Halloween Ancient Origins Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland , the...

Back in 1621, the Pilgrims had a lot to be thankful for. They had survived the voyage across the Atlantic, traveling 3000 miles from England to New England in search for religious freedom and they...

    Mattel Inc. is the company behind the production and evolution of Barbie dolls in the market. Because of the success of Barbie, it is the major revenue of the company from t...

      When lumberjacks first came to northern Minnesota to cut the pines and send them downriver, they had no idea what they would find in the forest. Apparently the bears and ...

What are the everlasting Cristmas symbols? The Christmas Tree (that is older than Christmas itself), the christmas carols, maybe Rudolf and Santa, and of course Cristmas gifts. And Coca Co...

The true creation of a popular cocktail can be traced to the nineteenth century. One early written reference to the term "cocktail" (as a drink based on spirits with other spirits and additiv...

    On Captain James Cook's third expedition to the Pacific, his ships, HMS Discovery and Resolution, made the first recorded European visit to Hawai'i in 1778, when they stopped at ...

    Who doesn't love hanging mistletoe? Although most mistletoe is parasitic, and, therefore, harmful to the trees on which it grows, the Celts thought it had magical powers for heal...

  Santa Claus was born in US in the 1860's he was named this as he had a white beard and a belly, so he was named Santa Claus as this was the Dutch word for St Nicholas, Sintaklaas. Alth...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as the U.S. government agency most responsible for advancing flight-relate...

 Jazz is the art of expression set to music! Jazz is said to be the fundamental rhythms of human life and man’s contemporary reassessment of his traditional values. Volumes have be...

Prehistoric Southern Nevada was a virtual marsh of abundant water and vegetation. As eons passed, the marsh receded. Rivers disappeared beneath the surface. The once teeming wetlands evolve...

  Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assa...

    Valentine's Day History There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was m artyred for ...

 By Richard CorlissOnce upon a time, around 1940, there was a popular commodity called middle-brow taste, a comfortable culture of refinement. It included Impressionist reproductions, Pearl B...

No item of clothing is more American than the blue jeans invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss. These two visionary immigrants, turned denim, thread and a little metal into the most pop...

Sicilians and other Italians began immigrating to the United States in the 1800s, but a major wave of them arrived on American shores early in the 20th century. While the vast majority of them wor...

The lyrics of "Celluloid Heroes"*, a song by The Kinks, tell us:"You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Blvd... "Well, most days you are unlikely to see any real movie stars here on ...

The Academy Awards®, affectionately known as the Oscars®, are the oldest, best known, most influential, most prestigious, and famous of film awards. The awards (and gold-plated statue...

SUPERMAN Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon.Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster i...

Tesla pointed out the inefficiency of Edison’s direct current electrical powerhouses  that have been build up and down the Atlantic seaboard. The secret, he felt, lay in the use of alte...

Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital. Prior to her birth, Marilyn's father bought a motorcyc...