August 12, 1958 — “White Wilderness” premieres
The legendary documentary that began the whole “lemmings commit suicide” myth, ‘White Wilderness’ was 72 minutes of the Disney Corporation...
January 24, 2018
Science & Technology
May 28, 1959 – Space Monkeys Able and Miss Baker become the first living beings to safely return to Earth
In the early days of space exploration, no government seemed ready to send humans into space. After all, no one...
December 24, 2017
May 25, 1961 — Kennedy pledges to put a man on the Moon by the decade’s end
It was a bold announcement at the time – at any time, really. When JFK addressed a joint session of...
October 29, 2017
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
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
December 24, 1974 — Cyclone Tracy hits Darwin
It’s sometimes referred to as ‘The Night That Santa Never Came‘. What came instead were howlling winds of more than...
November 9, 2015
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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