October 22 in Pop Culture History
October 22 in Pop Culture History 362 - The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside Antioch, (in modern day Turkey) was destroyed in a fire. 1746 - The College of...
October 21 in Pop Culture History
October 21 in Pop Culture History 1520 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan in South America. 1797 - In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United...
October 20 in Pop Culture History
October 20 in Pop Culture History 1720 - Caribbean pirate Calico Jack Rackham, one of the first pirates to use the "Jolly Roger", was captured by the Royal Navy. 1803...
October 19 in Pop Culture History
October 19 in Pop Culture History 1512 - Martin Luther earned a doctorate of theology. 1798 - Chief Justice John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of...
October 18 in Pop Culture History
October 18 in Pop Culture History 1386 - The University of Heidelberg opened. 1851 - Herman Melville's Moby-Dick was first published as 'The Whale.' 1867 - "Seward's Folly" United States...
October 17 in Pop Culture History
October 17 in Pop Culture History 1091 - The London Tornado of 1091 destroyed many buildings, and killed two people. 1860 - First Open (Golf) Championship (referred to in the...
October 16 in Pop Culture History
October 16 in Pop Culture History On October 16, 1958 Patricia Bay Haroski (an employee of State Farm Insurance Company) registered Boss's Day with US Chamber of Commerce. Haroski chose...
October 15 in Pop Culture History
October 15 in Pop Culture History On October 15, 1964 Congress resolved that October 15 would be proclaimed White Cane Safety Day. President Lyndon Johnson immediately made a proclamation sealing...
October 14 in Pop Culture History
October 14 in Pop Culture History 1926 - Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne, was first published. 1881 - Eyemouth Windstorm Disaster, Scotland 1908 - The Chicago Cubs defeated...
October 13 in Pop Culture History
October 13 in Pop Culture History 1773 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, almost 25 million light years away, was discovered by Charles Messier. 1775 - The United States Continental Congress ordered...
October 12 in Pop Culture History
October 12 in Pop Culture History National Farmers Day. Old Farmer's Day is now actually known as National Farmers Day. Though the exact date and history of this day is...
October 11 in Pop Culture History
October 11 in Pop Culture History 1138 (Earthquake) Aleppo, Syria 1811 -The Juliana, began operation as the first steam-powered ferry service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New...
October 10 in Pop Culture History
October 10 in Pop Culture History 1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 killed 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean region. 1845 - In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School...
October 9 in Pop Culture History
October 9 in Pop Culture History Fire Prevention Day is part of Fire Prevention week and is observed on October 9. The observance of this day was initiated by President...
October 8 in Pop Culture History
October 8 in Pop Culture History Emergency Nurses Day was established on October 8, 1989 in order to honor the nurses who specifically work in hospital emergency rooms. These nurses...
October 7 in Pop Culture History
October 7 in Pop Culture History 3761 BC - Today was the first day of creation, according to the Jewish Talmudic Calendar. 1737 (Cyclone) India 1919 - KLM, the Netherlands...
October 6 in Pop Culture History
October 6 in Pop Culture History 1876 - The American Library Association was founded. 1927 - Opening of The Jazz Singer with its Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, in New York City....
October 5 in Pop Culture History
October 5 in Pop Culture History October 5, 1994 was the first celebration of World Teachers Day. This day is set aside to commemorate and celebrate teachers in the local...
October 4 in Pop Culture History
October 4 in Pop Culture History October 4 was established in 1952 as a day of charity. Professional Golfers go out and play with amateurs in order to gain funds...
October 3 in Pop Culture History
October 3 in Pop Culture History 1863 - The last Thursday in November was declared as Thanksgiving Day by US President Abraham Lincoln. 1872 - The Bloomingdale brothers opened their...
October Is…
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month American Cheese Month American Pharmacist Month Apple Month Arts & Humanities Month National Applejack Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month Caramel Month Celiac Disease Awareness Month...
October 1 in Pop Culture History
October 1 in Pop Culture History Today is the day that the US Government Fiscal Year (Oct 1 - Sept 30) begins. 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeated Darius...
September 30 in Pop Culture History
September 30 in Pop Culture History 587 (Earthquake) Atioch (now Turkey) 1452 - Johann Guttenberg's Bible was published. 1659 - Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked. 1888 - "Jack the...
September 29 in Pop Culture History
September 29 in Pop Culture History 480 BC - Battle of Salamis: The Greek fleet under Themistocles defeats the Persian fleet under Xerxes I. This was a few weeks after...
September 28 in Pop Culture History
September 28 in Pop Culture History 1850 - Flogging (whipping) in the Navy and Merchant Marines was abolished by the US. 1889 - The first General Conference on Weights and...
September 27 in Pop Culture History
September 27 in Pop Culture History 1066 - William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, and started the Norman conquest of England....
September 26 in Pop Culture History
September 26 in Pop Culture History 1687 – The Parthenon in Athens was partially destroyed in a gunpowder accident during the Morean War. 1933 - Machine Gun Kelly surrendered to...
September 25 in Pop Culture History
September 25 in Pop Culture History Today is 9 months after Christmas. And 3 months before Christmas. 1954 - #1 Hit September 25, 1954 - November 5, 1954: Rosemary Clooney...
September 24 in Pop Culture History
September 24 in Pop Culture History 1789 - The United State's Post Office was formed. 1869 - Stock market panic due to crashing gold prices caused by an attempt to...
September 23 in Pop Culture History
September 23 in Pop Culture History <a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rHXIlXsCxT8">Keystone Cops</a> 1551 (Tornado) Grand Harbour at Valletta, Malta 1642 - Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusettes, had its first graduating class. 1846 -...
September 22 in Pop Culture History
September 22 in Pop Culture History 1776 - Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy for the colonies during the Revolutionary War. In fairness to the British,...
September 21 in Pop Culture History
September 21 in Pop Culture History 1776 - Nathan Hale was captured by the British and accused of spying. 1897 - The New York Sun published it's editorial - Yes,...
September 20 in Pop Culture History
September 20 in Pop Culture History 1498 (Earthquake & Tsunami) Nankaido, Japan 1960 - The Flintstones debuted on ABC 1969 - #1 Hit September 20, 1969 - October 17, 1969:...
September 19 in Pop Culture History
September 19 in Pop Culture History 1876 - Melville Bissell patented the first carpet sweeper. 1921 - The greatest rainfall recorded in United States history during 18 consecutive hours (measured...
September 18 in Pop Culture History
September 18 in Pop Culture History 844 (Earthquake) Damascus, Syria 1793 - George Washington laid the cornerstone for the Capitol building in Washington D.C. 1848 - Baseball ruled that a...
September 17 in Pop Culture History
September 17 in Pop Culture History 1303 (Earthquake) China 1849 - Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in Maryland. 1859 - Joshua Norton declared himself "Emperor of these United States" and...
September 16 in Pop Culture History
September 16 in Pop Culture History 1620 - The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England with 102 Pilgrims. 1630 - The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston....
September 15 in Pop Culture History
September 15 in Pop Culture History 1949 - The Lone Ranger premiered on ABC-TV, starring Clayton Moore. 1959 - Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. for an unprecedented visit....
September 14 in Pop Culture History
September 14 in Pop Culture History 1752 - Yesterday was September 2nd, in Great Britain and the American Colonies, but with the switchover from the Julian to Gregorian calendar, it...
September 13 in Pop Culture History
September 13 in Pop Culture History 1928 - Okeechobee Hurricane, east coast USA 1952 - #1 Hit September 13, 1952 - October 17, 1952: Jo Stafford - You Belong To...
September 12 in Pop Culture History – National Chocolate Milkshake Day
September 12 in Pop Culture History 1609 - Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River. 1910 - Alice Stebbin Wells was hired as America's first actual female police...
September 11 in Pop Culture History
September 11 in Pop Culture History 1950 - Dick Tracy debuted on ABC. 1954 - The Miss America contest was aired for the first time on television, hosted by Bob...
September 10 in Pop Culture History
September 10 in Pop Culture History 1608 - James Smith was elected President of Jamestown colony (in Virginia) 1913 - The Lincoln Highway opened as the first coast-to-coast paved U.S....
September 9 in Pop Culture History
September 9 in Pop Culture History 1543 - Mary Stuart, nine months old, was crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling. 1776 - The Continental Congress...
September 8 in Pop Culture History
September 8 in Pop Culture History 1504 - Michelangelo's David was unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. 1860 - The steamship Lady Elgin sank in Lake Michigan, killing nealy...
September 7 in Pop Culture History
September 7 in Pop Culture History 1251 BC - A solar eclipse marked the birth of legendary man-god Hercules. 1800 - The Zion AME Church was founded. 1895 - The...
September 6 in Pop Culture History
September 6 in Pop Culture History 1620 - The Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. 1837 - Oberlin Collegiate Institute became the first...
September 5 in Pop Culture History
September 5 in Pop Culture History 1666 - Great Fire of London ended, 10,000 buildings, including St Paul's Cathedral, were destroyed, but only six people are known to have died....
National Bring Your Manners To Work Day
The first Friday of September is National Bring Your Manners To Work Day. This day is dedicated to reminding people to be considerate and polite with their co-workers How many...
September 4 in Pop Culture History
September 4 in Pop Culture History 1682 - English astronomer Edmund Halley discovered the comet now named after him. 1781 - The city of Los Angeles was founded. 1833 -...
September 3 in Pop Culture History
September 3 in Pop Culture History 1189 - Richard The Lion-Hearted was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. 1192 - King Richard settled a peace with Muslim general Saladin,...
September 2 in Pop Culture History
September 2 in Pop Culture History 44 BC - Cicero started the first of his Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. 1192 - The Treaty of Jaffa was signed between...
September 1 in Pop Culture History
September 1 in Pop Culture History 1271 - COMPLETE - The papal election from November 1268 to September 1, 1271, following the death of Pope Clement IV, lasted 3 years...
August 31 in Pop Culture History
August 31 in Pop Culture History 1803 - Lewis and Clark started their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1888 - Mary Ann Nichols was murdered, the first...
August 30 in Pop Culture History
August 30 in Pop Culture History 1835 - Melbourne, Australia was founded. 1836 - The city of Houston, named after former General Sam Houston, was founded by Augustus Chapman Allen...
August 29 in Pop Culture History
August 29 in Pop Culture History 1758 - The first American Indian reservation was established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey. 1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, opening the door...
August 28 in Pop Culture History
August 28 in Pop Culture History 1609 - Henry Hudson discovered the Delaware Bay. 1789 - William Herschel discovered another Saturn moon, Enceladus. 1830 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's...
August 27 in Pop Culture History
August 27 in Pop Culture History 410 - The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days. 1813 - French Emperor Napoleon I defeated a larger force of...
August 26 in Pop Culture History
August 26 in Pop Culture History 1498 - Michelangelo began his work to carve the Pieta, depicting the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the...
August 25 in Pop Culture History
August 25 in Pop Culture History 1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. 1835 - The New York Sun perpetrated the Great Moon Hoax a six...
August 24 in Pop Culture History
August 24 in Pop Culture History 79 (Volcano Eruption) Mount Vesuvius erupted. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae were buried in volcanic ash, although some scholars believe it was...
August 23 in Pop Culture History
August 23 in Pop Culture History 79 - Mount Vesuvius began stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. 1305 - Sir William Wallace was executed...
August 22 in Pop Culture History
August 22 in Pop Culture History 565 - Columba, an Irish missionary, reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland. 1791 - Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue began. It ended...
August 21 in Pop Culture History
August 21 in Pop Culture History 1883 - An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. 1888 - The first practical adding machine in...
August 20 in Pop Culture History
August 20 in Pop Culture History 1000 - The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen. 1858 - Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection...
August 19 in Pop Culture History
August 19 in Pop Culture History 295 BC - The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, was dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges 1612...
August 18 in Pop Culture History
August 18 in Pop Culture History 1227 - RIP - Genghis Khan (c. 1162 – August 18, 1227) is said to have fathered between 1,000-2,000 children, making him the man with most...
August 17 in Pop Culture History
August 17 in Pop Culture History 1807 - Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat left New York, New York, to Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial...
August 16 in Pop Culture History
August 16 in Pop Culture History 1858 - President James Buchanan inaugurated the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom. "Europe and America...
August 15 in Pop Culture History
August 15 in Pop Culture History 1483 - Pope Sixtus IV consecrated the Sistine Chapel and dedicated it to the Virgin Mary. 1519 - Panama City, Panama, was founded. 1549...
August 14 in Pop Culture History
August 14 in Pop Culture History 1888 - An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, was played...
August 13 in Pop Culture History
August 13 in Pop Culture History 1521 - Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes captured Aztec leader Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. 1868 (Earthquake & Tsunami) Arica, Chile...
August 12 in Pop Culture History
August 12 in Pop Culture History 30 BC - Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, committed suicide, by means of an asp bite. 1851 -...
August 11 in Pop Culture History
August 11 in Pop Culture History 3114 BC - The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, began. This was the calendar that caused the Friday, December...
August 10 in Pop Culture History
August 10 in Pop Culture History 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville, Spain to circumnavigate the globe. 1675 - The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in...
August 9 in Pop Culture History
August 9 in Pop Culture History 1483 - Opening of the restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Roselli contributed. Michelangelo...
August 8 in Pop Culture History
August 8 in Pop Culture History 1786 - Mont Blanc on the French/Italian border was climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard. 1786 - Coinage...
August 7 in Pop Culture History
August 7 in Pop Culture History 1782 - George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It was later renamed the...
August 6 in Pop Culture History
August 6 in Pop Culture History https://youtu.be/uxVVgBAosqg 2013 - NASA programmed the Curiosity Rover to sing itself “Happy Birthday”, on the anniversary of it's landing date August 6, 2012. 1787...
August 5 in Pop Culture History
August 5 in Pop Culture History 1305 - William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured by the English near Glasgow. Mel Gibson starred in a dramatization...
August 4 in Pop Culture History
August 4 in Pop Culture History 70 - The Second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. 1693 - Celebratory date for Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne. 1790 -...
August 3 in Pop Culture History
August 3 in Pop Culture History 1492 - Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain towards, he expected to find Asia. 1769 - The La Brea Tar...
August 2 in Pop Culture History
August 2 in Pop Culture History 1610 - Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay (he thought he had made it through the Northwest Passage, and...
The Twist by Chubby Checker
1962 - The Year of Chubby Checker and The Twist Chubby Checker's version of The Twist came out August 1, 1960 and he followed it up with non-stop touring, The...
August 1 in Pop Culture History
August 1 in Pop Culture History 1774 - British scientist Joseph Priestley re-discovered oxygen (the gas), verifying the discovery of it by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. 1790 - The...
July 31 in Pop Culture History
July 31 in Pop Culture History 781 - The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. 1492 - Jews were expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree took effect....
July 30 in Pop Culture History
July 30 in Pop Culture History 762 - Baghdad was founded by caliph Al-Mansur. 1619 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses,...
July 29 in Pop Culture History
July 29 in Pop Culture History 1148 - The Siege of Damascus ended with a crusader defeat and lead end of the Second Crusade. 1836 - Inauguration of the Arc...
July 28 in Pop Culture History
July 28 in Pop Culture History 1854 - The USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, was commissioned. 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the...
July 27 in Pop Culture History
July 27 in Pop Culture History 1694 - A Royal charter was granted to the Bank of England. 1789 - The first US federal government agency, the Department of Foreign...
July 26 in Pop Culture History
July 26 in Pop Culture History 1745 - "The greatest cricket match that was played in this part of England was on Friday, the 26th of last month, on Gosden...
July 25 in Pop Culture History
July 25 in Pop Culture History 306 - Constantine I (Constantine The Great) was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. 1593 - Henry IV of France converted from Protestantism to...
July 24 in Pop Culture History
July 24 in Pop Culture History REMINDER: If you have promised your significant other that you will love them 7/24, TODAY is 7/24. 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was...
July 23 in Pop Culture History
July 23 in Pop Culture History 1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patented (#5581X) the typographer, an early typewriter. 1926 - Fox Film bought the patents of...
July 22 in Pop Culture History
July 22 in Pop Culture History 1587 - A second group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony. 1796 - Surveyors of...
July 21 in Pop Culture History
July 21 in Pop Culture History 356 BC - The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed by arson. 1865 - In...
July 20 in Pop Culture History
July 20 in Pop Culture History 1903 - The Ford Motor Company shipped its first car. 1938 - The United States Department of Justice filed suit in New York City...
July 19 in Pop Culture History
July 19 in Pop Culture History 64 - Great Fire of Rome occurred, destroying half of the city. Contrary to rumors, Nero did not play the fiddle while it burned,...
July 18 in Pop Culture History
July 18 in Pop Culture History 1870 - The First Vatican Council decreed the dogma of papal infallibility. 1925 - Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf. 1960 - #1 Hit July...