1912 The RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England. Unfortunately, we all know how that turned out... 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby for the first time. First it was a great book, and then it became a great movie: 1971 The American table tennis team arrived in China. They were the first [...]
"Playboy" put together a list of each state's signature food or drink. A lot of the picks are traditional, like cheese steaks in Pennsylvania and deep dish pizza in Illinois. Three states picked beer: Oregon, Wisconsin, and Delaware. And both Montana and Colorado went with Rocky Mountain oysters . . . which are bull testicles. [...]
A dash-cam video and a new witness has emerged in the South Carolina shooting case where Officer Michael Slager shot Walter Scott in the back and killed him. Slager now faces life in prison if convicted for murder. Read more here.
1865 At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant Though there were still Confederate armies in the field, the war was officially over. The four years of fighting had killed 360,000 Union troops and 260,000 Confederate troops. 1912 The first exhibition baseball game was [...]
Want to get the most bang for your buck education-wise in the state of Kansas? Kansas State University is the way to go! They have been names the "State's Best Value" in higher education. Read more here!
1974 Hank Aaron hit career home run #715, breaking the all-time record! Hammerin' Hank's record-setting home run broke Babe Ruth's career record of 714. He would play for two more years, bringing his career total to 755 1975 Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians became the first black manager of a major league baseball team. 1986 [...]
A dating app called Clover just analyzed the most common places people go on first dates . . . and Chipotle came in second. Starbucks was number one. The rest of the top 10 are: Panera Bread . . . Cheesecake Factory . . . Texas Roadhouse . . . Buffalo Wild Wings . . [...]
If you've ever wanted to see a giraffe give birth, now's your chance! Animal Planet and the Dallas Zoo have partnered to live-stream Katie the Giraffe giving birth. According to the Dallas Zoo, Katie the Giraffe is "one of the friendliest, most charismatic of the zoo's large herd," and is due to give birth any [...]
1933 Prohibition ended in the United States! The Cullen-Harrison Act repealed the Volstead Act. The Cullen-Harrison Act legalized the sale of beer with an alcohol content of 3.2% beer and wine of similarly low alcohol content, thought to be too low to be intoxicating. It became effective on April 7, 1933. 1963 At the age of 23, Jack [...]
Lane Bryant presents their new ad campaign: #ImNoAngel Check out more here!
