Moments in Time – October 2, 2024
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On Oct. 14, 1957, The Everly Brothers scored their first No. 1 hit on the Billboard charts with “Wake Up, Little Susie.” Though the lyrics described a perfectly ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 18, 2024
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On Sept. 30, 1962, African American student James H. Meredith was escorted onto the University of Mississippi campus by U.S. marshals, setting off a riot in which two ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 4, 2024
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On Sept. 16, 1951, 19 people enjoying an air show in Colorado were tragically killed when a monoplane performing stunt maneuvers crashed into the crowd. The pilot was ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – August 28, 2024
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On Sept. 9, 2021, Tom Brady became the first player in NFL history to start 300 regular season games as he guided the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an opening day 31-29 win ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – August 21, 2024
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On Sept. 2, 1945, Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from France following Japan’s World War II surrender, in a proclamation ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – August 14, 2024
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On Aug. 26, 1791, John Fitch and James Rumsey were each granted a federal patent for the steamboat. The men were rivals who devised different systems for, and battled ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – August 7, 2024
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On Aug. 19, 1967, the Soviet Union’s communist newspaper, Pravda, accused China of making attacks on the Soviet embassy in Peking and straining relations between ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – July 31, 2024
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On Aug. 12, 2014, actress Lauren Bacall – whose debut film in 1944, “To Have and Have Not” (also featuring future husband Humphrey Bogart), brought her ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – July 24, 2024
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On Aug. 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan began firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers who’d gone on strike two days before, after negotiations with the federal government ... Continue Reading →
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