As we move from 2025 into 2026...

 

December 31 This Day in History (2025)

December 31: Zeitgeist, A couple of Kings Henry from the 1100s, The British East India Company, Guinness, "Auld Lang Syne" and a quote.

Friendship

 

December 30 This Day in History (2025)

December 30: Camaraderie, Battle of Buffalo, Jeff Lynne, "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra, and a quote.

What you do with your talent is what matters

 

December 29 This Day in History (2025)

December 29: Coffee, Texas, Pablo Casals, Casals playing Bach's Cello Suite #1, and a quote.

Life

 

December 28 This Day in History (Weekend Edition 2025)

December 28: Sentimental, John C. Calhoun, Iowa, Woodrow Wilson, San Francisco Cable Cars, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett, and a quote.

Music

 

December 27 This Day in History, Weekend Edition (2025)

December 27: Authentic, Radio City Music Hall, Rationing, Karla Bonoff, ”Home” by Bonnie Raitt, and a quote.

Babe Ruth

 

December 26 This Day in History (Weekend Edition, 2025)

December 26: Fractious, George Washington, Radium, Curse of the Bambino, Sister Wendy Beckett, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles, and a quote.

Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men

 

December 25 This Day in History (2025) - Merry Christmas!

December 25: Peace, Clara Barton, “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby, and a quote

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart"

 

December 24 This Day in History (2025)

December 24: Grace, "Puffing Devil" Steam Car, WWI Spontaneous Christmas Truce, “Silent Night” by Frank Sinatra, and a quote

Angry people are not always wise.

 

December 23 This Day in History (2025)

December 23: Arbitrary, Jane Austen's Emma, Federal Reserve Act, Jorma Kaukonen, The Transistor, “Embryonic Journey” by Jefferson Airplane, and a quote.

St. Hildegard

 

December 22 This Day in History (2025)

December 22: Paraphernalia, Diocletian, Library of Congress, Asteroid 323 Brucia, The Lincoln Tunnel, Rick Nielsen, “Dream Police” by Cheap Trick, and a quote.

Carol Burnett

 

December 21 This Day in History, Weekend Edition (2025)

December 21: Gratitude, The Year of the Four Emperors, "Gangnam Style" by Psy, and a quote.

Dr. Seuss

December 20 This Day in History, Weekend Edition (2025)

December 20: Finagle, Captain America, "It's A Wonderful Life", David Cook, "The Time of My Life" by David Cook and a quote.

💙

 

December 19 This Day in History (2025)

Knowledge and Wisdom

 

December 18 This Day in History (2025)

December 18: Oblivion, U.S. Constitution, 13th Amendment, Project SCORE, Epimethius, "Maneater" by Hall and Oates, and a quote.

Time

 

December 17 This Day in History (2025)

December 17: Ta-ta, Post-Pearl Harbor Shakeup, Project Blue Book Ends, “Say Say Say” by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, and a quote.

Practice

 

Woodstock

 

December 15 This Day in History ( 2025)

December 15: Irregardless/Regardless, Bill of Rights, Gustave Eiffel, Max Yasgur, 21st Amendment, “Woodstock” by Joni Mitchell, and a quote.

Pretty is as Pretty Does

 

December 13 This Day in History Weekend Edition (2025)

December 13: Gneiss, Council of Trent, 12 Man Jury, Mary Todd Lincoln, Van Heflin, Apollo 17, Taylor Swift, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift, and a quote

Do not Wait

 

December 12 This Day in History (2025)

December 12: Purist, Mona Lisa, "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson, and a quote.

 

December 11 This Day in History (2025)

Hope for an alcoholic

I would.

 

December 10 This Day in Hoistory (2025)

December 10: Gossip, Martin Luther, Encyclopedia Britannica, Emily Dickinson, Harp Guitar and a quote.

Happy

 

December 9 This Day in History (2025)

December 9: Bibelot, Belisarius, The Virgin of Guadalupe, YMCA, Traffic Lights, Separation of Church and State, Nuremberg Trials, G.E. Fires Communists, Computer Innovations, Smallpox Eradicated, "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel, and a quote.

Freedom

 

December 8 This Day in History (2025)

December 8: Lurry, Mary Queen of Scots, Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, "A Day Which Will Live In Infamy," Jim Morrison, “Riders on the Storm” by The Doors, and a quote.

Important Days

 

December 7 This Day in History (Weekend Edition)

December 7: Taxi, Delaware, Albert Einstein, Pearl Harbor, Harry Chapin, “Taxi” by Harry Chapin, and a quote.

Improve

 

December 6 This Day in History (Weekend Edition)

December 6: Ratification, Congress Moves, The 13th Amendment, Washington Monument, Mike Smith 🎶, The 25th Amendment, "Because" by The Dave Clark Five, and a quote.

Martin Van Buren Quote

 

December 5 This Day in History (2025)

December 5: Lip-Sync, Earthquakes, Christie's Auction House, Martin Van Buren, 21st Amendment, J.J. Cale, "Crazy Mama" by J.J. Cale, and a quote.

Be a good one.

 

December 4 This Day in History (2025)

Character and Reputation

 

December 3 This Day in History (2025)

December 3: Gloaming, Illinois, Mickey Thomas, “Spend Some Time” by Elvin Bishop Band, and a quote.

Music

 

December 2 This Day on History (2025)

December 2: Oracle, American Samoa, Michael Hedges, “Oracle” by Michael Hedges, and a quote

Independence

 

December 1 This Day in History (2025)

December 1: Indubitably, Iceland, Lou Rawls, The Channel Tunnel, The Arecibo Telescope, “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” by Lou Rawls, and a quote.

C.S. Lewis

 

November 30 2025 Weekend Edition

November 30: Motley, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), "Love Child" by Diana Ross and the Supremes, and a quote.

Make the world a better place

 

November 29 This Day in History Weekend Edition

November 29: Ethereal, Christian Andreas Doppler, Mark James, “Come Together” by The Beatles, and a quote.

Gratitude

 

November 28 2025

November 28: Sabotage, Magellan, John Bunyan, Hawaii, The Grand Ole Opry, Berry Gordy, "Money (That's What I Want)", and a quote.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

November 27 This Day in History - Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27 - Happy Thanksgiving! Obligatory, Alfred Nobel, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Jimi Hendrix, The Vietnam War, “Purple Haze” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and a quote.

True Humility

 

November 26 This Day in History (2025)

November 26: Orange, Thanksgiving, Bill Wilson, Robert Goulet, "If Ever I Would Leave You" by Robert Goulet, and a quote.

The Road Not Taken...

 

November 25 This Day in History (2025)

November 25: Triumph, Triumph of Servius Tullius, Bob Lind, “Elusive Butterfly” by Bob Lind, and a quote.

Dale Carnegie

 

November 24 This Day in History (2025)

November 24: Sesquipedalian, John Froelich, Dale Carnegie, Lee Michaels, D.B. Cooper, “Do You Know What I Mean” by Lee Michaels, and a quote.

 

November 21 This Day in history (2025)

November 21: Extirpate, American Revolutionary War, North Carolina, Thomas Edison's Phonograph, E=mc2, “I Think I Love You” by The Partridge Family, and a quote.

 

November 20 This Day in history (2025)

November 20: Emblematic, The Bill of Rights, The Inspiration for Moby Dick, Norman Greenroom "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum, and a quote.

The Gettysburg Address

 

November 19 2025 TDIH

November 19: International Men's Day, Stockholm Syndrome, The Gettysburg Address, Pelé, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest", Patty Hearst, “Charmaine” (from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), and a quote.

 

November 17 This Day in History (2025)

November 17: Anecdotal, Dawn of the Elizabethan Era, Articles of Confederation, Gordon Lightfoot, “If You Could Read My Mind” by Gordon Lightfoot, and a song.

 

November 16 2025 Weekend Edition

November 16 Scripturient, The Santa Fe Trail, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Oklahoma, “Oklahoma U.S.A.” by The Kinks, and a quote

 

November 15 2025 Weekend Edition

November 15: Perspective, William Herschel, "Sign of the Times" by Petula Clark, and a quote.

 

November 14 This Day in History 2025

November 14: Fidelity, The Nile River, The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stephen Bishop, “On and On” by Stephen Bishop, and a quote.

💜

 

November 13 This Day in history (2025)

November 13: Saponin, 1775: Patriots Take Montreal, 1861: General Snubs Lincoln, Buck O’Neil ⚾️, Fantasia, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies, and a quote

 

November 12 This Day in History 2025

November 12: Empirical, Pudge Heffelfinger, Robert Scott, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Brian Hyland, "Sealed With A Kiss" by Brian Hyland, and a quote

Veteran's Day

 

November 11 This Day in History (2025)

November 11: Patriot, Veterans' Day, General George S. Patton, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and a quote

 

November 10 This Day in History (2025)

November 10: Dirge, 50th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot, and a quote.

 

November 9 2025 Weekend Edition

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