This is the supposed anniversary of the battle between the Horatii and the Curiatii in 670 B.C. It is also the anniversary of the death of Horatia. During its early years, Rome conquered cities around it. The wars were Read more
Pyrrhus of Epirus was one of the greatest generals of Ancient History. A distant relative of Alexander the Great, he became a king in Macedonia. He was invited to intervene in Italy to stop a rising power called Rome. Read more
Hiram Revels was born to free parents in North Carolina on Sept. 27, 1827. He became an ordained minister in 1845. During the Civil War, he helped organized two African-American infantry regiments and served as a chaplain. In 1870, Read more
When second officer Charles Lightoller took his new position on the Titanic, he neglected to ask his predecessor for the keys to the locker where the binoculars were stored. On the fateful night, a lookout spotted the iceberg with Read more
One of the worst jobs was being a crewman on a German u-boat in WWII. Your life expectancy was poor. The death rate was around 75% and yet the submariners were volunteers. They were pampered ashore, but for the Read more
There were many copycats to Coke and usually Coke was successful in suing them out of business. In 1893, a North Carolina pharmacist named Caleb Bradham came up with “Brad’s Drink” which he renamed Pepsi-Cola to imply pepsin which Read more
Garfield was shot in a railway station on July 2, 1881 by disgruntled office-seeker Charles Guiteau. One bullet glanced off his arm and the other entered his back, hit a rib, and ended up in his abdomen. His medical care Read more
John Churchill was born on Sept. 16, 1906. He graduated from Sandhurst military academy and served in Burma. In 1936, he left the army and became a newspaper editor. He also modeled. He became a world class archer and Read more