1979 - The Beginning of an Industry
The year was 1979. The place was New York. The event was the beginning of a multi-billion dollar industry that has spanned three decades and has spread throughout the world. What am I talking about? H...
Tag: history
Something Amazing
Something amazing happened in St. Louis today. Barack Obama came to St. Louis to campaign and was met with a crowd of 100,000 people. According to The Wall Street Journal, it was the biggest event eve...
The Messiah, Part II
I found a very interesting article on Time's website. The article talks about a tablet that has been found which talks about the rising of a messiah after three days in the grave. A 3-ft.-high tablet...
History Books
I've been craving some new history books lately. I really like early 20th Century American history. Topics that I've enjoyed reading about the most seem to be about business. The rise of advertising,...
Teddy Roosevelt Changes the American Language
In America we spell certain words a bit different. Colour is color, favour is favor, parlour is parlor. Have you ever wondered why? Well, I was reading a good book called One-night Stands with America...
St. Louis History: I Challenge You to a Duel!
I haven't made a history post in a while, so I thought I'd post another little known fact about St. Louis history. On August 26, 1856 Benjamin Gratz Brown, a newspaper editor, future United States Sen...
This Day in History- First airplane flies
In 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, pr...
St. Louis History: Jack the Ripper Died in St. Louis?
One of the most infamous serial killers ever might have come to St. Louis. Jack the Ripper, the serial killer that terrorized London could have been an American and he might have died here in St. Loui...
St. Louis History: The Maroons
Another post about St. Louis history. This one involving my favorite sport, baseball. Many St. Louis people may already know this because a St. Louis baseball fan isn't just a fan. We are usually hist...
St. Louis History: Macaroni and Cheese is Born
To continue with posts about St. Louis history as reported by KSDK, here's a bit about Kraft and the birth of Macaroni and Cheese. In 1937, poor sales leads the National Dairy Products company to adop...
St. Louis History: Battle of Fort San Carlos
Here is another post giving some little-known information about the city of St. Louis. Did you know that St. Louis and the Battle of Fort San Carlos was a crucial moment of the Revolutionary War? I di...
St. Louis History: Disney World St. Louis
KSDK in St. Louis has been running specials during their news giving little known facts about St. Louis history. I think it's a great thing they are doing because it's important for people to know abo...
Who Has My Big Toe?
And the mummy went searching through the museum groaning "Who has my big toe?" Ok, ok, I'm done with the bad campfire story now. Just thought I'd share some historical news, since I do love history. A...
The Story of American Beer
For Christmas from my sister Lisa this year I received a great book entitled Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer. It is a fantastic read. It gives great insight into the business economy in Ame...
New JFK film: 90 seconds to assassination
There is a new film of JFK right before his assassination that has just surfaced. According to the website JFK.org: This newly-discovered home movie of the fateful Kennedy motorcade was recently donat...
Technology and Education
I was browsing this HNN.us page and saw my history blog listed (though, my last name is spelled wrong) and found quite a few really interesting blogs that I have since subscribed to. One of my favorit...
The Other Civil Rights Movement
I watched a movie tonight on HBO. What originally interested me in this movie was the fact that Michael Pena starred in it. Since his excellent role in Crash, I knew he would be an actor to look out f...