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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 […]
Considered by many as one of the most influential actors and comedians of his time, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, known to all of us as Charlie Chaplin, was born on this day in 1889, in England. Known mostly as a comedic actor in the silent movie era, Mr. Chapman also composed music, wrote the screenplays, […]
On this day, at 2:27am in 1912, the Titanic had taken in enough water to sink into the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of Newfoundland, two and one-half hours after striking an iceburg. Out of the 2200+ passengers on this vessel, 1517 lives were lost. This year is the 100th Anniversary of this fatal […]
Noah Webster, a religious man in his own right, felt that there should be a more secular appoach to teaching, so all children could learn read and write no matter what there religious backgrounds were. Five generations of children learned from the blue hard-bound speller books. On this day, in 1843, Webster copyrighted the first […]
On this day, in 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born. He is considered by many as a crucial part of us becomming a country. He was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independance, the thrid President of the United States, and many other things too lengthy to mention. He is one of the United State’s […]
The Civil War started due to the question on whether slavery should or shouldn’t be abolished. When Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States, it was clear that the writing was on the wall and that slavery was going to be a thing of the past. Several states seperated from the Union to create […]
On this day, in 1951, while the Truman Administration was going through UN peace talks with Korea and China, General MacArthur felt it would be of better interest for the US to stretch the fighting into China from Korea. In fact, MacArthur sent out a message to his troops that went against the policies set […]
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