Profile America: Historic Deluge
One of the worst calamities to hit the U.S. happened on this date in 1889 — the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood.
This Memorial Day
Mayor de Blasio delivered remarks at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony.
Memorial Day Salute To Our Service Men and Women
In 1873, New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day as a legal holiday.
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of May 30, 2016
Cases of Interest for the Week of May 30, 2016 Monday, May 30, 2016 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details HOLIDAY MEMORIAL DAY All court parts except Arraignments will be closed. Tuesday, May 31, 2016 […]
Quote of the Day: May 30, 2016
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Word of the Day: May 30, 2016
billfold Definition: (noun) A pocket-size case for holding papers andpaper money. Synonyms: wallet, notecase, pocketbook Usage: The thief was at the bar, eyeing the patrons’ billfoldsand gauging their levels of intoxication.
Whose Birthday Is It? May 30, 2016
René Barrientos (1919) Barrientos was elected vice president of Bolivia in 1964, but he soon broke with the president and joined other army officers in a coup. He was installed as head of a military junta and became the sole president after winning the 1966 […]
Memorial Day 2016
This Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices of those who served and died for our freedom.
Sports Flashback: Gio Gonzalez, Travis d’Arnaud
Nats pitcher Gio Gonzalez does not have an answer for his success pitching against the Mets at Citi Field.
‘X-Men:Apocalypse’ Tops Memorial Day Weekend Box Office
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ had another great weekend at the box office that was turbocharged by a $120.8 million North American debut.
Profile America: Memorial Day
The first official observance of Memorial Day was on May 30 in 1868.
Former #1 Baseball Pick Making Comeback
The journey through the minor leagues for third baseman Josh Vitters of the Bridgeport Bluefish is similar to that of many of his teammates.
Quote of the Day: May 29, 2016
One does not love a place the less for havingsuffered in it, unless it has been all suffering,nothing but suffering. Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Word of the Day: May 29, 2016
roustabout Definition: (noun) A member of a ship’s crew who performsmanual labor. Synonyms: deckhand Usage: He worked as a roustabout on the Mississippi from the time he was a boy.
Whose Birthday Is It? May 29, 2016
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874) A British man of letters, Chesterton was a journalist, scholar, novelist, short-story writer,and poet. He wrote essays on Christianity and works of social and literary criticism on subjects such as Charles Dickens. His fiction includes the popular allegorical novel The […]
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