Making a Point During War
June 28, 1776. Continental Congress was still nearly a week away from declaring the colonies independence from England. The Declaration of Independence wouldn’t be read in congress for two days. George Washington as Commander-in-chief felt that it was important to show those in his command that treason within his ranks would not be tolerated. In [...]
She Knows No Secrets, But Has One
Carly Simon’s third album, it is also one of her most popular, has the title No Secrets. The album also has You’re So Vain a song that has a big secret. Who is so vain and may think the song is about him? Carly Simon was born on June 25, 1945. She was born into [...]
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 and [...]
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 that [...]
Lewis And Clark Expedition
Beginning in 1801 the United States began an effort to bring New Orleans, which had just changed hands from Spanish to French rule, into the United States. After nearly 2 years of negotiation the United States, who had been prepared to pay 10 Million dollars to the cash starved French discovered that the entire region [...]
The Six Three Stooges
Moe Howard Moe was the leader of the Three Stooges. He was born Moses Harry Horwitz on June 19, 1897 and died May 4, 1975. Shemp Howard Moe’s older brother, Samuel Horwitz born March 4, 1895, was one of the original stooges of Ted Healy. Shortly after they arrived in Hollywood he left the stooges, [...]
A House Divided
One of Abraham Lincoln’s best known speech came not when he was President, but two years before the 1860 election on June 16, 1858. During his campaign for US Senator for Illinois he delivered what is known as the House Divided Speech. A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government cannot endure, [...]
The Flag of the United States
It was on June 14, 1777 that The Continental Congress passed The Flag Resolution. It reads; “Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a [...]
Frances Ethel Gumm – The Early Years
On June 10, 1922, the youngest child of former vaudevillians Frank Gumm and Ethel Milne was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Frances Ethel Gumm, also called Baby, had her first stage performance at the age of two and a half when she appeared with her sisters Mary Jane and Dorothy Virginia singing Jiggle Bells at [...]
Woodrow Wilson – President of Princeton University
On June 9, 1902, Woodrow Wilson became the President of Princeton University. He would hold the post until 1910 when he decided to run for the post of Governor of New York. At the time he was a professor at the University having joined the faculty in 1890. Wilson is the only President to hold [...]
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