1900–1919 Popular Music: Ragtime, Broadway Songs, Patriotic Music, Irish Ballads, Early Blues, Tin Pan Alley, and Songs Before Radio Took OverPopular music from 1900 to 1919 lived in a different world than the hit songs that came later. Before commercial radio became part of everyday American life in the 1920s, most people heard songs through […]
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1918 Trivia, Fun Facts, and Pop Culture HistoryQuick Facts from 1918World-Changing Event: World War I ended at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918 — the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — when Germany signed the Armistice. After four years, 8.5 million soldiers dead, and a generation of European young men
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British Royal Navy’s First Seaplane BaseThe British Royal Navy’s first seaplane base, Royal Naval Air Station Calshot (RNAS Calshot), was crucial in developing naval aviation and seaplane technology in the United Kingdom.Dates: RNAS Calshot was established in 1913 and officially commissioned on March 29, 1918.Details: Located on Calshot Spit, a narrow strip of land at
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