George Washington Carver was born early in 1864, close to the end of the Civil War and in the midst of the episodes of violent raids around Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri. His mother was enslaved on a farm in southwestern Continue reading 150th Birthday of George W. Carver
http://www.google.com/about/company/history/ – filed for incorporation on the 4th Chases’ pg 444 – 07 Sept Brin and Page incorporated the internet search engine ompany on this date at menlo park, CA. The Google Story
23 Aug 1927 In April of 1920, five armed robbers stole the payroll of a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts. The paymaster and the guard were both shot and killed in the process. The following month, four men were Continue reading “Judicial Homicide:” The Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti
This day in history, in 1942, Glenn Seaborg and other University of Chicago scientists weighed the recently explored element plutonium for the first time. The element was later used as the principal element in the Manhattan Project as well as Continue reading This Day in History: Plutonium-239 First Weighed
T.E. Lawrence, 125th Birth Anniversary On August 16th, 1888, in Tremadoc, North Wales, T.E. Lawrence was born. He is best known for his alias “Lawrence of Arabia,” but he was also a British soldier, an archaeologist and writer. In the Continue reading This Day in History: Birth Anniversary of Menachem Begin and T.E. Lawrence
Today is Victory in Japan day! The fighting stopped today in 1945. The official ratification was signed on the USS Missouri at Tokyo on September 2nd. In the weeks prior to the surrender, the United States dropped two bombs on Continue reading V-J Day: Anniversary
East German government closed the border between the east and west sectors of Berlin with barbed wire and guards on august 13th in 1961. Later, the wire would be replaced with a concrete wall. Telephone and postal services were interrupted Continue reading Berlin Wall Erected: Anniversary
Today in 1965 was the minor clash that turned into a major riot: the Watts Riot. California Highway Police and two young African-Americans clashed. The feud resulted in six days of riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles. In total, Continue reading Watts Riot: Anniversary
Created and hosted by Allen Funt, the show “Candid Camera” was initially an Armed Forces Radio program. Funt was extremely successful in recording soldiers’ gripes and broadcast them on the radio. The show’s main objective was to catch people unaware Continue reading “Candid Camera” TV Premiere: 65th Anniversary
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, President Truman ordered the second bombing on Japan. It was August 9th, 1945, and an American B-29 bomber named Bock’s Car left Tinian Island on a mission to Kokura, but poor visibility meant Continue reading Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki: Anniversary
