1891 New York's new Immigration Depot was opened at Ellis Island, to provide improved facilities for the massive numbers of arrivals Ellis Island was nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954 Over 12 million people were processed at Ellis Island 1929 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played Auld Lang Syne as a New Year's [...]
Megan & I put our heads together to come up with OUR favorite songs of 2015. There's no science behind this list, other than the fact that we just love the songs. Here's our TOP 5 COUNTRY SONGS of 2015 5. Chris Janson - Buy Me A Boat For a debut artist of 2015, he [...]
A new list of the best main streets in the state of Kansas has been released! We think you may recognize a few... Check out the list here!
1853 Gasden Purchase treaty was signed The Gadsden Purchase was a transcation betweeen the United States & Mexico in which the US purchased a 29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico The purchase was the last territorial acquisition in the contiguous United States to add a large area to the country 1940 California’s first [...]
And a winner has been selected! This year, more than 13,000 photographs were submitted to National Geographic’s annual photo contest This stunning image of an anti-cyclonic tornado was the grand prize winner. Captured by James Smart, the photo shows a monster of a tornado infused with brown dust as it sweeps through open farmland — [...]
This is AWESOME!!! No wonder she's the highest paid country female of 2015!
1845 Happy Birthday to Texas How do you know you've met a Texan?!...because they always let you know they're from Texas! 1910 The NCAA was founded! In the early 1900s, college football was a brutal game. Many schools wanted football to be abolished from intercollegiate athletics In early December 1905, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the [...]
1942 R.O. Sullivan crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the 100th time ...100 times! He must really love Europe! 1958 Happy birthday to Joe Diffie! Joe Logan Diffie was born on December 28, 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1981 Elizabeth Jordan Carr was born in Norfolk, Virginia Ms. Carr was the first American test-tube baby She was the [...]
1818 Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Germany composed the music for Silent Night to words written by Josef Mohr The traditional song was sung for the first time during Midnight Mass this night 1867 It was Christmas Eve that R.H. Macy’s department store in New York City remained open until midnight to catch last-minute shoppers. The store took in a record $6,000, giving itself a very [...]
Rudolph's shiny red nose can really help him see in the fog because of reindeers’ blue eyes. Experts say reindeers’ eyes have a reflective tissue changes from a golden color during the summer to a deep blue in winter. They say this would be a distinct disadvantage on a foggy Christmas Eve because fog [...]