BabyCenter.com just released their report on baby naming trends for 2015. And here are the four big trends . . . 1. Instagram filters. The name Lux is up 75% . . . Ludwig is up 42% . . . Amaro is up 26% . . . and Valencia is up 26%. Other filters like [...]
1921 Bingo made its debut! The bingo industry now brings in $6 billion a year Despite popular belief that it's an "old-folks game", 67% of players are under 45 years old 1935 Monopoly made its debut! FUN FACT: The space you have the greatest statistical chance of landing on is Illinois Avenue! That's followed by B & O Railroad, Free Parking, Tennessee [...]
Every year around this time, the people at PNC Wealth Management calculate how much it would cost to buy all the stuff from "The Twelve Days of Christmas".And this year, it'll cost you right around what it would've cost you last year. If you'd bought all the stuff. Which you didn't. Because you're not romantic. [...]
1940 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married Lucy filed for divorce the day after their final TV show was filmed in 1960 1984 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, by Elmo and Patsy, was released! A Christmas classic! 2002 Rascal Flatts had the #1 song in the land with These Days This was Rascal Flatts' first [...]
1924 New York City's Macy's department store held its first Thanksgiving Day parade The parade went down a two-mile stretch of Broadway from Central Park West to Herald Square 1996 Sling Blade, opened in movie theaters Set in rural Arkansas, the picture featured Dwight Yoakam in a prominent role, along with Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall [...]
1949 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer appeared on the music charts and became THE musical hit of the Christmas season Although Gene Autry’s rendition is the most popular, 80 different versions of the song have been recorded, with nearly 20,000,000 copies sold 1999 Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez was found clinging to an inner tube off the coast near Fort Lauderdale, Florida The boy, his mother, stepfather, and [...]
Life satisfaction in a given state is often based on opinions about climate, family and friends, and other factors. But a report from 24/7 Wall St. looks at levels of poverty, education, and health of states across the country. These are the best states to live in: 1. Massachusetts -10-yr. population growth: 9.1% -2014 [...]
1963 Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby on live tv Ruby killed Oswald to avenge-for President Kennedy's assassination two days prior 1991 Freddie Mercury died of pneumonia brought on by AIDS He was 45 1995 Ireland legalized divorce! Now all of the miserably-married people can go be miserable alone! and then lastly... 1998 Ashland, Kentucky, proclaimed Billy [...]
1936 First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam (Montana) 1984 'The Pass' Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passed his way into sports history by leading Boston College past Miami, 47-45, at the Orange Bowl in Miami Flutie threw a 48-yard Hail Mary touchdown [...]
1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey Happy 68th wedding anniversary to Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip! 1982 Drew Barrymore became the youngest guest host of Saturday Night Live's history She was the ripe age of Seven! 1980 On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the [...]