Birthday
One of the songs on the album The Beatles, also known as the White Album, is Birthday. The opening line is “They say it’s your birthday, Well it’s my birthday too, yeah!”. This song rings true for me today, since August 30th is my birthday. If yours is as well, then we share a birthday. [...]
Living in 1492
Christopher Columbus. Everyone knows that Columbus was alive in 1492, it was in this year that he set sail across the Atlantic and landed on what soon would be called America. He lived from 1451 to 1506 Leonardo Da Vinci. In 1492 Da Vinci was living in Milan and produced his Vitruvian Man, his study [...]
Facts from Early American History
St. Augustine Florida is the oldest continuous settlement in the United States. It was originally a Spanish settlement as well as its oldest port. St. Augustine was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on September 8, 1565. The first English child born in America was Virgina Dare who was born on August 18, 1587. She [...]
The Hurricane of 1933
By mid-August of 1933 the summer hurricane season had been very active. There had already been 7 recorded storms with one of them turning into a hurricane. Beginning on August 17th a storm was detected northeast of the Leeward Islands. When the center of the storm made landfall of the United States over Norfolk, Virginia [...]
The Phases of Elvis
When looking back on the career of Elvis Presley, it’s not hard to break it down into six stages. The Beginning. (1954-1955) Elvis was first discovered by Sam Phillips of Sun Records and for the first months of his career he performed throughout the south. The Hits. (1956-1958) Once Elvis fell under the management of [...]
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