The Chevy Corvette
In many ways June 30th is the birthday of what many men think as their Dream Car. It was in 1953 when the first Corvette rolled off of the assembly line at the Flint Michigan Chevrolet Plant 39. In this production year only 300 Corvettes were built.
The first two Corvettes off of the [...]
Strange Facts – UFO’s
To many who study Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) the claim is that the first documented UFO sighting is in the Bible. The prophet Ezekiel in Ezekiel 1:4 describes a “a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it:”.
Jimmy Carter in October 1969, seven [...]
Do Not Call
It was on June 27, 2003 that the Federal Trade Commission began allowing consumers the chance to register their telephone number on the “Do Not Call List”.
Even though at the time when the list began, the numbers placed on the list would be taken off of the list after five years requiring reentry, Do-Not-Call Improvement [...]
10 Million Millionaires
I was just reading that there are now over 10 million millionaires in the world. A millionaire is defined as a person who has a net worth of over million dollars, not including the equity of that person’s principal residence.
One in three of these millionaires live in America with India, China and Brazil [...]
Chesapeake City and Canal Day
If the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal had not been built during the early part of the 19th Century, more than likely the town of Chesapeake City may not exist. It was at a location originally called Bohemia Village, that two locks were established to allow vessels to pass through the different water levels.
As the [...]
Challenger’s Firsts
Many may remember the Space Shuttle Challenger as being the first shuttle to be destroyed, when it exploded 1 minute 13 seconds into its flight on January 28, 1986. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Commander, Michael J. Smith, pilot, mission specialist Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka and Ronald McNair, payload specialist Gregory B. Jarvis [...]
John Jacob Astor
The first John Jacob Astor was an early 19th century businessman who when he died on March 29, 1848 was considered the richest man in America. Astor was born in Waldorf, Germany and moved to London when he was 16.
Astor fortune was due to the business of buying and selling furs. He heard [...]
Presidential – Did You Know?
When James Monroe was confirmed as President by the Electoral College he received all of the Electoral votes except for one. A New Hampshire delegate would not give his vote to Monroe in honor of George Washington. Washington is the only President elected unanimously by the Electoral College.
Martin Van Buren was born on [...]
West Virginia
June 20th is celebrated as West Virginia Day in West Virginia. It was on that day in 1863 that the State of West Virginia, during the Civil War, broke away from Virginia and was admitted in the the Union becoming the 35th United State.
Soon Virginia voted to secede from the union on April 17, [...]
Juneteenth
Juneteenth or June 19th is the date that many celebrate as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. On June 19, 1865 was the day Union General Gordon Granger and 2,000 federal troops arrived on Galveston Island, Texas to take possession of the state and enforce the emancipation of its slaves.
The holiday had it [...]
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