this day in Herstory
Posted 4/17/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Pierpont Morgan, Isak Dinesen and Daffy Duck have Birthdays. Sir Thomas More gets sent to London Tower over a woman, Martin Luther is excommunicated and Verrazano discovers the land from which a Bridge will be built. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 4/16/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
A hearty welcome to Pope Benedict. Hildegard of Bingen is issued a protection order by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1163 and it’s the day Saint Bernadette died in 1879. Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel and it’s the birthday of Polly Adler, the madame of the most famous Brothel in New York City during the Prohibition era who hung out with Dorothy Parker. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 4/15/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Who said, "Only the little people pay taxes." She was referenced last month as "The Queen of Mean." It was only fitting that it was tax day 1992 when Leona Helmsley began her 4 year prison term for tax evasion. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 4/14/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Websters Dictionary is first published, as is A Tale of Two Cities in serial form. Harriet Tubman begins the Underground Railroad. In 1860 The Pony Express begins to deliver the mail and 5 years later Lincoln is shot at the Ford Theater. Rachel Carson and Simone de Beauvoir die. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 4/13/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Big days for Thomas Jefferson and Pete Rose. Also for retailers JC Penney and Frank Winfield Woolworth. The inventor of Scrabble was also born today and John Dryden becomes the first English Poet Laureate. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 4/12/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
The fireproof safe was patented and The Salk Vaccine was termed safe for "polio valuaation." The catchers mask is used for the first time, as is the first gear and lever voting machine. A victim of polio, FDR dies from a cerebral Hemorrhage and Harold Washington is elected Chicago’s first black mayor. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 4/11/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
Ellis Island opens to immigrants, "Remember the Maine" The Spanish American War is about to begin, Eisenhower gives his "Domino Speech"concerning Viet Nam and Truman relieves McArthur of his command for speaking against Executive Branch Policy. The first Nazi Prison camp is liberated by the Allies. . . . .
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this day in Herstory
Posted 4/10/2010 - DB Metzger | 0 comment(s)
The Great American Novel is published, The patent system is established and the safety pin is patented. Paul officially resigns from the Beatles and 70 nations vote to ban biological warfare. Joseph Pulitzer is born, The ASPCA is incorporated, and the last automat closes in the Big Apple. . . . .
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