The Month of No Sunlight (Almost) In Barrow, Alaska (now Utqiaġvik), the sun sets in mid-November and doesn’t rise again…
The first Thanksgiving, held in 1621, lasted three days and was attended by Pilgrims and Wampanoag. It also featured a…
Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston to announce the end of slavery, more…
Ben Franklin actually proposed an image of Moses—not a wild turkey—to be the emblemof America. According to his notes, Franklin…
Sonora Dodd (1882-1978) from Spokane, Washington, first suggested a “Father’s Day” in 1909 after listening to a Mother’s Day sermon.…
Women own 36 percent of small businesses worldwide. Their aggregate revenue is roughly $1.9 trillion. The oldest mother is Rajo…
Play-Doh started out as a wallpaper cleaner before the head of the struggling company realized the non-toxic material made a…
In 1963, major league baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, “They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a…