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This Day in History for December 19 — House Impeaches Bill Clinton, and More

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:00:37 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1776: Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in the Pennsylvania Journal titled 'The American Crisis' (more info)

1777: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (more info)

This Day in History for July 5 – The Bikini Debuts and More

Shauna Wright — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:00:56 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1865 – The Salvation Army is founded in London (More info)

1937 – The luncheon meat SPAM is introduced by the Hormel Foods Corporation (More info)

'Your Sunday Brunch' Menu for Earth Day, April 22, 2012

Grateful Mike — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:13:20 +0000

What are you doing between 7 and 10 a.m. on Sunday?

I'd like to invite you on a 'worldly' journey on Earth Day as we remember two music icons who passed away last week, celebrate a guitarist's birthday and get you ready for a spectacular concert on Friday in Laramie.

It's all coming up on 'Your Sunday Brunch' April 22, 2012.

Turn the page to take a look at the menu.

This Day in History for April 20 – Columbine Massacre and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:00:58 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1861 – Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the US Army in order to command the forces of Virginia (More info)

1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie isolate radium (More info)

This Day in History for April 13 – Apollo 13 Disaster and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:30:15 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly called the Met, is founded (More info)

1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC, on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth (More info)

This Day in History for March 13 – Uranus Discovered and More

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:30:07 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun (More info)

1865 – The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African-American troops (More info)

This Day in History for March 9 – Barbie Introduced and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:30:57 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1841 – The US Supreme Court rules that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally (More info)

1916 – Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico (More info)

This Day in History for December 12 – GM Phases Out Oldsmobile and More

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:00:45 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1901 – Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean (More info)

1913 – Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ‘The Mona Lisa’ is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room in Florence (More info)

This Day in History for November 9 – Berlin Wall Opens and More

Shauna Wright — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:15 +0000

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts (More info)

1906 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first sitting US President to make an official trip outside the country, traveling to inspect progress on the Panama Canal (More info)

1965 – A switch at a station near Niagara Falls fails,

This Day in History for September 2 – V-J Day and More

Shauna Wright — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:00:13 +0000

1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying St. Paul’s Cathedral and 10,000 other buildings (More info)

1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded (More info)