September 5, 1923 – Today was the day that flyweights Kid Pancho and Gene LaRue landed simultaneous knockout punches.
LaRue landed a left to Pancho’s jaw at the exact moment that Pancho connected with a right to LaRue’s chin.  Both boxers hit the mat and that was that.
The proper scoring in these instances is to call [...]

September 4, 1971 – It was on this day that a Costa Rican government plane was flying above Lake Cote on a mapping mission.  The plane was equipped with a high-resolution camera that snapped photos of the world below at 17-second intervals.  On one of those clicks an interesting object was captured.  Some believe it’s [...]

September 3, 1752 – Today was the day that never happened…at least not in Britain.  That’s because this was the day that the British made the jump from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
The reason for the change was that the Julian calender (introduced by Julius Caesar) was like a bad wristwatch.  It assumed [...]