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This Day in History: Ronald Reagan Nominates Wise Arizona Woman To Supreme Court
This is the first post of a new category, This Day in History. It is amazing how relevant history can be to current events. I said on WRKO Sunday night that the Reagan mythology is hurting today’s...
View ArticleThis day in history: The worst ever for the US Navy
This is the story of the USS Indianapolis, The world’s first operational atomic bomb was delivered by the Indianapolis, (CA-35) to the island of Tinian on 26 July 1945. The Indianapolis then reported...
View ArticleThis Day in History: Nazi’s locate Anne Frank and her family hiding in Amsterdam
Perhaps the only sobering thing about Amsterdam is the Anne Frank House. When I went over there in 2007, I took the tour and I must say it was amazing. It was truly shocking to see how they lived and...
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This Day in History: 1863: The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men...
View ArticleThis Day in History: 1984 The Bhopal disaster
Christian Science Monitor India: Bhopal disaster lingers, 25 years later Activists and residents protested Thursday to mark the 1984 Bhopal disaster in which a gas leak killed 4,000 Indians in one day....
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This Day in History: 1773…The birth of the Tea Parties
Lots of talk these days about Tea Parties. It was on this day in 1773 when the original Tea Party took place, on the waterfront in Boston. From Politico, On this day in 1773, in Boston Harbor, a group...
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This Day in History: All about King Tut
February 16, 1923: Archaeologist opens tomb of King Tut On this day in 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King...
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This Day in History: Abraham Lincoln shot at Ford’s Theater
One of the worst days in American history… On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, “Our American Cousin,” President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Accompanying...
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This Day in History: December 1
When I think of it, I like to check out InfoHistory’s This Day in History page. Today’s, December 1, cracked me up. 1997: Representatives from more than 150 countries gathered at a global warming...
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