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The Louisiana Purchase is April 30th Drink of the Day!!

April 30, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

In what is considered to many as the biggest acquisition of land by the United States, today celebrates the date that the Louisiana Purchase was finalized. 828,000 square miles of land was bought from the French. This would take care of many issues. At the time, it was a win - win for the French […]

The Hearst Cocktail is April 29th Drink of the Day!!

April 29, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

This drink was invented at the Old-Waldorf Astoria and is named after one of the most fluential newspaper figures in the 20th century. William Randolph Hearst, with the aide of his mother Phoebe, bgan building his newspaper empire that would span eighteen cities and would eventually grow to magazines. He would have on the payroll […]

The Fletcher Christian is April 28th Drink of the Day!!

April 28, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

The world’s most famous mutiny happened on this day, back in 1789. The Mutiny on the Bounty occured, led by Fletcher Christian. Captain Bligh and eighteen of his most loyal followers were set adrift on a small boat due to the Captain’s tyranny. But, was this the only reason? Many historians believe it was due […]

The Sultana is April 27th Drink of the Day

April 27, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

With ten times the amount of people it was meant to hold, the S.S. Sultana’s boiler exploded, killing at least 1450 people while delivering just-released Confederate POWs and Union soldiers to Illinois. It happened this day in 1865. The Civil War had just ended the week before, so everybody was in a rush to go […]

The Chernobyl is April 26th Drink of the Day!!

April 26, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Back in 1986 on this day, the nuclear power plant in what is now Ukraine had an explosion, releasing a large amount of radiation into the atmosphere. It is considered the worst nuclear-power accident in history. To contain the contamination to the best of their ability, it would take 500,000 employees and over 18 billion […]

The Jazz Cocktail is April 25th Drink of the Day!!

April 25, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

All Ella Fitzgerald wanted to do when entering the Apollo Theater Amateur Night, in November 1934, was dance. Her life passion growing up was to become a professional dancer. But due to a dance act that preceding her, making her feel not up to par, she decided to sing in front of the audience. She […]

The Farmer’s Almanac Cocktail is April 24th Drink of the Day!!

April 24, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

Robert Bailey Thomas, the first owner and long-time editor of The Farmer’s Almanac, was born on this day in 1766. With his guiding hand, this publication was a huge success from the beginning, going from 3000 subscribers in its inaugaral year in 1792, to over 9000 its second year. The Old Farmer’s Almanac, not to […]

MacBeth’s Dream is April 23rd Drink of the Day!!

April 23, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

I think you all have heard the name William Shakespeare before. For the last 400 years, he has entertained millions, if not billions of people with his plays that are considered still a work of genius. They have been performed in every major language known to man and, to this day, are performed more often […]

Planetary Punch is April 22nd Drink of the Day!!

April 22, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

What started as a day to recognize the natural beauty of the Earth and to appreciate what it has to offer to us in the United States, which we began celebrating on April 22, 1970, it has grown into a world-wide observance and is celebrated in over 175 countries. In some communities, they celebrate Earth […]

The Red Baron Cocktail is April 21st Drink of the Day!!

April 21, 2012 | By Shaun the Bartender |

During World War I, the battle for the skies of Europe were being won by the Germans early on. This was due, in large part, to one of Germany’s pilots, Baron Manfred von Richthofen. Better known as the “Red Baron”, he was feared by ally troops, due to his air prowess. He was credited for […]