November 14th in History
First carrier launch! Plus, Nellie Bly sets out to go around the world in 80 days, Robert Fulton and Veronica Lake are born, Booker T. Washington dies. Happy Equoarum Probatio!
Read MoreDecember 11th in History
The last Apollo mission lands on the moon and Bernie Madoff is arrested for his $50 billion Ponzi scheme! It's the birthday of Hawaiian monarch Kamehameha V (who also died on 12/11), along with hizzoner Fiorello La Guardia, and gulag chronicler Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; Bettie Page and Ravi Shankar died. Happy Pampanga Day!
Read MoreDecember 12th in History
First transcontinental radio signal received, the Finns defeat the Soviets at Tolvajarvi, and North Korea launches its first satellite. It's the birthday of Edvard Munch, Edward G. Robinson, and Dionne Warwick; Robert Browning, Douglas Fairbanks, and Tallulah Bankhead died. Happy Jamhuri Day!
Read MoreDecember 13th in History
Saddam Hussein is captured! In other news, Sir Francis Drake sets out on a round-the-world trip and Nanjing falls to the Japanese. It's the birthday of Mary Todd Lincoln, Alvin C. York, Carlos Montoya, Dick Van Dyke, and Taylor Swift; Maimonides, Donatello (not the turtle), and Grandma Moses died. Happy St. Lucy's Day!
Read More