2 February marks the day that Vince Lombardi accepted the position of head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Packers in 1959. As a head coach in the NFL, Lombardi never had a …
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Bring you Dancing Shoes
2 February marks the date that dancer, actor, and choreographer Gene Kelly died in 1996. Born in Pittsburgh, his maternal grandfather was an immigrant from Derry, Northern Ireland. He entered Pennsylvania State College as a …
A Worldwide Cover Up
1 February marks ‘World Hijab Day’. The day was created by Nazma Khan, who post-9/11, experienced discrimination for wearing her hijab. It is a worldwide event that encourages Muslim and non-Muslim women to wear the …
Monkey Shines
28 January marks the debut of J. Fred Muggs on NBC’s ‘TODAY’ Show. Concerned over falling ratings, the network introduced the French Cameroon born chimp, Muggs, in 1953 as a mascot for the program in …
Campus Veteran
Phillip Thornton, custodial supervisor, brings new meaning to the term, ‘Campus Veteran’. Phillip is a veteran in numerous ways. First and foremost, he is a veteran in the traditional sense of the word. Drafted into …
Son of the Carpathians
26 January marks the birthday of Nicolae Ceausescu, whose career in Romanian politics lasted more than 40 years. Born in Southwestern Romania in 1918, he would become an apprentice to a shoemaker at age 11 …
The Original ‘Big Mac’
26 January marks the birthday of Douglas MacArthur, 5 Star General of the Army. MacArthur was the grandson of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin Judge and the son of a Medal of Honor winner, who fought in …
Sing All About It
It was on 24 January, in 2014, that folk singer Pete Seeger, died. In the late 1930’s, Seeger got start by assisting Alan Lomax in archiving American folk songs for the Library of Congress. Seeger …
Murder Plot
20 January marks the day that a meeting of senior officials took place in Nazi Germany, at a home in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. The purpose of the conference, called by director of the …
A Genius…A Refugee…An American
It was on 15 January, that Albert Einstein declared his intention to become an American Citizen. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire on 14 March 1879. …