On July 24, 1963, a young Bill Clinton met President John F. Kennedy while attending Boys Nation. This meeting inspired the future president to pursue a life in public service. As NBC News reports: “on July 24, 1963, Bill Clinton shook hands with President John F. Kennedy in the Rose Garden of the White House. Clinton […]
Did you find yourself experiencing a little deja vu during Wednesday’s speech by President Obama announcing that he is expanding authorization for airstrikes in Iraq? Well, maybe that’s because all three presidents prior to him made similar announcements to the American people – and the world. You can check them all out in the videos […]
Numerous news organizations are reporting that researchers have positively identified Jack the Ripper. As the Daily Mail writes, It is the greatest murder mystery of all time, a puzzle that has perplexed criminologists for more than a century and spawned books, films and myriad theories ranging from the plausible to the utterly bizarre. But […]
Tuesday, August 27, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. for the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” or “The Great March on Washington” as it was later referred to in audio recordings of the event. The next day, Wednesday, August 28th, standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, […]
BuzzFeed Yellow presents 9 badass facts about first ladies. 1. Abigail Adams, Second First Lady: Abigail fought for gender equality when she wrote a famous letter to her husband encouraging him to “remember the ladies.” 2. Dolley Madison, Fourth First Lady: When the British burned down the White House during the War of 1812 Dolley […]