A hero emerged on this day in October 4, 1918. Cher Ami became one of the most famous animals associated with the Great War. The AEF used carrier pigeons to send messages. 600 pigeons were donated by British pigeon fanciers. When the famous “Lost Battalion” got surrounded by German forces, Read more…
In 2016, Forbes magazine did an article on the richest athletes. It estimated that the richest athlete was Michael Jordan with accumulated earnings of $1.7 billion. Tiger Woods was second with $1.67 and Arnold Palmer was third with $1.35. However, a University of Pennsylvania historian named Peter Struck argued Read more…
On Oct. 2, 1836 the HMS Beagle returned to Great Britain after a five-year voyage around the world. The ten-gun brig’s most famous passenger was a young naturalist named Charles Darwin. Darwin had turned to naturalism after dropping out of medical school (much to the displeasure of his doctor Read more…
On this day in 1946, the Nuremberg Trials sentenced 12 Nazi leaders to death. This was the culmination of the International Military Tribunal that began on October 18, 1945. The judges were from the U.S., Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France. They held 216 sessions. The charges Read more…