Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: August 23, 1541 – Jacques Cartier Builds Fort Charlesbourg-Royal for Roberval. 1977: First human-powered flight Back Story, NY Times: Forty-five years ago today, an escaped

Dear Friends, Tangents: On August 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile

Dear Friends, Tangents: Today is Eid in many parts of the world. On Aug. 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Aug. 20, 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the ”Prague Spring”

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Aug. 17, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair concluded near Bethel, N.Y. Go to article » On Aug. 18,

Dear Friends, Tangents: RIP Queen Aretha. On Aug. 16, 1977, singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.  Go