THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
June 3 1888: The poem “Casey at the Bat,” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner. 1889: The first long-distance…
This Week In History
This Week in History
May 27 1789: First lady Martha Washington arrived at the new presidential residence in Philadelphia. 1907: Bubonic plague broke out in San Francisco,…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
May 20 1609: Shakespeare’s sonnets were first published in London by the publisher Thomas Thorpe. 1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a…
This Week in History
May 13 1787: Eleven ships full of convicts left Portsmouth, England, to establish a penal colony in Australia. 1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey,…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
May 6 1835: James Gordon Bennett Sr. published the first issue of the New York Herald. 1882: The U.S. Congress overrode President Arthur’s veto…
LOCAL NEWS, PUZZLES, & THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
April 29 1945: The Dachau concentration camp was liberated by U.S. troops. The HMS Goodall K479 became the last Royal Navy ship sunk by…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY AND LOCAL NEWS
April 15 1955: McDonald’s first franchised restaurant was opened by Ray Kroc in Des Plaines, Ill. 1965: The first Ford Mustang rolled off the…
PUZZLES & THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
THEME: NAME THE ANIMAL ACROSS Spoil Delivery service Gallup’s inquiry Madison Square Garden, e.g. One of the Tudors Pinkerton’s gallery member Beneath, to a…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY & LOCAL NEWS
Bohemian waxwing. Photo courtesy of Cornell Ornithology Laboratory. April 1 1893: The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy was established….
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
March 18 1837: Stephen Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th president 1885-1889 and 1893-1897) was born in Caldwell, N.J. 1850: American Express was founded by…