I won’t say much about this day’s feature.  When I was a music teacher in Texas,  learned much about the young lady whose birthday is celebrated today.  It was always a bittersweet lesson to share with my students.  On this date in 1971, Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born.  She went on to become an unbelievable Hispanic musician, and she was killed […]

I found this really interesting.  I had no idea that on this date in 1955, that the very first McDonald’s opened! Roy Croc was going around the country selling milkshake-making machines.  The McDonald brothers of California were running “fast food” restaurants, and Kroc was impressed.  He offered them a franchise opportunity.  He agreed to open up his own McDonald’s and […]

Any James Bond fans out there?  Okay, I have never seen a James Bond film nor read a novel (didn’t know there was one). But I know the name–who doesn’t?  It is such a part of our culture. And on this date in 1953, Casino Royale by Ian Fleming was published.  Do you want to know how I know Ian […]

Hopefully we all recognize this as the flag of the UK, and it was on this date in 1606, that  royal decree was made for this Union Jack flag to be the official flag of Great Britain.  While the term “Union Jack” was not a part of this, it is what we now call this flag.  It took the Cross […]

Did you ever feel like it was an absolutely boring day?  I think my daughter would say her spring break has been fairly boring.  But honestly, just like this empty file, on this date in 1954, nothing happened.  That is, nothing of any consequence.  According to a team of Cambridge scientists, that was the date that is considered the most […]

powered by Fotopedia I actually thought that the person featured today was dead–go figure.  On this date in 1932, Omar Sharif was born.  His birth name was Michel Demitri Shalhoub, and he was born in Egypt.  His acting career began in Egypt.  The name change occurred because he converted to Islam when he married a Muslim woman.  His first English language […]

“The war is over, the rebels are our countrymen again.”    Ulysses S. Grant – At Appomattox Court House (9 April 1865)It was on this date in 1865, that Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House.  When this occurred, the Union soldiers were beginning to celebrate.  It was Grant who put a stop to this […]

I am so intrigued by today’s feature.  A 23-year-old Frenchman, Olivier Voutier, was on board the ship Estafette.  They happened to dock at a small island (Melos) that had been a part of the old Ottoman empire.  He and his friends went into the village looking for antiques.  A farmer happened to be digging for rocks to use in the wall […]

 I was intrigued by today’s feature.  It was on this date in 1927, that the first demonstration of long-distance television transmission occurred.  It was provided by AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories, and it transmitted the live picture and voice of then Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover from Washington D.C. over to New York City.  I had no idea that television transmission […]

Synopsis: She lost it all in one agonizing moment… Princess Michal is used to getting everything she wants, and she has her heart set on the young hero David. But their passionate love affair is destroyed by her father’s murderous rage. Will David’s departing promises be enough? David the King is no longer the charming harpist she gave her heart […]