History

In 2014, the European Space Agency (ESA) did the incredible: it landed a probe on a comet. But this wasn't its first rodeo. Ten years ago, it parked a probe on the hazy, alien moon of Titan.

Last night I was up late watching TV and at midnight came across the retelling of the O.J. Simpson trial. Basically, it was a documentary on the events in the court room from almost 20 years ago. For some reason like the nine months of real time testimony back in 1995 this one hour look back captured me in the same way.

Did you know today is 'National Rubber Duckie Day?" Well, that's my learning moment of the day today from the Moose Morning Show. It also gives me an excuse to watch this classic from 'Sesame Street.'

30 YEARS!? How did that happen.  Anyway....I have learned, nestled in the foothills of the north Georgia mountains, Babyland General Hospital, the birthplace of Cabbage Patch Kids, is still keeping the magic alive.

When we grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in school we learned about the 'Halifax Explosion.' It happened on this date 97 years ago. On December 6, 1917 to make a long story short, two ships collided in Halifax Harbour.

Let me start this by saying I am OK with nuclear power for the good. It is a very efficient and if kept up to code and produced safely can be a clean energy source. That being said, there s a downside to nuclear power. Remember the Chernobyl catastrophe back in 1986?

Back on this day, October 17, 1989 (25 years ago) was the earthquake in the San Francisco area which caused havoc during the World Series.

Well, this past weekend I saw a photo at an event that celebrated the 80th anniversary of Amelia Earhart visit to Augusta. Well, I asked and got my answer from a few different sources. I know know that girl is....

This past Saturday (August 2) was an event to honor the 80th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s visit to Maine. At Maine Instrument Flight they had a display about Earhart and a special focus on encouraging girls and women to learn to fly. One of the old newspaper photos in the display about Earhart’s visit to Augusta caught my attention. The caption on the photo did not identify the girl other than

The year was 1982, and a ten year old girl from Manchester, Maine, wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the USSR Yuri Andropov.

Today being a ‘Throwback Thursday’ and where I think I’ve run out of personal stories at least for now, I thought I’d run down the highlights of 1994. That’s 20 years ago.

Remember the days of peer to peer music sharing? Remember the old Napster, Kazaa and Limewire? Before 11 years ago, many downloading music for free thought of it in the same way we recorded from our friends' cassettes and CDs years earlier.

If you’re 30-something or older, you probably remember where you were tonight 20 years ago, especially if you were watching TV.

Saturday, June 14, is National Flag Day. It's a day that commemorates the adoption of the U.S. Flag back in 1777. Three years ago, President Obama extended the Flag Day festivities to Flag Week.

Woops. An appearance by “American Idol” alum Chris Daughtry on the morning show Fox & Friends has triggered backlash and a videotaped apology by the singer.  He was on the show last Friday, D-Day. So, as the show was closing, the hosts asked Daughtry to take part last moment request to sing a song in honor of the day. Daughtry was caught off guard and made some comments that did not go over we

It was 30 years ago today that ‘Born in the USA’ by Bruce Springsteen was released. I had at least two copies of it in my lifetime, cassette and CD for sure, trying to think back if I had it on LP or not, either way it was a staple from the 80s music catalog.