Today, Maryland finally approves the Articles of Confederation, three years after the deadline.
Congress drafted the Articles of Confederation in a process that started in 1776. Larger states wanted...
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, which was named after Gustave Eiffel, whose company built the building. It started as the entrance to the 1889 World’s...
On January 24, 1848 the California Gold Rush began when James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. When the news broke out, an estimated 300,000 people fled to California from...
On January 17, 1966 Martin Luther King went on stage during the Chicago Southern Christian Leadership Conference or the SCLC to talk about Civil Rights.
During some of the years of the 1900’s there...
Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia, was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001. Now with a total of 5,789,362 articles written in 285 different languages, and an average of 1,040 words...
Nicolas Kim Coppola, professionally known as Nicolas Cage was born today. He is an American actor, director and producer.
His career started when he starred in movies such as, Fast Times at Ridgemont(1982),...
On January 3, 1496 in a field outside of Florence, Italy Leonardo da Vinci decided to test out his famous Flying Machine.
Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, inventor, and visionary. He made items such...
The first crossword puzzle was published in the “New York World” newspaper edition by journalist, Arthur Wynne from Liverpool. He was credited as the creator of the famous word game. As the puzzle...
Today, on December 19, 1843 Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol for the victims of the Industrial Revolution that occurred in October of 1843
Dickens was the most famous writer in the 1800...
American sitcom, The Simpsons, first episode aired on Fox TV, on December 17,1989. The Simpsons was created by Matt Groening and is now the longest-running scripted primetime TV series in the US with 30...
On December 11, 1913 The Mona Lisa was finally recovered after being stolen for to years.
Vincenzo Peruggia is the person who is believed to have stolen The Mona Lisa on August 21, 1911. It was discovered...
American entrepreneur, voice actor, animator, and film producer, Walt Elias Disney, was born today on December 5, 1901 in Hermosa, Chicago Illinois.
Disney has won 22 Academy Awards from 59 nominations,...
