Articles Containing Tag: history

“Memoirs are the backstairs of history.” ~ George Meredith January 8, 1790: George Washington Delivers First State of the Union Address America’s Founding Father and first president, George Washington, had a very difficult task ahead of him. Not only was… Read More

“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” ~ George Bernard Shaw December 27, 1831: Charles Darwin Sets Out on His Expedition Around the World Charles Darwin is history’s most… Read More

“Hindsight is the historian’s necessary vice.” ~ Hilary Mantel December 20, 1606: Expedition to America and Establishment of Jamestown In 1492, Christopher Columbus reached the New World and began a race between countries to establish colonies in the unclaimed territory…. Read More

“A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.” ~ Norman Cousins November 28, 1520: Ferdinand Magellan Sails Around the World Centuries ago, people used to believe that the world was… Read More

“The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.” ~ E.L. Doctorow November 21, 1783: The First Hot-Air Balloon Flight Today, it might not seem like a big deal to fly in a… Read More

“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.” ~ Victor Hugo November 14, 1889: Nellie Bly Started Her Around the World Trip When Jules Verne wrote Around the World… Read More

“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” ~ Harry S. Truman Election Day and Presidential Elections November is the time of year Americans go to the voting booths and choose their local, state,… Read More

“History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.” ~ Anselm Kiefer November 4, 1922: King Tut’s Tomb is Discovered King Tut (Tutankhamun) is a very famous historical figure…. Read More

“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.” ~ Eric Hoffer October 13, 1792: Construction of the White House Washington, DC, was not always the capital… Read More

“History never looks like history when you are living through it.” ~ John W. Gardner October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire In the 1800s, fire departments didn’t have the technology that modern firefighters use. Especially in regions where buildings… Read More

“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” ~ Michael Crichton October 1, 1908: Henry Ford’s Model T Went on Sale The Ford Model T… Read More

Have you seen the movie Titanic? How would you like to take a tour of the real site where the ship sank? You can, but it will cost $125,000. A company called OceanGate runs yearly dives allowing researchers and curiosity… Read More