On October 30, 1938, the night before Halloween, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on the Air performed a radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, causing panic among American listeners after […]
Many of us still remember the opening of The Joy of Painting with the voice of Bob Ross after school or on lazy Saturday mornings. Born in 1942 in Daytona Beach, Florida. After completing one […]
One of the highest-paid and most influential American actresses, Julia Roberts was born in 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia. Roberts made her screen debut in the late ‘80s television series Crime Story. By the end of […]
One of the world’s oldest public transit systems, one of the world’s longest subway systems, and, of course, one of the world’s most-used metro systems: the New York City Subway. On October 27, 1904, New […]
7 feel-good stories to start your Monday Ready to start your week with some good news? Here are seven positive stories guaranteed to make you smile today. Happy Monday! Allegheny County nurses help win paid […]
In Barstow, California, in 1984, Stephanie Fae Beauclair, or Baby Fae, was born with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, a fatal defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. Babies with the condition were […]
King Alexander was born in 1893 to Greece’s King Constantine I and Queen Sophia. After his father had been pushed to abdicate, Alexander became king. With World War I nearing its end, the Allied forces […]
A 69-carat Cartier diamond ring costing $1.5 million was the gift movie star Richard Burton gave to his wife, Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor and Burton met in 1963 and fell in love during the filming of […]
The host of The Tonight Show for 30 years, Johnny Carson, born in 1925 in Corning, Iowa, was an American comedian who built the standard format for television chat shows. Following high school, Carson joined […]
On October 22, 2012, Lance Armstrong, who had inspired millions after surviving cancer and was the winner of the Tour de France seven times, was stripped of his seven victories and received a lifetime ban […]