On This Day: Cuban Missile Crisis Blockade
By Tony Pettinato on October 22, 2018
An article about President Kennedy telling the American public on 22 October 1962 that the Soviet Union was installing nuclear missiles in Cuba... (Read More)
Tag: American History
On This Day: Russia Formally Transferred Alaska to the U.S.
By Tony Pettinato on October 18, 2018
An article about the ceremony in Sitka, Alaska, on 18 October 1867, when Russia formally transferred the Territory of Alaska to the United States... (Read More)
On This Day: Rod Serling’s ‘The Twilight Zone’ Made TV Debut
By Tony Pettinato on October 2, 2018
An article about Rod Serling’s intriguing and challenging new TV show, “The Twilight Zone,” making its debut on 2 October 1959... (Read More)
The Kind Doctor Who Unknowingly Saved a Dying Jesse James
By Tony Pettinato on September 24, 2018
An article about Dr. Joseph Wood in 1864 saving the life of a young man he did not know, who would go on to become the infamous outlaw Jesse James... (Read More)
On This Day: The Bank Robbery That Destroyed Jesse James’ Gang
By Tony Pettinato on September 7, 2018
An article about the James-Younger Gang robbing the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, on 7 September 1876... (Read More)
Back to School: Dress Codes from the Past
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 28, 2018
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about high school dress codes from the past... (Read More)
On This Day: World’s First Successful Oil Well – Drilled in 1859!
By Tony Pettinato on August 27, 2018
An article about Edwin L. Drake drilling the first commercially successful oil well, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, on 27 August 1859... (Read More)
Joaquin Murietta, the ‘Robin Hood of El Dorado’
By Tony Pettinato on July 25, 2018
An article about Joaquin Murietta, the “Robin Hood of El Dorado,” who was killed on 25 July 1853 by a band of California State Rangers... (Read More)
On This Day: Sad, Painful Death for President Ulysses S. Grant
By Tony Pettinato on July 23, 2018
An article about the death of President Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War hero, who died a painful and impoverished death at the age of 63 on 23 July 1885... (Read More)
