This Day in History: 2015
Juan Felipe Herrera, a prize-winning author and the son of migrant farmworkers, whose mother recited poetry and taught him songs from the Mexican Revolution, became America's first Latino poet laureate.
This Day in History: 2015
Juan Felipe Herrera, a prize-winning author and the son of migrant farmworkers, whose mother recited poetry and taught him songs from the Mexican Revolution, became America's first Latino poet laureate.
This Day in History: 1934
Donald Duck made his cinema debut in Disney's The Wise Little Hen, along with his pal Peter Pig. The pair do their best to get out of helping Mrs. Hen plant corn by faking tummy troubles, but she teaches them a lesson (not to mention repentance) with the help of some castor oil.
This Day in History: 1934
Donald Duck made his cinema debut in Disney's "The Wise Little Hen," along with his pal Peter Pig. The pair do their best to get out of helping Mrs. Hen plant corn by faking tummy troubles, but she teaches them a lesson (not to mention repentance) with the help of some castor oil.
This Day in History: 1191
King Richard I of England arrived in Acre, Israel, beginning the Third Crusade, an attempt co-led by France's King Philip II and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following Jerusalem's capture by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187.
This Day in History: 1191
King Richard I of England arrived in Acre, Israel, beginning the Third Crusade, an attempt co-led by France's King Philip II and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following Jerusalem's capture by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187.
This Day in History: 1968
just two days after the assassination of Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Fred Rogers, the popular host of the children's public television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, dedicated an episode to explaining the tragedy to his young audience.
This Day in History: 1968
just two days after the assassination of Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Fred Rogers, the popular host of the children's public television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," dedicated an episode to explaining the tragedy to his young audience.
This Day in History: 2002
a high-energy upper atmosphere explosion now known as the Eastern Mediterranean Event, similar in power to a small atomic bomb, occurred over the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Crete when a small, undetected asteroid disintegrated while approaching Earth. There were concerns that if the explosion had occurred closer to Pakistan or India, it could have sparked a nuclear war between the countries, as they were engaged in a standoff at the time.
This Day in History: 2002
a high-energy upper atmosphere explosion now known as the Eastern Mediterranean Event, similar in power to a small atomic bomb, occurred over the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Crete when a small, undetected asteroid disintegrated while approaching Earth. There were concerns that if the explosion had occurred closer to Pakistan or India, it could have sparked a nuclear war between the countries, as they were engaged in a standoff at the time.
This Day in History: 1888
President Grover Cleveland vetoed a bill that would have given a widow's pension to Johanna Loewinger, whose husband had passed away 14 years after being discharged from the army. Because he died by suicide and not from a disability caused by his military service, her request was denied.
This Day in History: 1888
President Grover Cleveland vetoed a bill that would have given a widow's pension to Johanna Loewinger, whose husband had passed away 14 years after being discharged from the army. Because he died by suicide and not from a disability caused by his military service, her request was denied.
This Day in History: 1940
22-year-old Carson McCullers' debut novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, about misfits in a Georgia mill town, was published to widespread acclaim.
This Day in History: 1940
22-year-old Carson McCullers' debut novel, "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter," about misfits in a Georgia mill town, was published to widespread acclaim.
This Day in History: 1956
authorities in Santa Cruz, California, put the city in the national spotlight by declaring a complete ban on rock and roll at public gatherings, labeling the music detrimental to both the health and morals of our youth and community after a policeman at a dance party the night before described the teen crowd as engaged in suggestive, stimulating and tantalizing motions induced by the provocative rhythms of an all-negro band.