FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Cornell University is a private Ivy League and statutory land-grant research university, based in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, it has consistently been ranked among the top universities in the world by major educational publications. Cornell was founded with the intention to teach and make contributions […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. Self-billed as “The World’s Greatest Entertainer”, Jolson is credited with being America’s most famous and highest-paid star of the 1920s. He was known for his […]

Every Year WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY 1700s BORN 1703: JONATHAN EDWARDS (PHILOSOPHER) 1810s DIED 1813: TECUMSEH (NATIVE AMERICAN LEADER) DIED 1818: NANCY HANKS LINCOLN (MOTHER OF U.S. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN) 1820s BORN 1829: CHESTER ARTHUR (21ST U.S. PRESIDENT) 1860s BORN 1864: LOUIS LUMIERE (INVENTOR) 1880s BORN […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931 in the Detroit Mirror, and it was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote […]

Every Year UNITY DAY (GERMANY) 1220s DIED 1226: ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI 1790s BORN 1790: JOHN ROSS (CHEROKEE NATION CHIEF) 1860s 1863: PRESIDENT LINCOLN DECLARED THE LAST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER AS THANKSGIVING DAY 1868: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT’S LITTLE WOMEN FIRST PUBLISHED 1890s BORN 1898: LEO […]

Every Year INDEPENDENCE DAY (GUINEA) 1800s BORN 1800: NAT TURNER (SLAVE) 1830s BORN 1832: JULIUS VON SACHS (BOTANIST) 1850s BORN 1852: SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY (CHEMIST) 1860s BORN 1869: MAHATMA GANDHI (INDIAN SPIRITUAL LEADER) 1870s 1871: BRIGHAM YOUNG, MORMON LEADER, IS ARRESTED IN SALT LAKE CITY […]

MONTH OF OCTOBER In the ancient Roman calendar, October was the name of the eighth month of the year. Its name comes from octo, the Latin word for “eight.” When the Romans converted to a 12-month calendar, they tried to rename this month after various […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Angeline Dickinson (née Brown; born September 30, 1931) is an American actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role in Gun the Man Down (1956) with James Arness and the Western film Rio Bravo (1959), for which she […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Henry Louis Gehrig (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig; June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him his […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Angeline Dickinson (née Brown; born September 30, 1931) is an American actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough role in Gun the Man Down (1956) with James Arness and the Western film Rio Bravo (1959), for which she […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed Big Mac, is an American former professional baseball first baseman. His Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career spanned from 1986 to 2001 while playing for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals, winning one World Series championship each, with Oakland as a player in 1989 and […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor, backwoods family from the hills of the Ozarks, who move to posh Beverly Hills, California, after […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Yosemite National Park (/joʊˈsɛm.ɪ.ti/ yoh-SEM-ih-tee) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an area of 759,620 acres (1,187 sq mi; 3,074 km2) and sits in four counties: centered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north […]

1750s BORN 1755: JOHN MARSHALL (JUSTICE) 1830s BORN 1837: MARCUS ALONZO HANNA (POLITICIAN) 1860s 1869: BLACK FRIDAY FINANCIAL CRISIS 1870s BORN 1870: GEORGE CLAUDE (INVENTOR OF NEON LIGHT) 1877: FIRE BREAKS OUT AT THE U.S. PATENT OFFICE, WASH., D.C. 1890s BORN 1896: F. SCOTT FITZGERALD […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Manon Rhéaume (born February 24, 1972) is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender. An Olympic silver medalist, she achieved a number of historic firsts during her career, including becoming the first woman to play in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues. In 1992, Rhéaume signed a contract […]

Every Year INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE BELIZE: INDEPENDENCE DAY 1640s BORN 1645: LOUIS JOLIET (EXPLORER) 1730s BORN 1737: FRANCIS HOPKINSON (JUDGE) 1780s BORN 1788: MARGARET TAYLOR (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1830s DIED 1832: SIR WALTER SCOTT (POET) 1840s BORN 1849: SIR EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE (POET) 1860s […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Joseph “Gene” Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928. He held the world heavyweight title from 1926 to 1928, and the American light heavyweight title twice between 1922 and 1923. A highly technical boxer, Tunney had a five-fight […]

FULL HARVEST MOON The Harvest Moon is the full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox and is bright enough to allow finishing all the harvest chores. In 2021, it falls on September 20. 1510s 1519: NAVIGATOR FERDINAND MAGELLAN LEFT SANLÚCAR DE BARRAMEDA, SPAIN, FOR SPICE ISLANDS […]

1740s BORN 1749: JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH DELAMBRE (ASTRONOMER) 1830s BORN 1839: GEORGE CADBURY (CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURER) 1860s BORN 1867: ARTHUR RACKHAM (ARTIST) 1870s 1876: BISSELL CARPET SWEEPER PATENTED 1880s DIED 1881: JAMES GARFIELD (20TH U.S. PRESIDENT) 1890s BORN 1894: RACHEL FIELD (CHILDREN’S AUTHOR) BORN 1895: JB […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954)[1] is an American author and actress, and a granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found and arrested 19 months […]