On 1 October, 1910, the City of Los Angeles was rocked by a powerful explosion. When the smoke cleared, 21 persons were found dead in the wreckage of the building that housed the daily newspaper, ’The …
American History
Who is Number One?
It was on 29 September in 1967 that an unusual television program made it’s debut. THE PRISONER was a program that concerned a member of the Intelligence Community who suddenly resigns, but wakes up to …
Mass Transit … Mass Movement
18 September marks the birthday of legendary Labor organizer, Mike Quill, in 1905. Quill was born in Ireland, where he became a volunteer of the Irish Republican Army in its struggle against Great Britain, and …
Pine Tar
On 24 July, 1983, baseball fans were treated to an unusual spectacle when the Kansas City Royals faced the New York Yankees. The Yankees manager was Billy Martin, famous for wearing Yankees number 1, and …
Spread It Around
It was on 24 June, 1965, that advocates of colored Oleo Margarine won a significant battle at the State Capitol. Oleo margarine was available to Wisconsin consumers, but in a pale white variety, so as …
Mississippi / 1963
On 12 June, 1963, Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was shot and killed in his driveway as he was entering his family home in Jackson, Mississippi. Medgar Evers was a Mississippi native, born in 1925, …
Man from Missouri
It was on 8 May, 1884 that Harry S Truman was born in Missouri. He would go on to become the 33rd President of the United States. In preparations for Franklin Roosevelt’s fourth run for the Presidency, …
The War is Over
On 28 February, 1983, the final episode of the television series ‘M*A*S*H’ aired on CBS. It would be the most watched television episode in American history, with over 50 million viewers. The program, which went …
The Iron Triangle
“Guerrillas are like birds”, said US Army General Earle Wheeler, “They’ve got to light somewhere and the place to get them is in their nests”. This was a reference to the enemy enclave known as …
United Flight 553
It was on 8 December, 1972, that the City of Chicago experienced one of its worst airlines disasters, which became even more notorious due to the unusual list of passengers who perished in the crash. …