On this date (Feb 28), we mark the end of Black History Month. Since the late 1970s, Black History Month has been observed/celebrated annually in the US and Canada in February, and in the UK in October. This time of
On this date (Feb 15)…
On this date (Feb 15), in 2005, YouTube was launched. To say that it was a successful launch would be an understatement… less than two years after the company was founded, our future overlord Google bought it for $1.65 billion!
On this date (Feb 10)…
On this date (Feb 10) in 1996, Deep Blue, an IBM supercomputer, beat Garry Kasparov in the opening game of their first chess tournament. At that time, Deep Blue was the first machine to win a chess game against a
On this date (Feb 7)…
On this date (Feb 7) in 1935, the classic board game Monopoly was finalized and published by Parker Brothers. Since its creation, more than a billion people have played it, making it the most played commercially available board game in
Ask Mikey – “What would Mikey do?”
It’s been awhile, so it’s time for another stirring installment of “Ask Mikey”… It’s not as fast as a Google search, but I hope it’s maybe a tad more interesting. Today’s question comes from a lovely and talented reader who