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Traditionally only men could propose marriage, not women. Under the custom of the time, February 29 was ignored as a non-day. Since it was not a real day St. Patrick reasoned that traditions did not [...]
Head Under Heels in Love
In 269 AD St. Valentine, a Catholic priest, was arrested, tortured and sentenced to death for performing forbidden marriages. His execution was done in three parts, beating, stoning and finally beheading. His skull is on [...]
June 12th
On this date in 1897, Carl Elsener patented a penknife that later became known as the Swiss Army Knife. 97 years later on this date in 1994 a Swiss Army Knife was allegedly use by O. J. Simpson to brutally [...]
May 29th
On this date in 1932 the Bonus Army started to gather in Washington D.C. to demand the cash payment of the bonus promised them for their service in World War I. Passed in 1924, the World War [...]
May 22nd
On this date in 1856 Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner was savagely beaten on the floor of the Senate by South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks. The beating was prompted by Sumner's two-day speech against slavery and specifically called out [...]
May 21st
On this date in 1932 Amelia Earhart landed in Derry, Northern Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, five years to the day after Lindberg's flight. She became an inspiration [...]