February 18th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 18th History Highlights1865 – Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia, near the end of the Civil War.1885 – Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published for the first time.1929 – The
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February 17th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 17th History Highlights1865 – Columbia, South Carolina surrendered to General Sherman’s Union forces. Fort Sumpter was also returned to Union control.1897 – The National Parent Teacher Association was formed.1929 – The League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was founded.February 17, 1936 – The Phantom, Comic Strip debuted.If you
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February 16th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 16th History Highlights1923 – In Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter entered the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen. He had been looking for King Tut’s tomb since his first trip to Egypt in 1891. The outer chambers were discovered in November 1922.1959 –
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February 15th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 15th History Highlights1898 – The American battleship Maine was blown up at Havana Harbor (Cuba), leading to the Spanish-American was on April 25, 1898.1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.2013 – Asteroid 2012 DA14 (150 feet long)
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February 14th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 14th History Highlights1849 – The first photograph of a US President, James Polk, was taken in Washington, DC.1920 – The League of Women Voters formed in Chicago, IL.1929 – Four men came in, dressed as police at Bugsy Moran’s headquarters on North Clark Street in Chicago, killing seven
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February 13th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 13th History Highlights1741 – American Magazine was first published. It was America’s first magazine.1861 – Colonel Bernard Erwin earned the first Medal of Honor, America’s highest military honor.February 13, 1937 – Prince Valiant, Comic Strip debuted1943 – Dresden, Germany was firebombed, killing an estimated 135,000 people.1961 – The
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February 12th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 12th History Highlights1733 – James Oglethorpe founded Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.1870 – Women were granted the right to vote in the Utah Territory.1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois
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February 11th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 11th History Highlights1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitioned the US Congress for the abolition of slavery.1872 – Japan began celebrating National Foundation Day (founded in 660 BC). It was banned after WWII but revived in 1966.1945 – The Yalta Agreement was signed
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February 10th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 10th History Highlights1897 – ‘All The News That’s Fit To Print’ – the phrase appeared permanently on the front page of The New York Times.1949 – Death of a Salesman by American playwright Arthur Miller, opened at the Morocco Theatre in New York City.1967 – The 25th Amendment
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February 9th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 9th History Highlights1864 – 109 Union Officers escaped from Libby Prison in Virginia.1943 – The Allies retook Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Island, a major victory in WWII.1964 – The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, with 73,000,000 viewers, a record at that time. There were 728 people in the
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February 8th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 8th History Highlights1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots was executed by beheading, for plotting the death of Queen Elizabeth I.1851 – Portland (The City of Roses) was incorporated in Oregon.1887 – The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and
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February 7th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 7th History Highlights1795 – The 11th Amendment was ratified, reaffirming the sovereignty of the individual United States.1817 – The first public gas street light was lit in Baltimore, Maryland, the first in the United States.1914 – The silent film Kid Auto Races at Venice premiered in theaters, featuring
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February 6th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 6th History Highlights1778 – In Paris, the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce were signed by the United States and France signaling thr official recognition of the United States.1820 – The first 86 African American immigrants departed New York to start a settlement in
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February 5th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 5th History Highlights1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opened to the public.1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith founded United Artists.1924 – The Royal Greenwich Observatory began broadcasting the hourly
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February 4th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 4th History Highlights1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the US Electoral College.1941 – The USO (United Service Organization) was founded.1992 – A coup d’état was led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.February 4, 2000, The
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February 2nd History, Trivia and, Fun FactsFebruary 2nd History Highlights1653 – New Amsterdam (now the City of New York) was incorporated.1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.1925 – Balto and Togo led a team via Dog Sleg to the town of Nome, Alaska, with antitoxin serum for an outbreak of Diptheria.
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About Music of the Fifties: Rock and Roll, Doo-Wop, Teen Idols, Crooners, Country, R&B, Novelty Songs, and the Birth of Modern PopThe music of the 1950s changed American pop culture for good. The decade started with crooners, vocal groups, big-band leftovers, country hits, rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel, and polished pop records. By the end
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February 1st History, Trivia, and Fun FactsFebruary 1st History Highlights1790 – The United States Supreme Court held its first session.1898 – Travelers Insurance issued the first automobile accident insurance.1960 – The Greensboro ‘Sit-In’ took place in North Carolina, protesting discrimination.1964 – Hasbro introduced the G.I. Joe action figure (retail price: $2.49)1982 – Late Night with
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January 31st History, Trivia, and Fun FactsJanuary 31st History Highlights1940 – Ida May Fuller received the first Social Security retirement check, in the amount of $22.54. She lived to 100 years old and collected a total of $22,888.January 31, 1929 Birthday (fictional) Dorothy Zbornak, TV, Golden GirlsIf you were born on January 31st,You were likely
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February Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryAbout FebruaryThe Name of The Month: Februa was a Roman purification ritual and was considered as the early Rome Spring Cleaning Festival. Februs, the Roman god was named after this festival.The original 10-month, 304-day Roman calendar didn’t work for long because it didn’t align with the seasons. King
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January 30th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsJanuary 30th History Highlights1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge ( the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), spanning the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, was opened.1969 – The Beatles’ rooftop performance and recording for Let It Be took place at Apple Records.1972 – Bloody
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January 29th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsJanuary 29th History Highlights1980 – The Rubik’s Cube made its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl’s Court, London.2002 – In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush described “regimes that sponsor terror” as an Axis of evil- he included Iraq, Iran, and North
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January 28th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsJanuary 28th History Highlights1909 – United States troops left Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the SpanishAmerican War.1958 – The Lego company patented (#3005282) the design of its Lego bricks- it is still compatible with bricks produced today.1986 – The Challenger Space
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January 27th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsJanuary 27th History Highlights1945 – The Auschwitz concentration camp, with about 6,000 prisoners was liberated by Soviet Forces.1944 – The Siege of Leningrad, which began on September 4, 1941, ended. More than 1/2 of the city’s population was killed.1973 – The Vietnam Peace Agreement was signed in Paris (taking
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January 26th Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJanuary 26th History Highlights1905 – The world’s largest diamond, the Cullinan, weighing 3,106.75 carats (1.369842266 pounds), was found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park.1911 – Glenn Curtiss flew the first successful
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January 25th Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJanuary 25th History Highlights1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell founded the Oriental Telephone Company.1890 – American writer Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran Seaman) completed her round-the-world journey in 72 days.1921 – The word ‘robot’ was first used, in the play “R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) by Karel
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January 24th History, Trivia, and Fun FactsJanuary 24th History Highlights1848 – California Gold Rush Bagan- James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill, near Sacramento.1984 – Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh personal computer for sale in the United States.1985 – The American shuttle Discovery began a ‘secret’ mission, probably for the military with a spy
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January 23rd History, Trivia, and Fun FactsJanuary 23rd History Highlights1556 – The Shaanxi earthquake struck in Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000, the deadliest earthquake in history.Walter Frederick Morrison sold the rights (Design Patent #D183,626) to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it
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January 22nd Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJanuary 22nd History Highlights1889 – Columbia Phonograph (Columbia Records) was formed in Washington, D.C.1946 – Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, now the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).1947 – KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, began operation in Hollywood.1973 – The Supreme Court
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January 21st Trivia, Fun Facts and Pop Culture HistoryJanuary 21st History Highlights1972 – The first convention of Star Trek fans was held at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in New York City.1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France was executed by guillotine.1954 – The first atomic submarine,
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