Showing posts with label The Alamo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Alamo. Show all posts

Friday, May 27, 2016

History timeline 1830-39

1830: Webster-Hayne debate
    Indian Removal Act
    July Revolution (France)

1831: The Liberator begins publication
    Nat Turner's Rebellion
    Charles Darwin begins voyage on the Beagle

1832: Black Hawk War
    Andrew Jackson reelected President
    Bank War
    Nullification Crisis

1834: Jackson Censured
    Britain abolishes slavery

1835: US pays off national debt
    Grimke's Letter
    Texas Revolution begins
    Assassination Attempt on Andrew Jackson

1836: The Alamo
    Goliad Massacre
    Battle of San Jacinto
    Martin Van Buren wins presidential election

1837: Panic of 1837
    Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839: First Opium War (1839-42)
    Daguerre gets patent for his camera

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Greatest Movie Scenes Ever: #146-150

I got bored...so I came up with the 150 greatest movie scenes of all time...as picked by me! It took about an hour total to do it.

146. Attica! Attica!: Dog Day Afternoon (1975): Al Pacino robs a bank, police arrive, and to distract them, he begins screaming "Attica" out front the bank. Attica was a violent prison riot that became a cause celeb in the seventies.    


147. Mexicans attack the Alamo: The Alamo (1960): Completely inaccurate, but it looked good. The Mexican assault portrayed in the film would have turned the real Alamo to dust inside an hour.

148. Superman appears: Superman II (1980): Superman loses his powers, Earth falls to three Kryptonian super villains, and they are about to kill Lois and Lex. Then, newspapers are blown off the stand and Superman appears out front the Daily Planet. It's on!

149. Tank goes through wall: Goldeneye (1995): Pierce Brosnan becomes Bond as he adjusts his tie after blasting through a wall.
150. White House Blows Up: Independence Day (1996): People were cheering in the aisles as Aliens blew up the White House in Independence Day. On a more scientific note, a ship that size hovering over the world would cause massive Tsunamis.