History Dispatches

Today, if you want to listen to a something, chances are you can pop it up on your phone, and boom, there you go. But before that, there was the iPod, CDs, cassettes, and vinyl. But before that, there were wax cylinders. All the way back in 1888 they were the first commercial recording device. This is the story of the Phonograph Cylinder.

Sources

https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/history-of-edison-sound-recordings/history-of-the-cylinder-phonograph/ ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph_cylinder ; https://www.hagley.org/librarynews/earliest-sound-recordings-short-history-cylinders

Images: By M. Dupres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph_cylinder#/media/File:Cilindrodefonografo.jpg

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In the 1920s, Emilio Carranza became an accomplished pilot, setting records for long distance flying throughout North America. His fame would spread, and he was dubbed the Lindbergh of Mexico. Sadly, he would die at the age of 22 while on a goodwill mission to the United States. This is the story of Emilio Carranza.

Sources

https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/why-mexican-aviation-legend-remembered-new-jersey-pine-barrens

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/emilio-carranza-memorial

https://weirdnj.com/stories/local-heroes-and-villains/carranza/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Carranza

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One of the most ubiquitous and highest selling foods in the United States is the banana. From the big box Walmart, to your local mom and pop grocery store everyone sells them. But the banana we eat today is very different from less than a century ago. And that is because the banana we used to eat almost went extinct. This is the story of why bananas used to taste so different.

Sources

https://www.epicurious.com/ingredients/history-of-the-gros-michel-banana

https://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Panama-disease-FS.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_banana

https://www.britannica.com/science/Panama-disease

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On March 9, 1862, two ships met at Hampton Roads near where the James River flows into Chesapeake Bay. What followed was a historic clash - the first ever between iron clad ships. This is the story of the Monitor vs the Merrimack.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads

https://www.marinersmuseum.org/learn/explore-topics/uss-monitor-story/

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ironclads_battle_7.jpg

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With just 70 men the gladiator slave Spartacus planned a revolt and escaped. Turning those 70 men into over 70,000. And in the process defeated multiple Roman armies and became one of the biggest thorns in the side the Roman Republic ever saw. This is the story of Spartacus.

Sources

https://www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-crassus/plutarch-on-spartacus/

https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-spartacus/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Servile_War

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