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 […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Vanessa Lynn Williams[1] (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She initially gained recognition as the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in 1983. However, a scandal arose the following year when, […]

Every Year INDEPENDENCE DAY (MEXICO) 1730s DIED 1736: GABRIEL DANIEL FAHRENHEIT (PHYSICIST) 1780s 1782: U.S. GREAT SEAL USED FOR FIRST TIME 1850s 1857: JAMES PIERPONT’S “JINGLE BELLS” (ORIGINALLY TITLED “ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH”) WAS COPYRIGHTED 1870s BORN 1875: JAMES C. PENNEY (DEPARTMENT STORE FOUNDER) 1900s […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Norman Gene Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021) was a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for his deadpan style. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne. Macdonald was then a cast member on Saturday Night Live (SNL) for five years, including anchoring […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show on WXYZ (Detroit), conceived either by station owner George W. Trendle or by Fran […]

HOLY CROSS DAY Holy Cross Day is also known as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Triumph of the Cross, or Holyrood Day (“rood” meaning “cross”. It commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross on which Jesus was crucified. (It had been taken from Jerusalem […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the […]

1600s 1609: HENRY HUDSON BEGAN EXPLORATION OF WHAT IS LATER TO BE NAMED THE HUDSON RIVER 1750s 1758: ASTRONOMER CHARLES MESSIER CATALOGED THE CRAB NEBULA 1810s BORN 1818: RICHARD JORDAN GATLING (INVENTOR) 1820s 1823: A WHALE FOLLOWED A BOAT TO THE MONTREAL HARBOR BORN 1829: […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The September 11 attacks, often referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States of America on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. On that morning, four commercial airliners traveling from the northeastern United States to California were hijacked mid-flight by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. The […]

Every Year SWAP IDEAS DAY 1600s 1608: JAMESTOWN COLONY IN VIRGINIA RECEIVED A NEW PRESIDENT, JOHN SMITH 1740s 1742: FANEUIL HALL WAS GIVEN TO THE TOWN OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1770s 1776: NATHAN HALE VOLUNTEERED TO SPY BEHIND ENEMY LINES 1790s 1794: BLOUNT COLLEGE WAS CHARTERED […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father ascended the throne on […]

Every Year INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY 1150s BORN 1157: KING RICHARD I OF ENGLAND (THE LION-HEARTED) 1500s 1504: MICHELANGELO’S DAVID STATUE WAS UNVEILED IN FLORENCE, ITALY 1560s 1565: DON PEDRO MENÉNDEZ DE AVILÉS FOUNDED WHAT BECAME ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA 1565: THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN WHAT […]