Monday, June 19th, 2017 by Bill Federer -- June 20, 1632, King Charles I of England granted a charter for the Colony of Maryland, named for his Catholic wife, Queen Henrietta Maria, stating: "Charles, by the more…

Sunday, June 18th, 2017 by Bill Federer -- The French Revolution had left that country in chaos. Twenty-six-year-old Napoleon fired cannons down the streets of Paris, mowing down French citizens in the 13 Vendémiaire Revolt of more…

Saturday, June 17th, 2017 by Bill Federer -- The dad behind Father's Day The first formal "Father's Day" was celebrated June 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington. Sonora Louise Smart Dodd heard a church sermon on the more…

Friday, June 16th, 2017 by Bill Federer -- "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!" commanded Colonel William Prescott, repeating the order of General Israel Putnam, June 17, 1775. Colonel William Prescott's men more…

Thursday, June 15th, 2017 by Bill Federer -- The "Father of Modern Space Flight" was Wernher von Braun. He acknowledged his debt to the "Father of Modern Rocketry," American scientist Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945): "Goddard's rockets more…

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 by Bill Federer -- On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress selected the FLAG of the United States. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson designated June 14 as "National Flag Day": "I more…

Monday, June 12th, 2017 by Bill Federer -- Born Sept. 6, 1757, his father died before he was 2 years old and his mother died when he was twelve, leaving him to inherit their fortune. At more…

Sunday, June 11th, 2017 by Bill Federer -- "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" announced President Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987. Begun after Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the Soviet Union existed more…