Nellie Bly was the first investigative reporter. She had famously masqueraded as a mentally ill woman to go undercover in an insane asylum for ten days, among other sensational stunts for the New York World newspaper. By 1889, she Read more
In 1979, Jan Scruggs was inspired by the movie “The Deer Hunter” to create the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Scruggs was a wounded veteran who was studying PTSD. He started raising the funds and refused to accept taxpayers money. Congress Read more
Robert Scott was a hero to the British people because of his valiant attempt to bring glory to the British Empire by being the first to reach the South Pole. His body was found on Nov. 12, 1912. He Read more
On Nov. 11, 1921, President Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The sarcophagus was designed by architect Lorimer Rich and sculptor Thomas Hudson Jones. It was actually carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. They had earlier done the statue Read more
The East End of London was a hellish environment noted for its poverty, crime, alcoholism, and prostitution. On the night of August 31, 1888, Mary Ann Nicholls was found with her throat cut and her body mutilated. The 42 Read more
Benjamin was born on Nov. 9, 1731 to free parents in Maryland. His grandmother was white and had come to America as an indentured servant. She taught him to read. As a teenager, a Quaker friend gave him access to Read more
On Nov. 8, 1939, Hitler gave his annual speech commemorating the Beer Hall Putsch at the beer hall called the Burgerbraukeller. About fifteen minutes after he left the building, a massive explosion destroyed the speaker’s platform and brought down Read more
Pre-sliced bread was invented in 1928. With WWII underway, Secretary of Agriculture and head of the War Foods Administration Claude Wickard ordered a ban on the production of sliced bread. It is unclear what the motivation was. Some think Read more
November 6, 1861 was the birthday of the Father of Basketball. James Naismith was born in Canada. He moved to the U.S. to become a physical educator. He was in graduate school at Springfield College in Massachusetts when his Read more
Today is the anniversary of the greatest war movie winning the Oscar for Best Picture in 1930. If you like war movies, you might want to check out my blog The War Movie Buff (https://warmoviebuff.blogspot.com/) and my Facebook group War Read more