October 10, 2012 0 Superman to the Rescue Superman, the iconic superhero from the planet Krypton, made his comic book debut in the first issue of [...]
October 9, 2012 0 A Chip Off the Old Mouse Disneyland, the iconic theme park in Anaheim, California, officially opened its gates for the first time on [...]
October 5, 2012 0 Hugs and Crosses The phrase “XOXO” is a not-uncommon way to close a letter, email, text message, or, in the case [...]
October 4, 2012 0 Elvis at the Prom Elvis Presley’s first major record label album, self-titled, was released by RCA Records on March 23, [...]
October 3, 2012 0 No Necks Allowed Fred Flintstone and George Jetson are iconic comic characters from the Hanna-Barbera universe. While Fred is [...]
October 2, 2012 0 Cresap’s War In the early 1800s, it was clear that the issue of slavery was going to be a divisive one in the United [...]
October 1, 2012 0 Beer, Uncensored Go to the Wikipedia entry for the word “fuck” and it gets right to the point, defining it as [...]
September 28, 2012 0 The Price is Fixed At the end of many American television game shows, you may see an odd disclaimer, something to the effect of [...]
September 27, 2012 0 Leopards and Tigers and Corbetts In the late 1800s, a Bengal tiger known as the Champawat Tiger was terrorizing Nepal. While tigers, [...]
September 25, 2012 0 Cards, Love, and Mario The Nintendo corporation was founded in Japan in 1889. But it was not until 1985 that the Nintendo [...]