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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Though I decided to go another route with my drink, other than this subject, I want to mention it anyway. This day would be the birth of something that would change the world forever, and would make people realize how bad people can be when in control. Luckily, we were able to get this man […]
On this day in 1933, due to the length of the Great Depression and the international fall-out of the gold standard, the United States decided it was time to leave this itself. Due to banks seeing higher interest rates, no growth due to not being able to expand money supply during crisis. It is believed […]
“The British are coming!! The British are coming!! Well….that isn’t exactly what he said, but it pretty much sums it up. On this day, back in 1775, Paul Revere took his famous ride to Lexington to warn Massachusetts’ colonists that the British Troops were on their way. Working for the Boston Committee of Correspondence and […]
John Pierpont “J.P.” Morgan, the financier and banker known for his cunningness with mergers and acquisitions in the late 19th and early 20th century, was born this day in 1837. He is responsible for being part of putting together two deals that would start two of the largest US companies to date - General Electric […]
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