By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/biˈɒnseɪ/ i bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman. Known as “Queen Bey“, her artistry, vocal abilities, performances and visual presentations have led her to become a pop culture figure of the 21st century. Beyoncé started performing in […]

By Lady Williamson   Always the first Monday in September, Labor Day is meant as a tribute to the American worker to whom the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country is made possible. The holiday started modestly in cities and towns, with the first celebration […]

By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Emma Nutt (July 1860 – 1915) became the world’s first female telephone operator on September 1, 1878, when she started working for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company (or the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company) in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. “EMMA”, a synthesized speech attendant system created by Preferred […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is a museum and educational facility in Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States. The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code (issued in 1960). It is located east of K-7 and south of […]

By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Vicki Keith Munro, CM, O.Ont (born 26 February 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian retired marathon swimmer. Her accomplishments include the first crossing of all five Great Lakes. The end of the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto has been named Vicki Keith Point in her honour. This is where she made […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford; August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian best known for her role as Louise “Weezy” Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985). In 1981, she became the […]

Lady Williamson On this date in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Here is Martin Luther King Jr., bottom row, right side, with leaders of the March on Washington posing in front of the Lincoln Memorial. By Rowland Scherman […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Arleen Sorkin (October 14, 1955 – August 24, 2023) was an American actress, screenwriter, television presenter and comedian. Sorkin is known for portraying Calliope Jones on the NBC daytime serial Days of Our Lives and for serving as the real-life inspiration and voice for DC Comics villain Harley Quinn, […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Robert William Barker (December 12, 1923 – August 26, 2023) was an American television game show host. He hosted CBS‘s The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North American television history, from 1972 to 2007. He also hosted Truth or Consequences from […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Edwin Laurentine Drake (March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880), also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil. HIS CAREER Seneca Oil While petroleum oil was known prior to this, there was no appreciable […]

By Mona Hatfield Women’s Equality Day This day marks the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920), granting women the right to vote. Ratification came in Tennessee, where Tennessee state legislator Harry T. Burn, age 24, cast the deciding vote after reading a letter […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law. Underwood has appeared […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Survivor is the American version of the international Survivor reality competition television franchise, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson created by Charlie Parsons which premiered in 1997. The American series premiered on May 31, 2000, on CBS. It is hosted by Jeff Probst, who is also an executive producer along with Mark […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jennifer Beth Thompson, who is 50 today, (born February 26, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer and anesthesiologist. She is one of the most decorated Olympians in history: twelve medals, including eight gold medals, in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer […]

By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Arthur Rose Eldred (August 16, 1895 – January 4, 1951) was an American agricultural and railroad industry executive, civic leader, and the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). As a 16-year-old candidate for the highest rank bestowed by the BSA, […]

By Lady Williamson FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their break up in 1980; since then he has had […]

By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, better known as “Fonzie” or “The Fonz“, is a fictional high school dropout played by Henry Winkler in the American sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). He was originally a secondary character, but was soon positioned as a lead character when he […]

By Mona Hatfield FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The National Aviation Day (August 19) is a United States national observation that celebrates the development of aviation. The holiday was established in 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who issued a presidential proclamation which designated the anniversary of Orville Wright‘s birthday to be National Aviation Day (Mr. […]

By Zola Elder FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship’s captain, and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842). During the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865, he commanded USS San Jacinto during the Trent Affair in which he stopped a Royal Mail ship […]