Thursday, November 27, 2025

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.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Monday, November 24, 2025

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.

Friday, November 21, 2025


 

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.

Thursday, November 20, 2025


 

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.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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.

Monday, November 17, 2025



 

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.

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Friday, November 14, 2025


 

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.

Thursday, November 13, 2025

💜


 

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

Wednesday, November 12, 2025


 

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

Monday, November 10, 2025


 

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.

Friday, November 7, 2025


 

November 7 This Day in History (2025)

November 7: Penumbra, The London Gazette, Marie Curie, Republican Elephant, Billy Graham, PBS, "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall and John Oates, and a quote

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Monday, November 3, 2025

Understand


 

November 3 This Day in History 2025

November 3: Creole, American Continental Army, William Howard Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lulu, D.C. Gets the Vote, "To Sir With Love" by Lulu, and a quote.

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Looking Forward


 

November 2 This Day in History Weekend Edition 2025

November 2: Colloquialism, Daniel Boone, Marie Antoinette, James K. Polk, Warren G. Harding, The Dakotas, k.d. lang, “Trail of Broken Hearts” by k.d.lang, and a quote

Thursday, October 30, 2025




 

October 30 This Day in History 2025

October 30: Contrarian, Angelica Kauffman, Robert Goulet, “War of the Worlds”, “If Ever I Would Leave You” by Robert Goulet, and a quote

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Don't Worry


 

October 28 This Day in History (2025)

October 28: Worry, Nerva, Bejing, Wayne Fontana, Cuban Missile Crisis “The Game of Love” by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, and a quote.

Monday, October 27, 2025

What's Right


 

October 27 This Day in History (2025)

October 27: Elaborate vs. Elucidate, Theodore Roosevelt, Floyd Cramer, The Cuban Missile Crisis, “Last Date” by Floyd Cramer, and a quote

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Change


 

October 26 This Day in History Weekend Edition 2025

October 26: Keelhaul, Skopje burned, First Continental Congress, Napoleon Hill, Hoover Dam, Smallpox, USA PATRIOT Act, "Then Came You" by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners, and a quote

Friday, October 24, 2025

Opimists and Pessimists



 

October 24 This Day in History

October 24: Etymology, Chartres Cathedral, the 1929 Stock Market Crash, J.P. Richards, aka "The Big Bopper", "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper and a quote.

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Try, even when it feels pointless.


 

October 23 This Day in History (2025)

October 23: Initiative, Valentinian III, First Wartime Flight, WWII, Robert Lansing, “The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen” by Leon Russell, and a quote.

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The Greatest Things in Life


 

October 22 This Day in History

October 22: Wombat Day, Prefecture, Eddie Brigati, Operation Osoaviakhim, Red Dye No. 4, “How Can I Be Sure” by the Young Rascals, and a quote.

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Running


 

October 21 This Day in History

October 21:Alacrity, A Revolutionary Flag, Edison’s Lightbulb, Steve Cropper, “Green Onions” by Booker T. And the M.G.’s, and a quote

Monday, October 20, 2025

Friday, October 17, 2025

Simplicity


 

October 17 This Day in History 2025

October 17: Constellation, A Tornado in London, Kepler’s Supernova, London Beer Flood, Rita Haworth, “Put The Blame On Mame” by Rita Hayworth, and a quote.

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Speak Up


 

October 16 This Day in History (2025)

October 16: Parer, Noah Webster, Marie Antoinette, The Cardiff Giant, The Long March, China's Nukes John Mayer, “No Such Thing” by John Mayer, and a quote.

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Monday, October 13, 2025

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Practice Makes Progress


 

October 11 This Day in History Weekend Edition

This Day in History – October 11: meticulous, George Williams, Henry J. Heinz, The University of Sydney, Eleanor Roosevelt, Daryl Hall, Several items of Space News, "Kiss On My List" by Daryl Hall and John Oates, and a quote.

Friday, October 10, 2025

Sing


 

October 10 This Day in History

October 10: Synecdoche, Neptune's Moon Triton, Gail Halvorsen, King Crimson, “I Talk to the Wind” by King Crimson, and a quote.

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Good Life


 

October 9 This Day in History

October 9: Intaglio, The Prague Astronomical Clock, Kepler's Supernova, The Black Sox Scandal, Boulder Dam, John Lennon, Tony Shaloub, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, and a quote.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Power


 

October 8 This Day in History

October 8: Pink, John Hancock, Ping Bodie, Harmon Dobson, Frank Herbert, “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes” by Bobby Vee, and a quote.

Monday, October 6, 2025