The night of May 31, 1921, should have been like any other for the residents of Greenwood, a bustling and proud neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Children would have been finishing their homework by gaslight, shopkeepers closing their businesses with the…
The wind carried the scent of burning wood and the murmurs of a restless crowd through the medieval streets of Rouen on May 30, 1431. In the town square, a nineteen-year-old girl stood shackled to a wooden stake, her clothes…
On May 29, 1953, two men from very different worlds stood together at the summit of human achievement. Sir Edmund Hillary, a beekeeper and mountaineer from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa climber from Nepal, had just reached the…
On May 28, 1961, Peter Benenson, a British lawyer, published an article in The Observer calling for action on behalf of two Portuguese students who had been imprisoned for raising a toast to freedom. That article gave birth to Amnesty…
シーワルド・サンディエゴ 期待しないで行ったのですがとても良かったです。１日で周らないといけないので、乗り物を二の次で、ショーを中心に周ろうと決定。 ショーの時間は、パーキング入り口で貰った地図の紙に書いてありました。 各ショー開演30分前から会場入りなので、良い座席確保の為に早めに席取りが基本。でも待ってる客を飽きさせない工夫がされてるのがgood！ ポップコーンや食べ物を食べながら映画鑑賞のノリでみんな着席。 ORCA(シャチ)ショー 前へ行くほど水が掛かります。この席まで濡れますと表示されてます。ちょっとかかるぐらいじゃありません。全身ずぶ濡れです。 前席に座るなら、最初から水着を着るかレインコートを持っていくか着替えを持つか防御が必要です。会場でもポンチョやタオルを売り子が売り歩いています。 初めて生で見るシャチの大きさにど肝を抜かれ、ザッパザッパ高波を作り飛び跳ねる巨体。尾ひれで遠慮なく客に洗礼の如く水しぶきを掛けていきます。子供達は浴槽近くでスタンバイ。オオハシャギでそれを待ちかねます。 観客の中から選ばれた1人が特別席に座り、水しぶきを間近で思いっきり浴びると観客のボルテージはMAX！ シャチの種類や生体についてスクリーンで説明してくれるのが嬉しかったです。 前に事故があったせいで飼育員が浴槽に入ってのパフォーマンスは禁止されたそうで、浴槽外からの指示でしたがとてもよく連携が取れていて、技を決める度に、シャチの顔が笑っているように見え可愛かったです。 パークへの入場チケットと駐車場料金は公式ページで前もって購入するのがお得です。米軍関係者は特別料金があるので、お近くのMWR Ticket officeへ行くことをおススメします。 Sea World San Diego Related Posts Curry House CoCo Ichibanya Irvine, California The Oscars 2016 第88回アカデミー授賞式 Julian Pies
Henry Kissinger, born on May 27, 1923, is a figure whose name conjures a mixture of admiration, scorn, and heated debate. A key architect of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, Kissinger’s career spanned presidential administrations and continents, from…
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister did the unthinkable: he became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes. A feat that many thought was physically impossible, Bannister’s achievement not only shattered a record but also demolished…
On May 25, 1963, thirty-two newly independent African nations came together to form the Organization of African Unity (OAU), marking a pivotal moment in the history of the continent. Africa Day, as it became known, symbolized not just political unity,…
On May 24, 1883, thousands gathered to witness the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge—a structure so daring, so ambitious, that it redefined what human beings could build. Spanning the East River, it connected Brooklyn and Manhattan in a way never…
Early on May 23, 1934, a barrage of bullets tore through a Ford V8 on a Louisiana backroad. Inside were Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow—outlaws, lovers, and the most infamous fugitives of the Great Depression. They died instantly. America, meanwhile,…
May 22, 2011. At 5:41 p.m., a monstrous EF5 tornado touched down in Joplin, Missouri. Within minutes, it carved a mile-wide scar across the town. Entire neighborhoods were flattened. Hospitals destroyed. Schools crushed. 161 people were killed. Thousands more were…
On May 21, 1932, after flying for over 14 hours through storms, icy winds, and instrument failures, Amelia Earhart landed her red Lockheed Vega in a pasture in Northern Ireland. She had just become the first woman to fly solo…
On May 20, 1902, the Cuban flag was raised over Havana, and the island officially became independent from U.S. military occupation. It should have been a moment of unambiguous freedom. After centuries of Spanish colonial rule and a costly war…
Born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, he would later become Malcolm X—a name and a voice that pierced through America’s conscience with unapologetic clarity. Where others sought gradualism, Malcolm demanded justice now. Where others asked, he declared. And in…
At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980, the north face of Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of 500 atomic bombs. What had begun as a series of small earthquakes and venting plumes became the deadliest and most economically…
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court did something monumental: it unanimously declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. The case—Brown v. Board of Education—didn’t just overturn a legal precedent. It cracked the very foundation of…
On May 16, 1770, a 14-year-old Austrian archduchess named Maria Antonia walked into a gilded future. Her marriage to the Dauphin of France, the future Louis XVI, was a diplomatic union meant to solidify peace between Austria and France. It…
On May 15, 1948, as Israel celebrated its birth, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began a long, painful journey into exile. What for some marked a new beginning, for others became the end of home as they knew it. They…
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion stood in Tel Aviv and declared the establishment of the State of Israel. For many Jewish people around the world—especially Holocaust survivors—it was a moment of hope, a long-awaited return to a homeland. Yet…
May 13, 1981. St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City was bathed in light, the air buzzing with anticipation as Pope John Paul II moved through the crowd in his open vehicle, smiling and blessing. Then—gunshots. In an instant, the serenity…
