In 1882, Edison attempted to parlay his invention of the light bulb by creating the Edison Electric Light Company to provide direct current to homes and businesses. The problem was direct current lost voltage over distance so the power Read more…
Tecumseh was born in what is today Ohio in 1768. He was the son of a chief in the Shawnee tribe. His name meant “shooting star” or “blazing comet”. During his childhood, villages he lived in were attacked several times Read more…
A hero emerged on this day in October 4, 1918. Cher Ami became one of the most famous animals associated with the Great War. The AEF used carrier pigeons to send messages. 600 pigeons were donated by British pigeon fanciers. Read more…
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. Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Somewhere between 108-180 A.D., one of the most famous Roman legions disappeared from history. The Legio IX Hispania was recruited by Pompey the Great in Spain around 50 B.C. It fought under Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars. It served Read more…
Artemisia was a Greek queen who sided with Emperor Xerxes when he invaded Greece in the Persian Wars. She provided a few ships for his navy and captained one of them herself. Before the Battle of Salamis, she Read more…
On Sept. 28, 1918 an incident happened on the Western Front in France that changed the course of history. For the worse. Private Henry Tandey was a soldier in the British army and his unit was tasked with capturing Read more…
Johnny Clem ran away from home to join the Union Army in the Civil War. He hooked up with the 22nd Michigan Infantry which adopted him as a mascot and drummer boy. Drummer boys were common in the war. Read more…