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This Day in History: Mae West is Sentenced to 10 Days in Prison for Writing, Directing, and Performing in the Broadway Play “Sex”
This Day In History: April 19, 1927 On This day in history, 1927, Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in prison and given a $500 fine, charged with “obscenity and corrupting the morals
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This Day in History: The First Mass Commercial Internet Spam Campaign is Launched
This Day In History: April 12, 1994 On This day in history, 1994, the world’s first mass commercial internet spam campaign was launched when husband and wife immigration lawyer team, Laurence Canter and Martha
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This Day in History: Martin Cooper Publicly Demonstrates the World’s First Handheld Mobile Phone
This Day In History: April 3, 1973 On This day in history, 1973, a Motorola employee, Martin Cooper, publicly demonstrated the world’s first handheld mobile phone by placing a call to Joel Engel, the
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This Day in History: Civil War Veteran and Morphine Addict John Pemberton Invents Coca-Cola
This Day In History: March 29, 1886 On This day in history, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton mixed the first batch of what would soon become Coca-Cola. Pemberton was a pharmacist and also a former
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This Day in History: Sports Illustrated Publishes an Article Alleging Pete Rose Bet on Major League Baseball Games
This Day In History: March 21, 1989 On This day in history, 1989, Sports Illustrated published an article alleging that Cincinnati Reds Coach and former star baseball player Pete Rose bet on Major League
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This Day in History: Paraplegic Richard Hansen Sets Out to Circumnavigate the World in a Wheelchair
This Day In History: March 20, 1985 On This day in history, 1985, paraplegic Rick Hansen sets out to circumnavigate the land masses of the world in a wheelchair. Hansen was inspired by Terry Fox,
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This Day in History: Robert H. Goddard Performs the First Flight Test of a Liquid Fueled Rocket
This Day In History: March 16, 1926 On This day in history, 1926, Robert Goddard performed the first flight test of a liquid-fuel rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. This gasoline and liquid oxygen fueled rocket burned
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This Day in History: A Proposal by the Joint Chiefs of Staff Suggesting That the U.S. Military Should Commit Acts of Terrorism in the U.S. and Blame it on Cuba is Presented to the Secretary of Defense
This Day In History: March 13, 1962 On This day in history, 1962, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer, submitted a proposal to the Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara,
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This Day in History: Christopher Columbus Tricks Native Jamaicans into Giving Him Supplies by Using His Knowledge of an Upcoming Lunar Eclipse
This Day In History: February 29, 1504 On This day in history, 1504, Christopher Columbus convinced a group of Native Jamaicans that his god was angry with them for ceasing to provide his group
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This Day in History: Samuel Byck Hijacks an Airliner with the Intent of Flying it into the White House to Kill President Nixon
On This Day In History: February 22, 1974 On This day in history, 1974, Samuel Joseph Byck attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon. Byck’s plan was to take control of an airliner and then
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