In 2023, China launched a series of spy balloons over the United States; Silicon Valley Bank failed; King Charles III was coronated; On the way to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, the submersible Titan imploded; The WGA and SAG-AFTRA launched a strike against Hollywood studios; Kevin McCarthy’s brief reign as Speaker of the House ended in… Continue reading Nobody likes it when you’re 23; a look back at 2023
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I was told there’d be flying cars: A look back at 2010
In 2010, Conan O’Brien was fired as host of The Tonight Show; The Burj Khalifa became the tallest man-made structure in the world; The XXI Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver; The eruption of Mount Eyjafjallajökull disrupted air traffic throughout Europe; The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform exploded; The New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis… Continue reading I was told there’d be flying cars: A look back at 2010
One small step: A look back at 1969
In 1969: Rupert Murdoch bought The News of the World; The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, The Beatles performed for the last time together on the rooftop of Apple Studios; The Stonewall Riots took place in New York City; The United States withdrew the $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 bills… Continue reading One small step: A look back at 1969
Everything that follows is older than Willow Smith: A look back at 1999
In 1999: The euro was established; US President Bill Clinton was acquitted in impeachment proceedings; Nunavut became Canada’s third territory; Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School; Napster debuted; The US Women’s team defeated China to win the Women’s World Cup; Kiribati, Nauru, and Tonga joined the… Continue reading Everything that follows is older than Willow Smith: A look back at 1999
Yearbooks and daily planners were important factors in a Supreme Court nomination: A look back at 2018
In 2018: The XXIII Olympic Winter Games were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea; Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School; The last northern white rhinoceros died; Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle; France won the 21st World Cup in Russia; Apple Inc, became the first public company to achieve a market capitalization… Continue reading Yearbooks and daily planners were important factors in a Supreme Court nomination: A look back at 2018
“You ain’t heard nothin’ yet”: A look back at 1929
In 1929: Mother Theresa arrived in India; Popeye debuted; Erich Maria Remarque published All Quiet on the Western Front; The Lateran Treaty established Vatican City as an independent sovereign nation; Five gangsters were murdered in the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre; Herbert Hoover became the thirty-first President of the United States; Wings won the award for… Continue reading “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet”: A look back at 1929
A century before Barack Obama: A look back at 1908
In 1908, Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys was published; The Olympics were held in London; The Chicago Cubs won the fifth World Series; Jack Johnson became the first African-American to win the World Heavyweight Championship; Henry Ford introduced the Model T; Bulgaria declared independence from the Ottoman Empire; William Howard Taft defeated William Jennings Bryan… Continue reading A century before Barack Obama: A look back at 1908
In Back to the Future Part II, Why didn’t anyone tell Marty Bill Cosby was a rapist, Hulk Hogan was a racist, and Donald Trump might be President?: A look back at 2015
In 2015, Cuba and the United States resumed diplomatic relations; Volkswagen admitted to widespread cheating of emission testing; “Hello” by Adele became the first song to record over one million digital copies in a week; Saturday Night Live celebrated its 40th anniversary; Charlie Sheen confirmed he was HIV positive; In Obergefell v. Hodges, the United States… Continue reading In Back to the Future Part II, Why didn’t anyone tell Marty Bill Cosby was a rapist, Hulk Hogan was a racist, and Donald Trump might be President?: A look back at 2015
Before Elvis and his gyrating hips ruined everything: A look back at 1955
In 1955: Jim Henson built the first version of Kermit the Frog; The first US advisors arrived in South Vietnam; Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the UK; The Salk polio vaccine received FDA approval; Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s in Illinois; Disneyland opened to the public; Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The… Continue reading Before Elvis and his gyrating hips ruined everything: A look back at 1955
Everything that follows is older than Tom Holland: A look back at 1995
In 1995: O.J. Simpson was acquitted for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman; Mississippi ratified the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution; Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols bombed bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City; The first DVD was made available; eBay went online; Calvin and Hobbes ended its ten-year run in… Continue reading Everything that follows is older than Tom Holland: A look back at 1995