November 15, 1966 — The first documented sighting of the West Virginia Mothman takes place
On November 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant, West Virginia were out for a pleasant drive. Steve and...
May 4, 2017
Science & Technology
October 20, 1967 — Bigfoot caught on film at Bluff Creek
Or were they? Ever since Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed a hairy humanoid at Bluff Creek, California, on October...
February 27, 2017
June 22, 1969 — The Cuyahoga River catches fire. Again.
Between 1868 and 1969, there were thirteen separate fires on the Cuyahoga River, the worst occurring in 1952. It was...
December 14, 2016
July 21, 1969 — Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the Moon
Really, what needs to be said? Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins took off from the Kennedy Space Center, near Cape Canaveral,...
November 29, 2016
February 6, 1971 – Alan Shepard plays golf on the Moon
The commander of the Apollo 14 mission, Alan Shepard holds several unique distinctions. He is the only member of the...
August 29, 2016
June 18, 1983 — Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
When the Space Shuttle Challenger launched on June 18, 1983 on mission STS-7, Sally Kristen Ride, age 32, became the...
January 19, 2015
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March 31, 1986 — Fishing of the Atlantic Striped Bass is made illegal
Under the terms of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act of 1984, it became possible for duly appointed local authorities...
November 9, 2014
February 27, 1992 — S.I. Hayakawa dies
A noted populariser of the ideas of Alfred Korzybski, especially general semantics, Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Japanese-American academic. He...
June 14, 2014
March 22, 1993 — Intel releases the first Pentium chips
Intel’s first Pentium microprocessor was the Pentium P5. Released on March 22, 1993, it was an x86 compatible chip that...
May 14, 2014
December 22, 2000 — The Myakka Skunk Ape Letter is written
The Skunk Ape is an unusual cryptid. For one thing, there are actual photographs of it, taken by an anonymous...
October 4, 2013
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