June 9, 1909 – Today was the day that Alice Huyler Ramsey began her historic cross-country road trip from New York City to San Francisco. She and her three travel companions became the first women to drive across the continent. For the record, Alice did all the driving.
Alice was a 22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, New [...]
May 28, 1987 – On this day a nineteen-year-old West German named Mathias Rust landed a rented plane in Moscow’s Red Square. He claimed he was trying to reduce tensions in the Cold War. Some historians believe that his dangerous prank helped hasten the demise of the Soviet Union.
Rust had taken off in the single-engine [...]
May 26, 2010 – On this day, a massive migration of frogs closed off a major Greek highway.
The odd “hoppenings” occurred near the town of Langadas where Police Chief Giorgos Thanoglou confirmed that “millions” of the amphibians were massing on the roadway.
Three cars skidded off the road while attempting to avoid the frogs, but no [...]
