Walmart- the first one opens 50 years ago today
The First Walmart opened on this date in 1962- 50 yers ago…for good or ill. There are now 8970 WallyWorlds. The first Walmart was located in Rogers, Arkansas. Their headquarters […]
Category Archives: History
Sony introduces The Walkman-on this day in 1979
On this day in 1979 Sony introduced The Walkman-which was terrific. You could now carry your music with you. Revolutionary. Over the years I had a few of them. Sony sold […]
Gettysburg Day 1- On this date in 1863
The most famous battle of the American Civil War-began on this day 149 years ago at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. There are always big crowds in Gettysburg on the anniversary of the […]
The Anatomy of Revolution
In his book ” The Anatomy Of Revolution” by Crane Brinton-which was written decades ago-he studies the British Revolution of 1640s, the French American and Russian Revolutions. In the book Brinton […]
Favourite Podcast- Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
http://www.dancarlin.com/ I stumbled across this podcast 5 or 6 years ago on itunes. Dan Carlin has two podcasts he puts out. Common Sense deals with current affairs. I listen to […]
Garfield’s Assassin-Charles Guiteau hanged on this date in 1882.
On this date in 1882 – Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. Garfield was assassinated at the Baltimore and Potomac […]
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