The First Sit-down Strike
Early in the morning of February 11, 1937, the men who on December 30th began a sit-down strike at General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Michigan learned that their strike was over and they had won. The United Auto Workers (UAW) was only a little over a year old. They were founded [...]
Grammy’s Album of the Year
The Grammy’s will be giving their annual awards this year for the 50th time. One of the top awards given is for Album of the Year. I’m not sure which of this year’s nominees will win, but the Album of the Year in those award year ending in a zero has shown to be a [...]
The Grammy’s Have Been Around for 1/2 Century
2008 marks the 50th year of the annual Grammy Awards. They were first awarded in 1959 for the year 1958. A national contest was held to name the award with the winning entry going to Jay E. Danna of New Orleans. The award is shaped like a gramophone. The first live telecast of the Grammy [...]
The Father of Science Fiction – Jules Verne
Science Fiction has been around nearly as long as man has been telling stories. But it really wasn’t until the “Age if Reason” and the “Industrial Revolution” that it spread it’s wings to fly. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein helped define the Science Fiction Novel and Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story about a flight to the [...]
The Little Tramp
Whenever anyone speaks of Charlie Chaplin, the image that will come to mind is his signature character, the Little Tramp. Chaplin himself called the him The Little Fellow. The character rarely was referred to by any name onscreen. The Little Tramp was first seen by the public when Keystone released the comedy short Kid Auto [...]
He Played Golf Where?
It took three swings before astronaut Alan B. Shepard finally hit the golf ball on February 6, 1971. What was amazing is when the swing was made he was suited in his space gear standing on the moon as part of Apollo 14. Shepard after a solid hit with a second ball stated that it [...]
It’s Etched in His Career Milestones
The first Tuesday of February 2008 is being called Super Tuesday when referring to the day as it relates to United States politics. On this day, Vietnam War veteran and Prisoner of War John McCain may take a big step towards gaining the Republic Party nomination for President. McCain would be the first and possibly [...]
Was Washington the 1st, the 9th or maybe even 17th
It was in 1789 on February 4 that the United States Electoral College casted all 69 of their votes to elect George Washington as the first President under the United States Constitution. The Electoral College, although not called that by the constitution nor those casting their ballots, was established by Article II, Section 1, Clause [...]
February
February is without a doubt an odd month. Everyone knows that it’s the shortest month of the year. It’s the only one that has less than 30 days and has 28 days except leap years when a day is added since each year is 365 and quarter day long. On those leap years The United [...]
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