Record-Breaking Kai Tak Sports Park Announces Testing Period Only Five Years After Groundbreaking Ceremony (2019) | Announcements, Groundbreakings | Apr 23, 2019
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Kai Tak Sports Park was held on 23 April 2019. In April of 2024, The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, ASM Global and Kai Tak Sports Park Limited (KTSPL), announced a late winter testing period for Kai Tak Sports Park marking the culmination of a near decade-long record $4 ….
First-ever Dragon Ball Theme Park Officially Announced During AnimeJapan (2024) | Announcements, Experiences | Mar 22, 2024
Leading themed entertainment design and master planning firm Falcon’s Creative Group unveiled plans for the Dragon Ball theme park experience at AnimeJapan on March 22, 2024. The Dragon Ball theme park experience is expected to span over 500,000 square meters and be a key part of Qiddiya City, the world’s first city built for play, ….
Scarface Actress Tammy Lynn Leppert Mysteriously Disappeared on This Day in 1983 (1983) | Judicial / Criminal Events, Mysterious Events | Jul 6, 1983
Young actress, model and beauty queen Tammy Lynn Leppert (a.k.a. Tami Lynn), who had a small role in the Brian De Palma crime classic Scarface as the girl in the blue bikini during the drug-deal-gone-wrong chainsaw sequence, disappeared on July 6, 1983 under suspicious circumstances. As of March 2024, she has never been heard from ….
Inger Stevens (1970) | Deaths | Apr 30, 1970
Inger Stevens (1934) | Birthdays | Oct 18, 1934
Developer JBG Smith Announces Major Entertainment District in Northern Virginia (2023) | Announcements | Dec 13, 2023
Washington, D.C. developer JBG Smith announced on December 13, 2023 that, subject to applicable governmental approvals, the company is partnering with Monumental Sports & Entertainment, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the City of Alexandria to develop a mixed-use Entertainment District, totaling approximately 9 million square feet. The district is going to be anchored by a ….
H.P. Lovecraft (1937) | Deaths | Mar 15, 1937
H.P. Lovecraft (1890) | Birthdays | Aug 20, 1890
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy and horror fiction. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island and is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos. After his father’s institutionalization in 1893, he lived affluently until his family’s wealth dissipated after the death of his grandfather. Lovecraft then lived ….
Squid Game Themed Slot Machine Announced at Global Gaming Expo (2023) | Announcements | Oct 9, 2023
Light & Wonder debuts its Squid Game slot machine at the company’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) booth #1116. G2E takes place at The Venetian Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas from October 9 – 12, 2023. Based on the most-popular Netflix series of all time, Squid Game, the slot machine’s theme integrates iconic games from ….
Kim Novak (1933) | Birthdays | Feb 13, 1933
Gang Leader Arrested for his Role in Murder of Tupac Shakur 27 Years After the Rapper's Death (2023) | Judicial / Criminal Events | Sep 29, 2023
Sixty-year-old gang leader Duane “Keefe D” Davis was taken into custody on Friday, September 29, 2023 by Las Vegas detectives and charged with murder with use of a deadly weapon, related to the death of rapper Tupac Shakur. Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo described Davis as the “on-ground, on-site commander” who “ordered the death” ….