On May 2, 1908, Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer registered the copyright for the new song about baseball they’d written together. Naturally, they hoped it would become popular. But…
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“The answer to everything…Life, the Universe, and Everything…is…”
In 2001, the brilliant British writer Douglas Adams left us Earthlings behind. Before he left, however, he kindly informed us of the answer to the Ultimate Question — more specifically,…
“Give me liberty or give me death!” – famous words Patrick Henry probably didn’t say…
In late March of 1775, the American Revolution had not yet started. The “shot heard ‘round the world” was still a few weeks away. But, to a growing number of…
On this date, Ronald Reagan gave his famous “evil empire” speech—but he didn’t coin the phrase…
If you’re like me, you’re a tired of hearing about Donald Trump and Russia. However, as I was editing this post today on March 8, 2017, I couldn’t help being…
“Let It Snow!” – the Christmas song that isn’t…
Every year at Christmas time, when I hear someone sing or say “Let It Snow!” I am reminded of what I learned when I looked into the song that…
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On an early December night in 1911, journalist Arthur Chapman was trying to come up with a topic for his regular column in the Denver Republican newspaper, called “Center Shots.”…
“You say you want a revolution?”
“You say you want a revolution” is a line every Beatles fan knows. It’s from the song “Revolution” on the Beatles’ famed double album known as The White Album. John…
“We will bury you!” (Or something like that.)
On November 18, 1956, Communist leader Nikita Khrushchev, the head of the Soviet Union, attended a party at the Polish Embassy in Moscow. At that event, he made some boasting…
The 1984 presidential debate that launched the term “Spin Doctors” – and a famous quip…
Nowadays, most people are familiar with the term “spin doctors.” I think they’ve been more omnipresent than ever during the 2016 presidential campaign, though few people know how they got…