When Charles D. Begole, Albert H. Johnson, and John Lucas summited Mount Whitney on August 18, 1873, it was to the chagrin of Clarence…
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When August rolls around in Galveston, Texas, townies tend to listen better. They’re paying attention to the weather. On August 17, 1915, a hurricane…
The savage fighting that started on August 16th, the day after British India’s partition, still rages between India and Pakistan. Partition of British India,…
Few movies will ever achieve as much lore as “The Wizard of Oz.” For every inch of celluloid, there are ten stories about the…
China, like the United States, maintained a state of neutrality from the moment the first bullet flew in World War I. Also like the…
Walt Disney takes all the credit with animation mostly because he did it better than anyone else, but he wasn’t the first. Heck, even John…
Ask folks which TV series is the longest running of all time and they will always say “The Simpsons.” It’s true, the Simpson’s have…
Few people know, above McGruff the Crime Dog, Smokey Bear was the longest running, most recognizable figure in a public service announcement (PSA) of…
It was the dog days of summer, August 8, 1942, in Washington, D.C. when six Nazi saboteurs served out the sentences of their military…
The day NASA fired up the thrusters of the Thor DM-18 Able III rocket, it was 58 years ago on August 7, 1959. Onboard…
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