Category: Today in History

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 caught attempting to retrieve a vehicle that was assumed to have been linked to the . . .Continue reading “Judicial Homicide:” The Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti

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 first World War, Lawrence was a British Intelligence Officer. He later lead the Arab revolt . . .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 the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, respectively. On the 9th, . . .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 and later a concrete wall was built to strengthen the barrier between official crossing points. . . .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, there were $40 million in damages, 3,000 arrests, and 34 deaths. These riots highlight the . . .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 that they were on camera.  In later years, the show changed dramatically.  Most people that . . .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 redirection of the plane to Nagasaki. The bomber carried the plutonium bomb nicknamed the “Fat . . .Continue reading Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki: Anniversary

Every year since 1900, Britt, Iowa, celebrates current and retired hobos and their independent life style. Each year there is a parade, traditional mulligan stew is served, and visitors can visit the Hobo Museum and the Hobo cemetery. The celebration also crowns a King and Queen of the hobos. To learn more about this obscure . . .Continue reading National Hobo Convention