Tuesday, September 11th. To highlight its importance, both as a crop and as part of the changing American diet, this is National Rice Month. Globally, rice is the world’s most important cereal grain. Americans doubled their annual per capita consumption […]
Income taxes first came to America this month 156 years ago, when President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill levying a 3 percent tax on incomes between $600 and $10,000, and a 5 percent tax on greater incomes. The tax was […]
On this date in 1893, Denver restaurant owner Henry Perky received a patent for making shredded wheat creal.
On this date in 1893, Denver restaurant owner Henry Perky received a patent for making shredded wheat creal.
Sunday, August 5th. On this date in 1914, American motorists got the green light to safely proceed through increasingly traveled crossroads. A traffic light system, credited with being the first in the nation, flashed red and green at the intersection […]
In July 1868, Congress authorized the Postmaster General to prescribe uniforms for mail carriers.
On this date 53 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments, which established Medicare and Medicaid.
The first known national ad promoting a car appeared in late July 1898 in the Scientific American magazine.
Decreed in 1942, coffee rationing proved very unpopular.
“America runs on Bulova time” was the entire audio portion of the first advertisement on a commercial TV station.
Sunday, July 22nd. Today is Parents’ Day — an annual public observance similar to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, but not an official holiday with gifts and greetings cards. And because it dates only from 1994, not as well known. […]
On this date in 1874, the largest swarm of Rocky Mountain Locusts ever recorded blackened the skies from the Dakotas to Texas.
The first 18-hole golf course in the United States opened on this date in 1893 in Downer’s Grove, Illinois.
On this date in 1867, Harvard University opened the first dental school associated with a medical school.
July is not only National Grilling Month but also National Hot Dog Month and National Ice Cream Month.
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