In anticipation of the hotel’s revival, here are eight historic events that happened at the prominent institution during the 20th century. The firstTitanicSenate hearings The first of the Titanic hearings was held at the original Waldorf, which opened in 1893 at the site of tod...
September 1968 came and there was still no air transportation. I called the Czechoslovak Airlines to let me know when the flights will resume. That happened in three weeks and I flew to Sudan on Sept. 28 to join Vaclav. I was one of the last spouses to leave the country; the last one...
Unforeseen events that occurred in subsequent years put a damper on Henry Campbell’s plans. The United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917. The country then mobilized to redirect the economy to training soldiers and providing them with necessary munitions, supplies, and food. The purch...
The theme of the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) is "Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film" and that is just some of what will be shared in the 7th annual Fashion in Film of TCMFF event! Wednesday, April 17Fashion in Film of TCMFF 2024 Hollywood Heritage Museum 7:30 - 9:00...
Bernhardtpointedto other historic events that have happened at Wrigley Field in his designation, including the Cubs being among the first to embrace broadcasting games, hosting the first National Football League championship in 1933 and the first tryouts for the All-American Girls Porfessional Baseball...
Every battle we face today in the U.S. is about owning history. Real historians do what they can to expand that ownership, by teaching real history to the general public, wherever they may be. Researching real events and people in the past and faithfully recording what they did, then thou...
buffs will be dusting off their DVD collections or hard-drives which contain the episodes of ‘Downton Abbey’, and will sitting back to enjoy all that high-class British drama once again, to bone up on everything that’d happened in the series from the pilot episode in April 15th, 1912...
Our family made a winter trip there in 1949 to see the lake completely frozen over and with a couple of feet of snow on the surface as well. Something that hasn’t happened since. Growing up in Ashland in the 1950’s I had always wanted to go fishing in Crater Lake. As a kid we...
And once that happened, it really took off. Within a short time period, it was all done and ready to go. Kaylea’s parents sent us pictures of the sample product and it sure looked good! It got us very excited. It was fun to see our creation come to life. “As we were involved...
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