On this date in 1911, driver Ray Harroun won the first-ever Indianapolis 500 race in six hours, 42 minutes, and 8 seconds, more than double […]
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May 30th in History
May 30 is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 215 days remaining until the end […]
Good Morning, May 29th
On this date in 1953, British beekeeper Edmund Hillary and lead sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. […]
May 29th in History
May 29 is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining until the end […]
Still Flying High, WWII Plane That Led D-Day Operation Heads to Normandy
Max Gurney, 102, of San Diego is a proud member of the small contingent of surviving veterans who will witness the historic event. By Allan Stein […]
May 28th in History
May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days remaining until the end […]
Happy Memorial Day
On this date in 1941, British warships found and sank the mighty Bismarck, the pride of Adolf Hitler’s navy. Johnny Horton’s “Sink the Bismarck” became […]
May 27th in History
May 27 is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining until the end […]
May 26th in History
May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 219 days remaining until the end […]
Good Morning
Happy Saturday! On this date in 1977, Memorial Day weekend opened with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas’ blockbuster Star Wars movies hit American […]