August 15th History, Trivia and Fun Facts August 15th History Highlights 1515 – Panama City, Panama was founded. 1870 – The Transcontinental Railway was completed at Promontory Point, UT, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific ports via rail lines. 1914 – The Panama Canal opened, although the first ship to pass through, The SS Ancon, went… Read More
Category: Holidays
Music and Ice Cream Trucks Officially, in North America, the summer season does not begin until June 20th or 21st which is the date of the summer solstice and the longest day of the year. However, if you are a resident of the United States, then we all know by popular vote the “unofficial” start… Read More
Thanksgiving History, Trivia, and Fun Facts Thanksgiving History Highlights In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, declared the fourth Thursday of November to be a National Day of Thanksgiving. The fourth Thursday in November was officially sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday in 1941, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Unlike today’s feast consisting of turkey, stuffing, sweet… Read More
October 13th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts October 13th History Highlights 1269 – The present church building at Westminster Abbey was consecrated. 1775 – The United States Navy (Continental Navy) was authorized by the Second Continental Congress. 1792 – The cornerstone for the White House was laid. October 13, 1961 Birthday (fictional) Fox Mulder, The… Read More
Pulling the race card (or How I got to meet Princess Grace) Princess Grace, Grace Patricia Kelly, was an American film actress who became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. While making a med cruise on board the USS Piper back in 1964, we received permission to pull into the… Read More
What happened in 1941? Fun Facts Quiz! 41 Trivia Questions for 1941 History 1. Who was President of the United States in 1941? Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945) 2. What was the Biggest Number One Song of 1941? Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) by Jimmy Dorsey 3. To the nearest dime,… Read More
Lou Gehrig’s Farewell to Baseball Address On July 4, 1939, at Yankee Stadium Henry Louis Gehrig, (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig, June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), nicknamed “the Iron Horse,” was a MLB first baseman who played his entire professional career (17 seasons) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 until 1939. Fans, for… Read More
“The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln, on November 19, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that… Read More
