April 3 in Pop Culture History
April 3 in Pop Culture History 33 - Researchers from Oxford published a paper that put the definitive date of Jesus’ crucifixion at Friday, April 3, 33 AD 1860 -...
April 2 in Pop Culture History
April 2 in Pop Culture History 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed near what is now called St. Augustine, Florida and declared the land for Spain. 1792...
April 1 in Pop Culture History
April 1 in Pop Culture History April 1 is known as April Fools Day or All Fools' Day in many countries. Also, April 1st is the perfect day for companies...
March 31 in Pop Culture History
March 31 in Pop Culture History 1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion....
“In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb” Expression Meaning
Many rhymes, expressions, riddles, idioms, and songs exist to describe certain phases of the calendar year. Some of the most common examples are “April showers bring May flowers” and the...
March 30 in Pop Culture History
March 30 in Pop Culture History 1842 - Ether anesthesia was used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon, Dr. Crawford Long. 1867 - Alaska is...
March 29 in Pop Culture History
March 29 in Pop Culture History 1638 - Swedish colonists established the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden. 1867 - Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to the...
March 28 in Pop Culture History
March 28 in Pop Culture History 1783 (Earthquake) Calabria, Italy 1920 - Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford got married; it was the first high profile celebrity wedding. 1949 - Fred...
March 27 in Pop Culture History
March 27 in Pop Culture History 1886 - Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrendered to the US Army. 1899 - Guglielmo Marconi's radio transmitted across the English Channel from Boulogne, France, to...
March 26 in Pop Culture History
March 26 in Pop Culture History 1169 - Saladin became the emir of Egypt. 1812 - A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coined the term "gerrymander" (named after Governor...
March 25 in Pop Culture History
March 25 in Pop Culture History 421 - The city of Venice was founded. 1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christiaan Huygens. 1807 - The Slave Trade...
March 24 in Pop Culture History
March 24 in Pop Culture History 1707 - The Acts of Union 1707 was signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms and parliaments of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of...
March 23 in Pop Culture History
March 23 in Pop Culture History 893 (Earthquake) Iran 1775 - Patrick Henry delivered his 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' speech at St. John's Episcopal Church, in Richmond,...
March 22 in Pop Culture History
March 22 in Pop Culture History Year Unknown - Diana of Themyscira, Wonder Woman, Born (made of clay) 1630 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlawed the possession of cards, dice,...
March 20 in Pop Culture History
March 20 in Pop Culture History 1345 - According to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death was created today, from what they called "a triple conjunction of...
March 19 in Pop Culture History
March 19 in Pop Culture History 1649 - The House of Commons of England abolished the House of Lords, declaring it 'useless and dangerous to the people of England'. 1842...
March 18 in Pop Culture History
March 18 in Pop Culture History 37 - Caligula was declared emperor of Rome. 1834 - The first US railroad tunnel was completed between Hollidaysburg and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 1850 -...
March 17 in Pop Culture History
March 17 in Pop Culture History 461 - Saint Patrick died in Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. 1762 - The first Saint Patrick Parade was held by Irish soldiers serving in the...
March 16 in Pop Culture History
March 16 in Pop Culture History 1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter was published.1926 - American Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts. It...
March 15 in Pop Culture History
March 15 in Pop Culture History 44 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house, by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and...
March 14 in Pop Culture History
March 14 in Pop Culture History 44 BC - Casca and Cassius decided that Mark Antony should stay alive durng the Caesar assassination the next day. 1794 - Eli Whitney...
March 13 in Pop Culture History
March 13 in Pop Culture History 1639 - Formerly 'New College," Harvard College was renamed after clergyman John Harvard. 1781 - German-born English astronomer William Hershel discovered Uranus. 1862 -...
March 12 in Pop Culture History
March 12 in Pop Culture History 1894 - Coca-Cola bottles were sold to the public for the first time, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. 1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the...
March 11 in Pop Culture History
March 11 in Pop Culture History 105 - Ts'ai Lun invented paper, in China. 1818 - Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, was published. It is...
March 10 in Pop Culture History
March 10 in Pop Culture History 1804 - In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony was conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States,...
March 9 in Pop Culture History
March 9 in Pop Culture History 1611 - Johannes Fabricius, a Dutch astronomer, discovered sunspots. 1822 - Charles M. Graham of NY was issued the first US Patent (#X03472) for...
March 8 in Pop Culture History
March 8 in Pop Culture History 1618 - Johannes Kepler formulated his Third Law of Planetary Motion. 1669 - Mount Etna, on the island of Sicily, began erupting and over...
March 7 in Pop Culture History
March 7 in Pop Culture History 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received his patent (#174,465) for the telephone. 1897 - Dr. John Kellogg served the world's first cornflakes to his...
March 6 in Pop Culture History
March 6 in Pop Culture History Silly Putty was introduced as a toy March 6, 1950 by Peter Hodgson. But was invented in 1943 by James Wright, who was working...
5 Non-Alcoholic St. Patrick’s Day Activities
While many people view St. Patrick’s Day as an excuse to wear green and overdrink, the holiday has stronger religious overtones in the U.S. which is a strongly Catholic country....
Mardi Gras 2019
Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It refers to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday when many Christians begin to fast for the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday....
