It was on 26 March, in 1892, that Paul Douglas, US Senator from Illinois, was born. During WWII, Douglas joined the US Marines at the age of 50, making him the oldest Private in the …
Politics
The Next War
It was on 16 March, 1936 that Lewis Gorin (pictured above), a student at Princeton, published the manifesto of a satirical group called ‘Veterans of Future Wars’, playing off of the VFW acronym of the …
Name That Tune
It was 10 February, 1945, that a quick thinking Press Agent for Warner Brothers Studios managed to create a historical photo op (see above). Vice President Harry Truman stopped by the National Press Club in …
Dropping the Big One
It was on 29 January, 1964, that the film “Dr. Strangelove” was released to the movie going public. The full title of the film is: “Dr. Strangelove, or, how I learned to stop worrying and …
Activist, Scholar, Defendant
It was on 26 January, in 1944, that African American scholar Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She was raised in a politically active environment and her mother was an organizer of ‘Southern Negro …
Come Home, America
On 18 January, 1972, US Senator George McGovern (D-SD), announced his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Prior to his election to the US Senate, McGovern had served in the US House of …
The Garden State
It was on 15 January, in 1878, that George B. McClellan was sworn in as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. McClellan had risen to fame during the Civil War, but remained a controversial figure …
Goodbye, Friend
On 20 December, 1976, Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago died. The Mayor began the day as he always did, attending Mass at Our Lady of the Nativity. He then attended a breakfast with his …
One Man Against an Empire
25 July, marks the birthday of Gavrilo Princip in 1894. Princip was a Serbian nationalist who sought to liberate Slavs from their Austro-Hungarian occupiers and carried out the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria …
Old Glory
On 14 June, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress, the US flag was adopted. In August 1946, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress. Working as a grade school …