Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. July 30, 1935~Paperback books first introduced. On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1914 Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco. Go to article

Dear Friends, Tangents: July 28, 1914 – World War l begins.  Archduke Ferdinand killed. On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on

Dear Friends, Tangents: July 27, 1866~Atlantic telegraph cable laid. You won’t believe how this beetle walks on water. Why Peter the Great taxed beards. The

Dear Friends, Tangents: 2000 A federal judge approved a $1.25 billion settlement between Swiss banks and more than a half million plaintiffs

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. On July 23, 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand