Benjamin Franklin Born January 17, 1706
Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin!In movies and in real life, whenever people talk about large amounts of money, they talk about the Benjamins. This is because of Benjamin Franklin, who is...
January 17 in Pop Culture History
January 17 in Pop Culture History 1706 - Ben Franklin 'The First American' was born. 1773 - Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to sail below...
Superman Comic Strip Debuted January 16, 1939
Sci Fi Newspaper strips had been around long before Superman would make his first appearance as a newspaper comic strip on January 16, 1939. His first appearance was in the...
January 16 in Pop Culture History
January 16 in Pop Culture History 1362 - St. Marcellus Flood or Grote Mandrenke (Great Drowning of Men), Netherlands 1547 - Ivan the Terrible crowned himself 1st Tsar of Moscow....
January 15 in Pop Culture History
January 15 in Pop Culture History It's National Hat Day, because in 1797, the 1st top hat was worn, by John Etherington in London. There are 350 days left until...
January 14 in Pop Culture History
January 14 in Pop Culture History 1690 - The Clarinet was invented in Nurnberg, Germany 1794 - Elizabeth Hog Bennett became the first woman in the US to successfully give...
January 13 in Pop Culture History
January 13 in Pop Culture History 1854 - US patent (#11062) for an accordion was issued to Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, Pa. 1863 - Thomas Crapper invented the portable toilet....
January 12 in Pop Culture History
January 12 in Pop Culture History "I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught...
January 11 in Pop Culture History
January 11 in Pop Culture History 1693 (Earthquake) Sicily, Italy 1908 - The Grand Canyon National Monument was created. 1922 - Leonard Thompson (1908-35) was the first person to receive...
January 10 in Pop Culture History
January 10 in Pop Culture History 1776 - "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine was published. 1863 - London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened. 1870 - John D....
America’s First Hot Air Balloon Flight
In the late 1700s, there was a major change in a lot of people's perception of the world. It was the end of the Age of Enlightenment and the Start...
January 9 in Pop Culture History
January 9 in Pop Culture History 1693 (Earthquake) Sicily, Italy 1788 - Connecticut became the 5th state 1793 - Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight in the...
January 8 in Pop Culture History
January 8 in Pop Culture History 1780 (Earthquake) Tabriz, Iran 1790 - George Washington gave the first 'State of the Union' message, urging the opening of the US Patent Office....
January 7 in Pop Culture History
January 7 in Pop Culture History 1608 - Fire destroyed the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia 1714 - The world's first patent (#395) for a "Machine for Transcribing Letters" was granted...
January Sixth, The Epiphany
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king...
January 6 in Pop Culture History
January 6 in Pop Culture History 1540 - King Henry VIII of England married Anne of Cleves. 1838 - Samuel Morse made the 1st public demonstration of telegraph in New...
January 5 in Pop Culture History
January 5 in Pop Culture History 1889 - The word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, a Walla Walla, Washington, newspaper. 1905 - The National Association...
William Shakespeare’s First Folio Day – January 4
By Bob Falkenstein Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is the 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. Modern scholars commonly refer to it as the First Folio. It...
January 4 in Pop Culture History
January 4 in Pop Culture History 1790 - President Washington delivered the 1st State of the Union address 1865 - The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters...
January 3 in Pop Culture History
January 3 in Pop Culture History January 3 is Take A Nerd To Lunch Day 1521 - Martin Luther was excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church 1777 - Washington defeated the...
January 2 in Pop Culture History
January 2 in Pop Culture History 1788 - Georgia became the 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution. 1818 - The British Institution of Civil Engineers was founded. 1839 - First...
January 1 in Pop Culture History
January 1 in Pop Culture History 4713 BC - Julian Calendar day #1, according to Joseph Justus Scaliger's cycle of 7980 years. 46 BC - The Julian Calendar began, and...
December 31 in Pop Culture History
December 31 in Pop Culture History 1600 - The British East India Company was chartered. It was the first global mega-corporation. 1805 - The 'Calendar of Reason' had been introduced...
December 30 in Pop Culture History
December 30 in Pop Culture History Only two Atlantic storms/hurricanes were ever observed to span two calendar years: Alice (Dec 30, 1954 - Jan 6, 1955) and, exactly 51 years...
December 29 in Pop Culture History
December 29 in Pop Culture History 1170 - Archbishop Thomas Becket was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights, under orders from King Henry II of England. 1851 - The...
Stan Lee Born December 28th 1922
Stan Lee (Stanley Lieber, December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) . As a boy Mr. Lee loved to read to quote him, “It would be easier to say what...
December 28 in Pop Culture History
December 28 in Pop Culture History 1065 - Westminster Abbey was consecrated. 1869 - The Knights of Labor, a labor union of tailors in Philadelphia, PA, held the first Labor...
Peter Pan Opens December 27, 1904
(PCM)Peter Pan Or The Boy Who Wouldn’t grow up opened on December 27, 1904 at the Duke of York Theater in London England. Peter Pan was written by the playwright/novelist...
December 27 in Pop Culture History
December 27 in Pop Culture History 1831 - Charles Darwin set sail in the HMS Beagle, beginning his journey discovering evolution. 1895 - "Stag" Lee Sheldon killed his friend Billy...
December 26 is Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a traditional holiday in a few countries around the world, but its main celebration and place of origin is The United Kingdom or England. Boxing Day is...
December 26 in Pop Culture History
December 26 in Pop Culture History 1610 - Countess Elizabeth Bathory had tortured and killed possibly hundreds young girls for over a dozen years. She believed eating flash and bathing...
5 days 5 Staves of A Christmas Carol. Day Five
Stave Five or The End of It. JRR Tolkien wrote in The Hobbit “ Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to hear are soon told...
December 25 in Pop Culture History
December 25 in Pop Culture History 0 (possibly 4 or 6 BC) - Jesus was born. 350 - Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed December 25 the official celebration...
Christmas Trivia and The Reason For The Season
Christmas Trivia and The Reason For The Season (PCM) The word Christmas originated as a compound word, meaning "Christ's Mass". It is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old...
December 24 in Pop Culture History
December 24 in Pop Culture History 1801 - Richard Trevithick publicly displayed his "Puffing Devil," or "Puffer," the first steam-powered passenger vehicle. The steam engine was a prototype of steam...
5 Days 5 Staves of A Christmas Carol Day Three
The Second of The Three Spirits or Stave Three begins with Scrooge waking up and without even hearing the sound of the clock he knows it is the hour of...
The Gift of The Magi
The Gift of The Magi By O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at...
December 23 in Pop Culture History
December 23 in Pop Culture History 1823 - A Visit From St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, was published. Clement Clarke Moore acknowledged authorship in 1837. 1888...
5 Days 5 Staves Of A Christmas Day Two
Stave Two of A Christmas Carol is titled “The First of the Three Spirits. When the Stave opens we find Scrooge in bed. He wakens to the sound of the...
December 22 in Pop Culture History
December 22 in Pop Culture History 856 (Earthquake) Damghan, Iran 1666 - The French Academy of Sciences was founded. 1808 - Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (Symphony No. 5 in...
Happy Winter Solstice!
(PCM) The Winter Solstice falls on or around December 21st. On this day in the Northern Hemisphere, the earth is tilted away from the sun as far as it...
5 Days 5 Staves of A Christmas Carol. Day One
“Marley was dead to begin with.” These six words may be, at least, one of the most famous lines in all of literature. In 1843 Charles Dickens was short on...
First Day of Winter December 21
Winter means many things different people. For some it is the best season of the year. The thoughts of snow and cold, ice and winds bring smiles to many a...
Celebrate Short Fiction – December 21st
(PCM) Does life imitate art? If the sales of fiction for our e-readers, smart phones and – oh yeah, books – tell us anything, it's that it might be the...
December 21 in Pop Culture History
December 21 in Pop Culture History 1620 - William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims landed on (what is now known as Plymouth Rock) in Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1913 - Arthur Wynne...
Happy National Sangria Day! (December 20th)
(PCM) December 20th is National Sangria Day. We're not really sure why, other than "because the internet says so," but hey – if you've made it this far into December,...
December 20 in Pop Culture History
December 20 in Pop Culture History 1803 - Although officially signed in April 1803, the French flag came down and the United States' flag rose in New Orleans, completing the...
December 19 in Pop Culture History
December 19 in Pop Culture History 1732 - Benjamin Franklin published the first edition of Poor Richard's Almanac, in Philadelphia. 1843 - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was published. 1871...
December 18 in Pop Culture History
December 18 in Pop Culture History 1620 - The British ship Mayflower docked at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepared to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony. Passenger William...
Saturnalia: December 17th – December 23rd
(PCM) In ancient Rome, the period between December 17th and December 23rd was known as the Saturnalia, a festival to honor the god Saturn. Saturn ruled over such things...
December 17 in Pop Culture History
December 17 in Pop Culture History 497 BC - The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. 1538 - Pope Paul III excommunicated England's Henry VIII. 1790 - The...
December 16 in Pop Culture History
December 16 in Pop Culture History 1707 (Eruption) The last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. 1773 - The Boston Tea Party. Massachusetts colonists, 'the Sons of Liberty,' disguised...
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine....
December 15 in Pop Culture History
December 15 in Pop Culture History 1827 - The city of Boston, Massachusetts, the School Committee voted to require, effective March 1 1828, that public school students show that they...
December 14 in Pop Culture History
December 14 in Pop Culture History 1287 - St. Lucia's Flood, Netherlands 1656 - Imitation pearls were first manufactured by a Frenchman, named Jacquin. 1852 - Cullen Whipple, of Providence,...
December 13 in Pop Culture History
December 13 in Pop Culture History 115 (Earthquake) Antioch, Byzantine Empire (Turkey) 1545 - The Council of Trent began; it was the planning of responding to the Protestant Movement, by...
December 12 In Pop Culture History
December 12 in Pop Culture History 1787 - Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. 1901 - Guglielmo Marconi sent the first Atlantic wireless (radio) transmission (three...
December 11 In Pop Culture History
December 11 in Pop Culture History Babies born today were probably conceived on Saint Patrick's Day. 1769 - Venetian Blinds were patented in London by Edward Bevan in England. 1844...
December 10 in Pop Culture History
December 10 in Pop Culture History 1033 (Earthquake) Ramala (West Bank) 1478 - Arte dell'Abbaco ('The Art of the Abacus'), the first teaching math book, was printed and distributed in...
December 9 In Pop Culture History
December 9 in Pop Culture History 1884 - The US patent (#308990) for ball-bearing roller skates, was issued to Levant M. Richardson. 1907 - Christmas Seals, an outreach from the...
December 8 In Pop Culture History
December 8 in Pop Culture History 1765 - Eli Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts. Whitney invented the cotton gin and developed the concept of mass-production of interchangeable parts, which...
December 7 In Pop Culture History
December 7 in Pop Culture History 1732 - The Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) was opened on London. 1787 - Delaware became 'The First State' to...
December 6 in Pop Culture History
December 6 in Pop Culture History 1790 - The US Congress moved from New York to Philadelphia. 1830 - The U.S. Naval Observatory, one of the oldest scientific agencies in...
December 5 in Pop Culture History
December 5 in Pop Culture History 1455 (Earthquake) Naples, Italy, killing an estimated 40,000 people. 1854 - Aaron H. Allen of Boston, received U.S. patent# 12,017 for a folding chair...
December 4 Is National Cookie Day
(PCM) What better time than the start of the holiday season to celebrate National Cookie Day. The word cookie takes it's origin from the Dutch word "koekie" which translates to...
December 4 In Pop Culture History
December 4 in Pop Culture History 1674 - In what is now Chicago, Father Jacques Marquette founded a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek...
December 3 In Pop Culture History
December 3 in Pop Culture History 856 (Earthquake) Tunisia 1910 - The neon light was displayed for the first time at the Paris Motor Show at the Grand Palace. The...
December 2nd Is National Special Education Day
(PCM) Happy Special Education Day! On this day in 1975, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was signed into law, giving all children with disabilities access to free and...
December 2 In Pop Culture History
December 2 in Pop Culture History 1697 - St Paul's Cathedral was consecrated in London. 1763 - Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island. 1804 - At Notre...
December 1 In Pop Culture History
December 1 in Pop Culture History 800 - Charlemagne judged the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican, and decided in the Pope's favor. 1783 - The first manned...
November 30 In Pop Culture History
November 30 in Pop Culture History 3340 BC - Earliest believed record of an eclipse, in Ireland. 1609 - Galileo Galilei realized that the moon was a landscape, not a...
November 29 in Pop Culture History
November 29 in Pop Culture History 533 (Earthquake) Aleppo (now Syria) - 130,000 people estimated killed. 1681 - The Royal College of Physicians, in Edinburgh, Scotland, was granted its charter...
Thanksgiving is The Fourth Thursday in November
Thanksgiving is The Fourth Thursday in November The United States of America was the first nation in the world to proclaim a national holiday for giving thanks, but it may...
Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
(Proclamation Given October 3, 1863) The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are...
November 28 in Pop Culture History
November 28 in Pop Culture History 2348 BC - A supposed comet , under divine guidance, passed near Earth, causing the Great Flood, in the opinion of Anglican priest and...
November 27 in Pop Culture History
November 27 in Pop Culture History 1703 - The first Eddystone Lighthouse was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703. 1826 - Chemist John Walker invented the friction match in...
November 26 in Pop Culture History
November 26 in Pop Culture History 1703 - The Great Storm - more than 8,000 people perished and the first Eddystone Lighthouse (Winstanley's lighthouse) was totally destroyed overnight. 1716 -...
Thanksgiving Tradition – Presidential Pardoning of the Turkeys
Every year before the Thanksgiving holiday, the President chooses a turkey or two who will be spared from ending up on your dining room table. In a ceremony that takes...
November 25 in Pop Culture History
November 25 in Pop Culture History 1792 - The Old Farmer's Almanac first published by Robert B. Thomas. He added "Old" to the title in 1832 because there was so...
November 24 in Pop Culture History
November 24 in Pop Culture History 1639 - First observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish the size of our Solar System. 1859...
November 23 in Pop Culture History
November 23 1644 - John Milton published Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship. 1874 - A paper by Ferdinand Braun was published in the Annalen der Physik und Chemie describing his...
November 22 in Pop Culture History
For those born on November 22, 1989 you have a special birthday in the year 2033. Why? On 11/22/33 you're turning 44! November 22 in Pop Culture History 1809 -...
The Great American Smokeout
The Great American Smokeout is held on the third Thursday of November. Its purpose is to inspire people to stop smoking and educate the public on the dangers of smoking...
November 21 in Pop Culture History
November 21 164 BC - Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restored the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah....
November 20 in Pop Culture History
November 20 1866 - US patent (#59,745) for a yoyo, called a "Whirligig" or "Bandalore" in the paperwork, was issued to James L. Haven and Charles Hittrick of Cincinnati, Ohio....
November 19, 1863 President Lincoln Delivers The Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863: President Lincoln Delivers The Gettysburg Address The Union had won The Battle of Gettysburg and the town was planning on dedicating a national cemetery to the fallen...
Celebrate Have A Bad Day Day!
(PCM) Have A Bad Day Day is celebrated each year on November 19 and it is one day of the year that you can actually embrace the fact that you...
November 19 in Pop Culture History
November 19 in Pop Culture History 1620 - The Mayflower reached Cape Cod & explored the coast 1805 - Lewis & Clark reached Pacific Ocean, they were the first European...
Occult Day is November 18
This is the day that celebrates anything unnatural, or supernatural. November 18 is Occult Day. Though there is no specific origin to the celebration of Occult Day, it is not...
November 18 in Pop Culture History
November 18 in Pop Culture History 401 - The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, crossed the Alps and invaded northern Italy. 1307 - William Tell shot an apple off...
Happy National Unfriend Day!
(PCM) What began as a joke started by late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, National Unfriend Day is celebrated on November 17th and is a day to spend a few moments...
Homemade Bread Day 11/17
Bake Bread/ Break Bread: November 17th is Homemade Bread Day (PCM) According to the interwebs, November 17th is Homemade Bread Day. It's not clear why this day, in particular, has...
November 17 is The International Day of Peace
Now called The International Day of Peace, World Peace Day was established in about 1997. The idea of the day is for individuals to do what they can in order...
November 17 in Pop Culture History
November 17 in Pop Culture History 1558 - Queen Mary I of England died and was succeeded by her half-sister, The 'Virgin Queen' Elizabeth I of England. 1827 - The...
November 16 in Pop Culture History
November 16 in Pop Culture History 1620 - The first corn (maize) was found in North America by British settlers, including Myles Standish and William Bradford, in Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1676...
America Recycles Day November 15
Recycling has become a major part of American culture as well as our lifestyle. With the holidays quickly approaching this is a good time to remind people of the importance...
November 15 in Pop Culture History
November 15 in Pop Culture History 1492 - Christopher Columbus' notes included the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1660 - First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) was licensed in New York...
November 14 is World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day was created by the International Diabetes Federation in 1991. Its development was in response to the high rise of diabetic cases across the globe. The purpose is...
November 14 in Pop Culture History
November 14 1851 - Moby-Dick by Herman Melville was published. 1889 - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to duplicate the literary journey of Jules...