Born Elizabeth Virginia Wallace February 13, 1885, in Independence, Missouri, Bess Truman passed from her mortal coil 35 years ago today. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. The Truman Library website tells us:… Continue Reading
Would you like to sin With Elinor Glyn On a tiger skin? Or would you prefer To err with her On some other fur? Born Elinor Sutherland 153 years ago today, Elinor Glyn is probably best known for her romantic… Continue Reading
810 years ago today, on October 13, 1307, Philip IV of France seized all the property of the Knight Templar and began a prolonged process of arresting members of the Order and trying for them for heresy. Wikipedia states: “On… Continue Reading
Seven hundred and ten years ago today, Friday, 13 October 1307, King Philip IV ordered the arrest of Jacques de Molay and scores of other French Knights Templar. The arrest warrant claimed that during Templar admissions ceremonies, recruits spat on… Continue Reading
173 years ago today, Henry John Heinz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of German immigrants. He founded the H.J. Heinz company in his birth city, producing more than 60 products. Probably the best known Heinz products is tomato… Continue Reading
This year the Los Angeles City Council voted to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day today rather than Columbus Day, “siding with activists who view the explorer as a symbol of genocide for native peoples in North America and elsewhere,” reports the… Continue Reading
Eighty-one years ago today, Donald Cortez “Don” Cornelius was born in Chicago. While he filled a number of roles in his lifetime, including 18 months as a US Marine in Korea, he is best known for launching Soul Train. The… Continue Reading
Today in 1793, 224 years ago, US President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Washington became a Freemason at age 20, when he became an Entered Apprentice in the Fredericksburg Lodge. Other notable masons of… Continue Reading
“A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture!”- AL II:42 Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a Paris automobile accident. She was born Diana Spencer 1 July… Continue Reading
One hundred seventeen years ago today, Gnostic Saint, German philologist, philosopher and critic Friedrich Nietzsche died after an extended illness including at least two strokes. He was “Famed for development of the idea of the ‘Superman,’ the individual who exceeds… Continue Reading