On this date (Dec 9) in 1944, my dad – Jack L Cunningham Jr – was born in Phoenix, AZ. Son of a western hottie and a sailor-turned-pipeliner, my dad was one of those guys who moved all over the
On this date (Dec 8)…
On this date ( Dec 8 ) 1993, the US Secretary of Defense made the Global Positioning System (hereafter known as GPS) available to civilian use. Back in ’57, the night after the Soviets launched Sputnik (the first man-made satellite,
On this date (Dec 6)…
On this date (Dec. 6) in the year 346, Άγιος Νικόλαος died. His Anglicized name was Nikolaos of Myra, a Greek Bishop of Myra (which is now Demre – in modern-day Turkey). He became known as Saint Nicholas – the
On this date (Dec 1)…
On this date (Dec 1) in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for not punching a bozo in the nose… I mean, she was arrested for not giving up her bus seat for white passengers when ordered to do so by
On this date (Nov 30)…
On this date (Nov 30) in 30 BC, Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator died. Tradition holds that she died from a pain in the asp (rim shot)… Cleopatra remains a powerful figure in the worlds of art, literature, and even philosophy,