Crime & Scandal
Shortly after midnight on a cold December in 1903, James G. Ryan, walking on Essex Street in Salem, heard screams from a woman obviously in …
Arts & Leisure
A 150-year-old hockey stick made by the Mi’kmaq people sold at auction for $2.2 million in 2006. The Mi’kmaq designed and manufactured the first commercial …
Politics & Military
On New Year’s Day, 1776, George Washington ordered the first American flag raised to the top of a 76-foot liberty pole at the summit of …
Business & Labor
In 1902, the Quaker Oats Company launched an odd product promotion that 75 years later caused headaches for officials in Milford, Conn. Boxes of oatmeal …
Religion & Social Movements
During his lifetime, John Neal was as popular a novelist as Stephen King, as outspoken an activist as Gloria Steinem and as influential a critic …
Science & Nature
One of the very first things the U.S. Congress ever did was to put the federal government in charge of lighthouses. The freshmen Congressmen understood …
