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January 26 in Pop Culture History 1564 – The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. 1838 – Tennessee became the 1st state to prohibit ....
January 25 in Pop Culture History 1533 – Henry VIII of England married his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1858 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn was played at the marriage of Queen Victoria’s daughter, ....
January 24 in Pop Culture History 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated. 1848 – Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, Coloma, California by James W. Marshall. 1899 – The US patent (#618128) for a ....
January 23 in Pop Culture History 1556 (Earthquake) Shaanxi, China. Over 800,000 people may were killed. 1571 – The Royal Exchange opened in London. 1793 – Humane Society of Philadelphia (America’s 1st aid organization) founded. ....
January 22 in Pop Culture History 1890 – The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio. 1943 – Spearfish, North Dakota experienced a forty-nine degree temperature change over the span of two ....
January 21 in Pop Culture History 1472 – The Great Daylight Comet of 1472 was visible in daylight for 8 days. 1790 – Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed the guillotine to the newly formed National Assembly ....
January 20 in Pop Culture History January 20, 1992 was a Good Day for rapper Ice Cube. 1265 – 1st English Parliament was called into session by Earl of Leicester. 1835 (Volcano Eruption) Cosigüina 1920 ....
January 19 in Pop Culture History 1825 – The US patent (#X004009) for food storage in cans to “preserve animal substances in tin” was issued to Ezra Daggett and his nephew Thomas Kensett of New ....
January 18 in Pop Culture History 1644 – “In this year one James Everell, a sober, discreet man, and two others, saw a great light in the night at Muddy River. When it stood still, ....
January 17 in Pop Culture History 1706 – Ben Franklin ‘The First American’ was born. 1773 – Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. 1929 – ....
January 16 in Pop Culture History 1362 – St. Marcellus Flood or Grote Mandrenke (Great Drowning of Men), Netherlands 1547 – Ivan the Terrible crowned himself 1st Tsar of Moscow. 1581 – The English Parliament ....
January 15 in Pop Culture History It’s National Hat Day, because in 1797, the 1st top hat was worn, by John Etherington in London. There are 350 days left until next year. (unless it is ....
January 14 in Pop Culture History 1690 – The Clarinet was invented in Nurnberg, Germany 1794 – Elizabeth Hog Bennett became the first woman in the US to successfully give birth to a child by ....
January 13 in Pop Culture History 1854 – US patent (#11062) for an accordion was issued to Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, Pa. 1863 – Thomas Crapper invented the portable toilet. 1888 – National Geographic Society ....
January 12 in Pop Culture History “I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. ....
January 11 in Pop Culture History 1693 (Earthquake) Sicily, Italy 1908 – The Grand Canyon National Monument was created. 1922 – Leonard Thompson (1908-35) was the first person to receive an injection of insulin as ....
What started the “Tide Pods Challenge” and is it even real?Timeline Tide Pods Timeline: In February 2012, Procter & Gamble introduced the Tide PODS laundry detergent packs. By late 2013, The U.S. read more The ....
January 10 in Pop Culture History 1776 – “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine was published. 1863 – London’s Metropolitan, the world’s first underground passenger railway, opened. 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. It ....
January 9 in Pop Culture History 1693 (Earthquake) Sicily, Italy 1788 – Connecticut became the 5th state 1793 – Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight in the United States, from Philadelphia, PA ....
50 Facts You Thought Were True, But Weren’t A lot of people have been taught misconceptions. How many of these facts did you believe to be true? When you pour from cartons with a screw ....
January 8 in Pop Culture History 1780 (Earthquake) Tabriz, Iran 1790 – George Washington gave the first ‘State of the Union’ message, urging the opening of the US Patent Office. 1815 – Johnny Horton’s the ....
January 7 in Pop Culture History 1608 – Fire destroyed the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia 1714 – The world’s first patent (#395) for a “Machine for Transcribing Letters” was granted in England by Queen Anne ....
January 6 in Pop Culture History 1540 – King Henry VIII of England married Anne of Cleves. 1838 – Samuel Morse made the 1st public demonstration of telegraph in New Jersey. 1839 – The Night ....
January 5 in Pop Culture History 1889 – The word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, a Walla Walla, Washington, newspaper. 1905 – The National Association of Audubon Society incorporated. 1914 ....
January 4 in Pop Culture History 1790 – President Washington delivered the 1st State of the Union address 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall ....
January 3 in Pop Culture History January 3 is Take A Nerd To Lunch Day 1521 – Martin Luther was excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church 1777 – Washington defeated the British at Battle of Princeton, ....
January 2 in Pop Culture History 1788 – Georgia became the 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution. 1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers was founded. 1839 – First known picture of the moon ....
January 1 in Pop Culture History 4713 BC – Julian Calendar day #1, according to Joseph Justus Scaliger’s cycle of 7980 years. 46 BC – The Julian Calendar began, and was used widespread until 1582. ....
December 31 in Pop Culture History 1600 – The British East India Company was chartered. It was the first global mega-corporation. 1805 – The ‘Calendar of Reason’ had been introduced in France on November 24, ....
December 30 in Pop Culture History Only two Atlantic storms/hurricanes were ever observed to span two calendar years: Alice (Dec 30, 1954 – Jan 6, 1955) and, exactly 51 years later, Zeta (Dec 30, 2005 ....