Browsing: Moments in Time
On Sept. 14, 1964, author John Steinbeck was honored with the U.S. Medal of Freedom. He had previously received a…
On Sept. 7, 1776, the American submersible craft Turtle attempted to attach a time bomb to the hull of British…
On Aug. 31, 2005, the World Music Awards honored Destiny’s Child as the best-selling female group of all time, having…
On Aug. 24, 1572, King Charles IX of France, influenced by his mother, Catherine de Medici, ordered the assassination of…
On Aug. 3, 1923, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the U.S., hours after the death…
On July 20, 1963, Jan and Dean’s song “Surf City” made it to the coveted top of the American pop…
On July 6, 1900, Warren Earp, youngest of the famous gunfighting Earp brothers, was murdered at the Headquarters Saloon in…
On June 8, 793, in the first recorded Viking attack in Europe, Norse invaders launched a raid of looting and…
On April 13, 1012, a ransom of 48,000 pounds was paid by King Aethelred the Unready and British authorities to…