THE RICHEST ATHLETE IN HISTORY

                In 2016, Forbes magazine did an article on the richest athletes.  It estimated that the richest athlete was Michael Jordan with accumulated earnings of $1.7 billion.  Tiger Woods was second with $1.67 and Arnold Palmer was third with $1.35.  However, a University of Pennsylvania historian named Peter Struck argued Read more…

CHARLES DARWIN’S VOYAGE

                On Oct. 2, 1836 the HMS Beagle returned to Great Britain after a five-year voyage around the world.  The ten-gun brig’s most famous passenger was a young naturalist named Charles Darwin.  Darwin had turned to naturalism after dropping out of medical school (much to the displeasure of his doctor Read more…

NUREMBERG TRIAL SENTENCES

                  On this day in 1946, the Nuremberg Trials sentenced 12 Nazi leaders to death.  This was the culmination of the International Military Tribunal that began on October 18, 1945.  The judges were from the U.S., Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France.  They held 216 sessions. The charges Read more…