Patricia Hysell brings history to life with short date-based stories. Each story is a thread in the tapestry of our shared past. She has been writing these essays for over three years. E-mail her: spcheck@sc.rr.com.
Glen Bell opened his first Taco BellMarch 21, 1962: Glen Bell opens his first Taco Bell in Downey, California. He had previously opened three Taco Tia stands, but sold out to his partners. The first Taco Bell franchise was sold...
PenicillinMarch 14, 1942: Orvan Hess, an obstetrician/gynecologist, consults with John Bumstead, internist, and the two decide to treat Anne Miller with an experimental new drug. Ms. Miller had been treated medically and surgically and was still close to death...
Alexander Graham BellMarch 7, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell receives patent #174,465 for an invention he called "telegraphy." Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. His family (grandfather, father, and brother) worked with elocution and speech issues. Bell...
Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) RailroadFebruary 28, 1827: Maryland passes Chapter 123, a law permitting the formation of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. The Commonwealth of Virginia passed the law on March 8 and the railroad...
The Communist Manifesto was publishedFebruary 21, 1848: A new book is published in London by two Germans. The original print run was written in German and the 17,000 word treatise was finally translated into English in 1850. The authors...
St. Valentine was executedFebruary 14, 270: A holy priest of Rome is executed. Legend states the man was martyred because he refused to renounce his Christian faith. Or else, he was a Roman temple priest who defied Emperor Claudius.Continue...
Women in Switzerland get the voteFebruary 7, 1971: Women in Switzerland are given the right to vote. The struggle began centuries earlier. The history of women's suffrage has been sketchy and sporadic.Continue reading on Examiner.com ...
Van Allen BeltsJanuary 31, 1958: The means for defining bands of radiation around Earth become available to James Van Allen. Van Allen was an American scientist from the University of Iowa where he earned a PhD in nuclear physics in...
Robert Baden-Powell and Boy ScoutsJanuary 24, 1907: Robert Baden-Powell founds the Boy Scouts. Lieutenant General Baden-Powell began the movement in order to aid young boys in their physical, mental, and spiritual growth.
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Popeye's premiereJanuary 17, 1929: Elzie Crisler Segar's cartoon creation, Popeye, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. Thimble Theatre was part of King Features Syndicate created in 1915 by William Randolph Hearst. Read more about...