An interesting historical story.
Annie Edson Taylor decided to celebrate her 63rd birthday in a unique way. Mrs. Taylor was a schoolteacher and she needed money. Imagine that. She figured a publicity stunt would bring fame and fortune. No one had ever survived going over Niagara Falls. She was determined to be the Read more
Caligula (12-41 A.D.) was one of the most evil Roman emperors. Plus he was insane. He made many peoples’ lives miserable. For instance, he would go to bed with the wives of upper class Romans who came for banquets at the palace. He would then critique his conquest to Read more
Officially, Oct. 21, 1879 is the day that Edison invented the light bulb. Edison did not invent the light bulb. An incandescent light bulb was invented by British inventor Joseph Swan in 1845. The incandescent light worked by using electricity to heat a filament that would then glow with white Read more
Dan Sickles was born to a wealthy New York family. He entered politics as part of the Tammany Hall political machine. In 1852, he married Teresa Bagioli. He was 32, she was 15. He cheated on her a lot. For instance, he brought a known prostitute with him to Read more
Lucretia was the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, a nobleman related to the fifth (and it would turn out, the last) king of Rome. She was not a typical upper class wife. While others would go out when their husbands were away, Lucretia always stayed home. In 509 B.C., Read more
Today is the anniversary of one of the most important battles in history. At the time, it was considered a disaster by the British people, but the melding of the Saxon and Norman cultures made England stronger. William of Normandy (called by his enemies “William the Bastard” because his father Read more
In May, 1940 Heinrich Himmler issued a decree entitled “The Treatment of Racial Aliens in the East”. It outlined the Nazi plan to eliminate the Polish people by the gradual process of slave laboring them to death. However, why waste all the children who had Aryan potential? Boys and Read more
It is highly unlikely that Christopher Columbus was the first to sail to North America. Here are some claimants to the discovery of a new continent. The Vikings came possibly five times starting in the 900’s. The most famous of these explorers was Leif Ericson. He landed somewhere in Read more
Three years after becoming a hero when he returned with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Meriwether Lewis committed suicide on Oct. 11, 1809. He was only 35 years old. Lewis was on his way back to Washington, D.C. to answer questions about purchases he had made as Governor to Read more
In January of 1968, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army launched attacks across South Vietnam targeting American bases and South Vietnamese cities. Even the capital of Saigon was hit by commandos. One of the commandos was Nguyen Van Lem (also known as Bay Lop). He was leader of Read more