What happened today in history?Blamepro's Almanacfor January 25 "I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a noteon it saying 'toys not included.'" - Bernard Manning In the headlines today:
What happened today 1936 Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country. What’s Your Vietnam War Draft Lottery Number? The Vietnam War draft lottery ran from 1969 to 1972. If you were born on May 09, would your number have been called?
Kasey the Kangaroo may be better known for representing the athletics programs at the University of Missouri—Kansas City but he was first the mascot of the school's debate team beginning in 1936. According to the UMKC website, the acquisition of two baby kangaroos at the local zoo may have...
Today 1814 British troops set fire to the White HouseRead morePhoto Credit: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images Also on This Day in History August | 24 Discover what happened on August 24 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths. This ...
Also on This Day in History Discover more of the major events, famous births, notable deaths and everything else history-making that happened on June 5th 1870 Constantinople burns, killing thousands A huge section of the city of Constantinople, Turkey, is set ablaze on June 5, 1870. When th...
Edward VIII: Edward was the eldest son of King George V, and when his father died, he became king on January 20, 1936; however, he was never officially crowned. During the 1930's, he fell in love with a married and once divorced woman, and by 1936, he desired to marry Wallis Simps...
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B),...
Georgia became a Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and regained some of its cultural autonomy, but, as happened with the treatment of other borders in the Caucasus, Georgian borders also included non-Georgian peoples and cultures (such as Abkhazians and Ossetians). Today Georgia borders on ...
The bridge over Archway Road (the A1) as it is today. PICTURE: Google Maps The resultant structure was designed by none other than John Nash in the style of a Roman aqueduct and opened in 1813. Archway Road, which ran underneath the arch, was operated as a toll road until 1871. ...
Today’s readers are often underwhelmed by the first poem to win gold, describing it as “florid,”“saccharine” or “overblown.” But as far as the 1912 jury was concerned, Hohrod and Eschbach knocked it out of the park. “The great merit of the ‘Ode to Sport,’ wh...