Columbus Sets Sail from Spain
On Aug. 3rd, back in 1492, many worlds began to end and others began anew as Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain on his first voyage. They spotted a “new …
Author: Juan
First Mailboxes in the United States
On August 2nd, back in 1858, the first mailboxes were installed in Boston and New York City streets. The first U.S. letterbox sanctioned by the United States Postal Service was …
Remembering TWA Flight 800
On July 17, back in 1996, just minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, TWA Flight 800, bound for Paris, exploded off the coast of Long Island. The …
100 Years Before Rosa Parks
On July 16, back in 1854, African-American schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings Graham was thrown off a Manhattan Third Avenue streetcar reserved for whites. With the support of the community and the …
Cornerstone for a New Symbol of Freedom
On this day, back in 2004, the cornerstone for the “Freedom Tower” (One World Trade Center) was laid on the former World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. The inscription …