discoverd an island and called it Guanahani.FACT CHECK: Christopher Columbus actually discoverd this land.CONNECTION:Christopher columbus is widely known for discovering the new world
RATING: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I gave this movie three stars because its just not my kind of movie -
Bill & Ted Excellent Adventure
Bill and Ted uses the time machine taking them back to 1805 where they find Napoleon Bonaparte leading his forces against Austria.As Bill and Ted depart back to the present Napoleon is thrown by a cannonball explosion into their wake and is dragged through the Circuits of Time to the present.Napoleon did not travel through time.Today Napoleon is widely considered one of the greatest military generals in history.RATING: ⭐ ⭐ I gave it two stars because the movie was super cringy -
12 years a Slave
EVENT:Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. FACT CHECK:This film is based on a true story CONNECTION:Solomon Northup is known for his book "12 Years a Slave"RATING: ⭐ I gave this film one star because it was too depressing. -
The Lost Bttalion
U.S. soldiers were isolated by german forces in the the Argonne Forest.This event actually happended during world war one.This event is popular in modern day because even though they were surrounded by german forces a little over half of them managed to survive. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I gave this movie five stars because it fully demonstrates the horrors of war and what it can do to a person if they survive. -
Selma
In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) accepts his Nobel Peace PrizeFACT Martin Luther king jr actually recieved the nobel prize.Martin Luther King Jr is a famous civil rights activist and motivational speaker I rate it 0 stars because I missed the whole movie. -
Rescue Dawn
in February 1966, while on a combat mission, Lt. Dieter Dengler, a German-born U.S. Navy pilot in squadron VA-145, flying from the carrier USS Ranger, is shot down in his Douglas A-1 Skyraider over Laos. This movie is based on a true story. Lt. Dieter Dengler is known for Surviving brutal torture by the pathet lao.I gave it 0 stars because i didnt see the movie -
Forrest Gump
in 1981, at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia, a man named Forrest Gump recounts his life story to strangers who happen to sit next to him on the bench.The things Forrest talks about actually happended. Audiences loved “Forrest Gump.” It touches people with its sweeping story about a gentle soul who perseveres, insisting to anyone who'll listen that.⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I gave it three stars because it was funny and thats all this had going for it. -
Birthday
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The day I became a uncle
My first nephew was born was born on this day. -
Anticipated Graduation
