Well, I had no  idea that rabbits needed help in this area.  On this date in 1939, showed off the first artificially inseminated rabbit.  I guess scientists were looking for ways to help humans in this area. I never thought about rabbits and humans being similar, but I guess this helped scientists develop ways to help humans conceive artificially. For […]

I might vaguely remember today’s feature.   On this date in 1998, Senator John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.  He became the oldest man to go into space.  He was the first man to orbit the earth and the second man in space.  And then he returned to space.  Amazing!   May I be that active when I […]

I was completely amazed concerning today’s feature.  It was on this date in 1797, that Andrew Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump without a rigid frame.  He jumped from a hot air balloon as high as 8000 feet in the air.  He was the only also the inventor of the air vent in a parachute which helped to reduce […]

I am not a massive fan of cleaning, but I am glad the vacuüm cleaner was invented.  On this date in 1901, Hubert Cecil Booth patented the motorized vacuüm cleaner in the UK.  An early description of his invention was “large, horse-drawn, petrol-driven unit, which was parked outside the building to be cleaned with long hoses being fed through the […]

I would say that most of us remember this hurricane quite vividly.  Hurricane Katrina had formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and it southern Florida as a Category 1 hurricane.  But it wasn’t done.  It strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico, and it became a Category 5.  On this date in 2005, Hurricane Katrina made its second hit […]

This possibly wasn’t a famous day, and lest you think I’m heading down the political road, you’re wrong.  Understand that I am (was) a Texan, and I actually didn’t like today’s feature when he first became governor of that state.  I didn’t even want to vote for him.  I am also a conservative Christian which figures into all my opinions […]

Although helium is the second most abundant gas in the universe, it is not a gas that overly prevalent on this earth.  On this date in 1868, French astronomer Pierre Jules Janssen discovered helium during a solar eclipse in India.  Interestingly enough, another astronomer 5000 miles away was discovering the same thing–Joseph Norman Lockyer.  Both reports arrived at the French […]

I remember this well–maybe not the exact date, but this was a big deal when I was in school.  On this in 1984, Margaret Heckler, President Reagan’s secretary of health and human services, announced the discovery of AIDS.  I am so glad that science has come so far in treating this horrible disease, but I remember the scare and misconceptions […]

Unfortunately, the education system is not what it used to be.  Funding has decreased in recent years, and classroom sizes have been on the rise.  Standardized testing has increased, and although some expectations have decreased, others have been accelerated.  All too often, teachers are either unable or unwilling to provide the needed assistance to students who are behind or don’t […]

Well, this was a day that changed this woman’s life forever–Barbara Morgan.  I was alive, and I remember.  President Ronald Reagan announced that NASA would be putting a teacher in space.  Immediately, Idaho teacher, Barbara Morgan, knew she had to apply.  She said that she was always trying to find ways to bring the real world into her classroom.  Little […]