An interesting historical story.
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
Black Tom Island is in New York harbor. In 1916, it was one of the largest munitions depots in America. On the night of July 30 a massive explosion destroyed the facility leaving a 375’ by 175’ crater. The explosion broke windows 25 miles away and popped rivets in Read more
If it wasn’t for a prostitute, we’d have one more Founding Father to idolize. Benjamin Church should be mentioned with the likes of Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Adams, and Joseph Warren. Instead, his name is mentioned with Benedict Arnold. Church was born in Rhode Island, the son of Read more
King Martin I of Aragon (1356-1410) was suffering from a bad tummy ache. From his sickbed, he ordered that the court jester be summoned to cheer him up. When the jester arrived, his excuse for being late was: “I was in the next vineyard, your majesty, where I saw Read more