Apollo 13 returning to theaters in April for 25th Anniversary
Almost 50 years to the day after the liftoff of the ill-fated 1970 space mission for America’s third Moon landing, director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer’s acclaimed film “Apollo 13” returns to More...
Walter Williams corrects the NY Times on slavery in the US: We are NOT a Democracy
The New York Times has begun a major initiative, the “1619 Project,” to observe the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe American history so that slavery and the More...
This Day in History: BP Oil leak contained within 20 miles
It was the summer of 2010 and the BP oil spill captivated headlines as the environmental rose month after month. From that report: Academic scientists are challenging the Obama administration’s assertion More...
Remembering the Battle of Normandy
“Operation Overlord” a continuation of “Operation Neptune” where over 150,000 Allied troops storm Normandy beach. The battle for Normandy continued for more than two months, with campaigns More...
Remembering: Five Pakistan women killed on this day in 2012 for ‘singing and dancing,’ officials deny claims
On this day, in 2012, five women in Kohistan, four of whom were filmed ‘singing and dancing’ with men at a wedding party, were killed on May 30 after a tribal jirga ordered their execution, claimed Muhammad More...
This Day in History: Natalee Holloway goes missing, Stephany Flores Ramirez dead five years later, Joran Van der Sloot guilty
May 30, 2005 was the day Natalee Holloway went missing and five years later, Stephany Flores Ramirez was found dead and Joran Van der Sloot confessed to the murder. Authorities believe Van der Sloot attempted to More...
John Schneider sets ‘Bo’s Extravaganza’ to celebrate 40th Anniversary of ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’
John Schneider Studios will host the 2nd Annual Bo’s Extravaganza, April 6-7, 2019. The 2-day event will celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Dukes of Hazzard and John “Bo Duke” Schneider’s birthday More...
Martin Luther King Jr ‘Imaginary Letter’ from Apostle Paul 1956 AUDIO
Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, on 4 November 1956. I would like to share with you an imaginary letter from the pen of the Apostle Paul. The postmark reveals that it comes from More...
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. VIDEOS
1962 New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer Martin Luther King, Jr., half-length portrait, facing left, with left arm raised, at freedom rally, Washington Temple Church / World Telegram & Sun More...
Martin Luther King Jr And His Guns
“MLK had a houseful of guns. Ironically, he was turned down for a carry permit, because, being African American, he was deemed by local law enforcement to be “not suitable.” Yes – you heard More...
George Richards and Tex Schramm are the reason the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys host football games on Thanskgiving
NFL football has become synonymous with Thanksgiving, nearly as much as turkey and stuffing, but where did it all start? Why do the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys always host games on turkey day? Every year since More...
Historian Elizabeth Cobb repeats call for Trump, Steven Mnuchin to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill
While there has been silence on the issue for quite some, Texas A&M historian Elizabeth Cobb repeated the call to put Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill, stating that this would be “smart for the president, More...
The History of St Valentine, creation of the holiday
While cards, candy, flowers and romance take center stage to celebrate Valentine’s Day, it was on February 14 around the year 278 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, More...
Michael Kelly previews ‘The Long Road Home’: it’s story about the ‘true cost of war,’ a ‘story about humanity’
National Geographic’s new miniseries “The Long Road Home” centers on the fame ambush in Iraq, April 4, 2004 – “Black Sunday.” House of Cards star Michael Kelly stars at Lt. Col. Gary Volesky, the More...
‘Is Genesis History’ opens to sold out cinemas, two nights added: March 2 and March 7
“Is Genesis History?” debuted in movie theaters on February 23 to incredible audience support and sold-out auditoriums around the country, ranking No. 1 at the box office for the day above all other major film More...
Remember the Holocaust, ‘we stand in solidarity with our Jewish brother and sisters’
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated as a memorial day for the six million European Jews, including 1.5 million children, that were annihilated by the Nazi regime in concentration camps More...
Record stock market: Dow hits 20,000
The Dow hits 20,000, making history today by blowing past that key level for the first time ever. The historic milestone leaves the Dow up more than 1,700 points since President Donald Trump’s victory in More...
Jesse Jackson: Christmas is poor people’s holy day
2009 photo/Eric Guo, cropped by Beyond My Ken via wikicommons Looking back just five years, here’s the thoughts from Rev. Jackson From December 3rd’s Rainbow PUSH Saturday Morning Forum (2011), broadcast More...
Richard Nixon met with Elvis December 21, 1970
On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit with More...
FDR’s Declaration of War- December 8th, 1941 (VIDEO and transcript)
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT’S Speech to the U.S. Congress on December 8th, 1941 (as delivered): Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7, 1941 More...
