Good morning. Today is the 40th day of the year. On this day in 1964, the Beatles began the “British Invasion” of America with their appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” They performed five songs before a screaming studio audience {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 39th day of the year. On this day in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded in England after being accused of plotting Queen Elizabeth’s death. Many Catholics considered Mary to be the rightful queen {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 36th day of the year. On this day in 1985, the longest war in history was officially ended, although actual fighting had stopped more than 1,000 years beforehand. The Third Punic War between Rome and {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 35th day of the year. On this day, a series of conflicts known as the Apache Wars began in Arizona when U.S. Army Lt. George Bascom arrested Apache Chief Cochise and other tribe members for {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 34th day of the year. On this day in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward met to discuss peace with Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. The Confederates sought an armistice first, {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 33rd day of the year. On this day in 1943, the remaining German divisions in Stalingrad surrendered to the Russians. Gen. Friedrich Paulus negotiated the terms of surrender, making him the first German field marshal {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 32nd day of the year. It is the birth anniversary (1859) of Victor Herbert, well-known operetta composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among his many popular operettas were Babes in Toyland and {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 29th day of the year. It is the birth anniversary (1880) of American vaudeville and movie comedian W.C. Fields. Although he made several silent movies, he became a star with the advent of sound films. {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 28th day of the year. It is the anniversary of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion. As millions watched on television, the Challenger exploded only about a minute into its flight, killing all seven people {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 27th day of the year. On this day in 1973, the U.S. and North Vietnam, along with representatives of South Vietnam and the Viet Cong, signed an agreement to end the Vietnam War. The war {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 26th day of the year. On this day in 1913, songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen was born in Syracuse. He was best known for his songs for Frank Sinatra, such as “My Kind of Town” and {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 25th day of the year. On this day in 1921, the word “robot” entered the world’s languages when the play R.U.R. by Karel Capek debuted at the National Theater in Prague, Czechoslovakia. R.U.R. stood for {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 22nd day of the year. On this day in 1944, a predominantly American Allied force of 36,000 men landed at Anzio on Italy’s west coast. The Allies entered Rome on June 4, 1944.
Good morning. Today is the 21st day of the year. On this day in 1938, Robert Smith, who became famous as disc jockey Wolfman Jack during the 1960s and ’70s, was born in Brooklyn. He became hooked on radio as {read more...}
Good morning. Today is the 20th day of the year. On this day in 1982, the camcorder was developed when five companies agreed to operate on the construction of a camera with a built-in videocassette recorder.
