Woah, 1994. For those that are into celebrating and stuff. Did you know that today is not just a day for drinking Corona’s and tequilla, but is actually a celebration in the state of Puebla (not so much the rest of the country) that commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely defeat of French forces at the [...]
He’s kinda the epitome of the bizarro pop culture landscape that was the 80′s. I barely remember him, but I remember him enough to conclusively wonder what the hell kind of drugs people were doing back then aside from lotsa blow. Also, New Coke was a failure. But we won’t talk about that inauspiscious debut.
When the month and day form the square root of the year, math geeks celebrate a special holiday. Presumably. I don’t know to many math geeks. Actually, the closest I come is myself and that watching that show Numbers on Saturday morning. “These days are like calendar comets, you wait and wait and wait for [...]
I’m a bit late with this one, but I don’t want to forget any of our Illinois readers out there. For those not aware, Illinis celebrate on the first Monday of March in honor of Polish immigrant and Revolutionary War general Casimir Pulaski. So ah, for any Illinois-native readers, what do people do to celebrate [...]
Today marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday. And though only 39% of Americans believe in evolution, which is a bit baffling [I met someone recently who admitted to not believing in evolution and I was stunned, just didn't know how to react], today is a day to celebrate a scientist and good man. [...]
Fifty years ago, Feb. 3, 1959, a plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. Richardson AKA The Big Bopper crashed due to a snowstorm shorlty into their flight from Clear Lake, Iowa to Fargo, North Dakota. All three rock n’roll legends died in the crash. The three were only two stops on the Winter [...]
Ludwig van Beethoven debuted his Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 and Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 on this day in 1808 at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien. Both performances were underrehearsed The fiery Symphony No. 5 is one of the most well-known and often-played symphonies is music history; it’s [...]
We all know the story of what happened when John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman. The tragic loss of one of music’s most beloved artists. Yoko is asking for people to share their memories or thoughts about John at Imagine Peace. You can do so below or here. I wasn’t alive really to [...]
He turns 80 today. Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie premiered on November 18th 1928 at the Broadway Theater. The most iconic mouse there is. One day, if Pixar’s Luxo doesn’t get waylaid making pornos, we’ll be regarding it with the same affection as Mickey Mouse.
1925 in Dayton, Tenn.: Quiet red-haired and boyish biology teacher and part-time football coach John Scopes was found guilty for teaching evolution in his classroom, which at that time was in violation of Tennessee state law. Trial of the century, is what it was called. Scopes agreed reluctantly to the ACLU’s insistence on going to [...]
