They say that as GM goes, so goes America. The story of GM began in 1907 when William Durant “received a phone call about a large automobile merger put together by financier J.P. Morgan. Weeks later, Durant held a meeting in his room at…
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The morning of September 15, 2008, began with the unthinkable: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the storied Wall Street firm that had survived the Civil War, the Great Depression, and two world wars, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. With more than $600 billion in…
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On September 15, 1954, one of the most iconic moments in film history was captured on the streets of New York City—Marilyn Monroe’s famous skirt-blowing scene from The Seven Year Itch. This scene, where Monroe’s white dress billows up as she stands over a…
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As the sun rose over Russia on September 15, 1812, Napoleon had already begun his ride to set up his headquarters in the Kremlin. The French Empire had made the long march to Moscow. “He would have passed through a beautiful city described as…
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On May 2, 1611, in the heart of London, England, printer Robert Barker released the first edition of what would become one of the most influential and widely read books in the English-speaking world: the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible. Commissioned by…
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La Piedra Movediza, or “The Moving Stone,” was a unique natural landmark located in Tandil, Argentina. This geological formation was a massive boulder that balanced precariously on the edge of a hill, defying gravity and giving the impression that it could move at any…
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Today marks the anniversary of an event that dramatically shaped the 20th century: the end of the Russian Czar’s control over his country. The History Channel writes, “Crowned on May 26, 1894, Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the…
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Christopher Columbus’s first expedition made landfall in the Caribbean on October 12, 1492, a moment that would forever change the course of history. After weeks of sailing westward from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean, Columbus and his crew finally reached land, a small island…
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