On this date, the states of Delaware, Wyoming, and New Mexico approved the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. ConstitutionU.S. ConstitutionThe Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation’s first constitution. Originally comprising seven articles, it…
Many electricians, history buffs and schoolchildren know that Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the lightbulb. In fact, his role in this instance was improving upon a concept that was already 50 years old. In an 1898 interview, Thomas A. EdisonThomas A. EdisonAfter devising a commercially viable electric light bulb…
He was just six weeks shy of his 96th birthday. Lee didn’t leave behind many other family members at the time of his death. His wife, Joan B. Lee, passed away in 2017 after suffering complications from a stroke. Lee’s only other daughter, Jan Lee, died in 1953 three days…
On December 15, 1967, the Point Pleasant Bridge (Silver Bridge), a roadway connector between Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, collapsed into the Ohio River, killing 46 people, and injuring many more. After the catastrophe, the federal government created a task force to investigate the accident. POINT PLEASANT, W.Va.…
No, the series Colony Season 4 is not happening. The series Colony was canceled after three seasons. USA Network confirmed the cancellation of the series Colony after the release of the three seasons of the series Colony. Colony seasons 1 – 3 are now available on Netflix. Why is Colony…
It is worth noting that Roman houses did not have glass windows up until the first century AD, rather they had holes with shutters with very few facing the street for safety reasons. These windows were often not very transparent, their primary objective being to only let light through. Ancient…
Actor Liz Sheridan, known for her roles on the hit sitcoms “Seinfeld” and “Alf,” has died, according to Sheridan’s representative Amanda Hendon. She was 93. Sheridan “died peacefully in her sleep from natural causes at 2:30am Friday,” Hendon said in a press release, “just five days after her 93rd birthday.”…
This distinguished philosopher and mathematician is said to have abstained rigorously, at times, from all but purely vegetable food, and from all drinks but water; and it is also stated that some of his important labors were performed at these seasons of strict temperance. Many geniuses were vegetarians, including Leonardo…
During The Undertaker’s teens, he intentionally committed an arson murder, burning down his parents’ family funeral home, in the process, killing them as well as the younger brother—or so the Undertaker thought. Bearer, who survived the fire, hid Kane in a mental asylum during the rest of Kane’s youth into…
Daniel Boone never met Davy Crockett, Swann said. “There were no letters, no correspondence.” Siler was a friend and associate of Boone, Swann said. “Siler made a rifle for Boone.” Boone, born in 1734, was 52 years older than Crockett, who was born in 1786. Boone died at age 85…