On this day in history, January 31st, in 1977 the Pompidou Centre was commissioned in Paris.  It is the official home of the French National Museum of Art which houses some of the world's finest collections of 20th and 21st century art. [1] The building itself epitomizes modernity. It’s exterior features…

On this day in history, January 26th, 1942, the first U.S. troops landed in Belfast, North Ireland to assist the Allies. [1] American troop support of the Allies (the U.K., France & U.S.S.R.), even months prior, seemed dubious.  However, it was the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at…

On this day in history, January 24th, in 1984, Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s Macintosh computer to the world.  The announcement came two days after the memorable Super Bowl commercial where Apple was seen as a victor of freedom from the Orwellian dystopian tyranny of 1984. The commercial created the buzz…

On this day in history, January 22nd in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling in Roe v. Wade that a “Texas statute criminalizing abortion in most instances violated a woman's constitutional right of privacy.” [1] While subsequent cases related to abotion have been heard by the Court,…

On this day in history, January 19th, 1955, President Eisenhower hosted the first televised press conference.  He began by saying, “Well, I see we’re trying a new experiment this morning, I hope that doesn’t prove to be a disturbing influence.” The questions from the press that day were about foreign…

On this day in history, January 16th in 1973, the final episode of Bonanza aired after 440 episodes and 14 seasons.[1]  “Bonanza” was a show about a father and his three adult sons who lived, worked and managed a large Western ranch. The show was full of moral decisions, family…

On this day, January 15th in 1967, Vince Lombardi coached the Green Bay Packers to the first NFL Super Bowl. The Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs with a score of 35-10.[1] Prior to Lombardi’s coaching, the Packers had one of the worst team records in the NFL with a…

On this day, January 13th in 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter.[1] He also discovered how the moons were orbiting in the same way that Copernicus showed how the earth orbited around the sun. Galileo’s discovery was highly controversial because it contradicted the Catholic Church’s belief at the…

On this day, January 12th, in 1932, Hattie Wyatt Caraway became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate representing the State of Arkansas.[1]  A month prior, in December 1931, she was appointed by the Governor of Arkansas to serve the remainder of her late husband’s term in…

On this day in history, January 11th in 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt named the Grand Canyon as a national monument. Roosevelt, an enthusiastic conservationist, secured 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon area into a national monument and declared,  “Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is.  “You…