October 7, 2024 In 1886 this brand’s bookkeeper came up with its name & flowing script logo, saying, “The Two Cs would look well in advertising”
October 4, 2024 A fragment from a nautical tool found on a Chilean island in 2005 was likely left by the Scot who partly inspired this character
October 2, 2024 Physicist John Wheeler said he coined this term as a faster way to say “completely collapsed objects”
October 1, 2024 The first British sitcom to win a Best Comedy Golden Globe, it was remade in a U.S. version that had almost 15 times as many episodes
September 30, 2024 The name of this, actually a not very tall hill, became a symbol of Jewish national aspiration & was used in spirituals & reggae
September 27, 2024 At its dedication, Sen. John Sherman said, “simple in form… it rises into the skies higher than any other work of human art”
September 26, 2024 A 1927 N.Y. Times Headline: “Witness Testifies” this woman “rewrote play and insisted on the spicy scenes because city liked them”
September 25, 2024 “Blood will have blood”,” says this title character, who is later told “be bloody, bold, & resolute”
September 24, 2024 In a state of shock, on Nov 27, 1978, she announced that “both Mayor Moscone & Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot & killed”
