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Today In History: Roosevelt Legalizes Beer
Twitter - @flatbranchpub Today in 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed t...
These Old Toys Are Insanely Valuable
Transformers and Others Everyone knows that vintage toys can be worth money to collectors....
Today In History: Kerouac Is Born
CMG WorldwideToday is Jack Kerouac's birthday. Kerouac, a famous American novelist and poet, was ...
Today In History: Fats Domino Born
Today in 1928, Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. was born in New Orleans. Domino was among the...
Today In History: Muhammad Ali Beats Sonny Liston For W...
Today in 1964, Muhammad Ali, then still going by Cassius Clay, knocked o...
Today In History: World's Largest Diamond Found
Today in 1905, the largest diamond ever discovered was mined in Pretoria, South Afr...
Supersonic Air Travel Is Coming Back
Business Insider India Of all the hateful things in life, there is perhaps no more universal ...
Abandoned Warships: 30 Decaying Aircraft Carriers, Subm...
Business Insider The United States Navy is enormous and powerful. The A...
Today In History: The Flamingo Opens In Vegas
December 26, 1946 Today in history, the Flamingo Hotel opened on the Vegas strip. It ...
Today In History: The Lockerbie Plane Bombing
December 21, 1988 Today in 1988, explosives were detonated on Pan Am Flight 103, on i...
Today In History: Elvis Receives Draft Letter
December 20, 1957 Today in 1957, Elvis was on Christmas vacation to his Graceland est...
Today In History: First NHL Season Begins
December 19, 1917 Today in 1917, the nascent National Hockey League held the first two ga...
Today In History: Pilgrims Land At Plymouth
December 18, 1620 Today in 1620, the Mayflower landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachu...
Today In History: Wright Brothers Fly First Airplane
December 17, 1903 Today in 1903, the Wright Brothers made history's first flig...
32 Times America Almost Nuked Itself
Nuclear disaster is one of the most serious threats that faces the human race. Although our c...
Today In History: George Washington Dies
December 14, 1799 Today in 1799, George Washington, the first American president and one o...
Today In History: Gore Concedes to Bush
December 13, 2000 Today in the year 2000, presidential hopeful and Vice President Al Gore c...
Today In History: Gustave Flaubert Born
December 12, 1821 Today in 1812, the writer Gustave Flaubert was born in Rouen, France. Fla...
Today In History: Hitler Declares War On America
December 11, 1941 Today in 1941, Adolf Hitler declared war on America. It was four...
Today In History: Emily Dickinson Born
December 10, 1830 Today is Emily Dickinson's birthday. She was born today in Amherst, Massac...
Today In History: Pearl Harbor Bombing
December 7, 1941 Today in 1941 was the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the sea-change moment that d...
Today In History: Workers Finish The Washington Monumen...
December 6, 1884 Today in 1884, the Washington Monument was completed. W...
You Wouldn't Want To Fly On The First Jetliner
If you've ever seen a Bogart or a Jimmy Stewart movie, you know that air travel used...
Today In History: Kidnappers Release Terry Anderson
Today in 1991, Lebanese Islamic militants released Terry Anderson, an American ...
Today In History: Oliver Kelley Founds The Grange
December 4, 1867 Modern readers may not be familiar with The Grange - an organiza...
Today In History: First Successful Heart Transplant
December 3, 1967 Today in 1967, a South African grocer named Louis Washkansky, ...
Today In History: The UN Partitions Palestine
November 29, 1947 Today in 1947, the United Nations reached a highly contested decisi...
Today In History: Enrico Fermi Dies
November 28, 1954 Today in 1954, Enrico Fermi, the "father" of the nuclear bomb, died. Fermi wa...
Can We Stop A Nuclear Bomb?
There are many existential threats facing the human race. The menace of environmental catastrophe looms...
Today In History: The Crusades Begin
November 27, 1905 Today in 1095, Pope Urban II made a speech entreating all European Christian...