Month: August 2012

On this date (Aug 2), in 1909, the first Lincoln head pennies were minted. 1909 was the centennial of Lincoln’s birth, and his profile on the penny was a memorial to The Great Emancipator. Officially called the “cent” by the

On this date (August 1), in 1981, the landscape of entertainment was permanently altered. MTV began broadcasting, opening just after midnight with footage from the countdown and launch of Columbia, the inaugural mission of NASA’s late space shuttle program. Over