He was the illegitimate son of Sir Thomas Chapman. Chapman had an affair with the governess to his children and then left his wife for her. They lived as man and wife under the name Lawrence. They moved around a Read more…
Catherine of Aragon – Henry became king at age 17 in 1509. Six weeks later, he married his brother Arthur’s widow. She was 24. She was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella. She had Mary in 1516, but had several Read more…
It was created in 1908 under President Teddy Roosevelt and was originally simply called the “special agent force”. One year later, it became the Bureau of Investigations and then the Department of Investigations. It became the FBI in 1935. J. Read more…
*** Today is the birthday of the luckiest assassin in history. Gavrilo Princip was born on July 25, 1894. The story of his assassination of Franz Ferdinand was partly responsible for my love of history and history anecdotes in particular. Read more…
The first time she saw a plane, at the 1908 Iowa State Fair, she was not impressed. Years later, during WWI, she volunteered as a nurse’s aide at Toronto’s Spadina Military Hospital. She hung around with the pilots at the Read more…
Well, it’s taken more than a year, but I have finally completed my Today in History pages. Go to each month to find out who was born and what interesting historical events occurred on each day. Plus I have a Read more…
In August, 1587, 115 settlers arrived at Roanoke Island in what is today North Carolina. A couple of months later, John White sailed back to England to get more supplies. He left his daughter and his granddaughter Virginia Dare. Read more…
On this day in 1871, the English Football Association established the FA Cup. The first final was played the next year with the Wanderers beating the Royal Engineers 1-0. Rules were quite a bit different back then. Here are Read more…
She was born Norma Jean Mortenson. The head of new talent at Fox suggested the first name Marilyn because he looked like a Marilyn to him. Specifically, the actress Marilyn Miller. Norma chose Monroe as her last name to honor Read more…
Douglas Corrigan took a plane flight for $2.50 as a teenager, he instantly fell in love with flying. He got into aviation and became a pilot. He also worked as a mechanic. He was one of the mechanics who Read more…