Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends,  Tangents: 1896~Gold discovered, Klondike. On Aug. 31, 1997, Britain’s Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris at age 36.  Go

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Aug. 30, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast with devastating force, killing more than 1,700 people and

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. On Aug. 27, 1962, the United States launched the Mariner 2 space probe, which flew past Venus

Dear Friends, Tangents: Krakatoa Erupts, 1883 – 36,000 killed. Christopher Columbus, explorer, b. 1451. 2003: Investigators concluded that NASA’s overconfident management and inattention

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Aug. 25, 1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation. Go to article

Dear Friends, Tangents: 79 AD: Mt. Vesuvius erupts – Pompeii destroyed. Schäferlauf~Shepherd’s Race, Germany. Jorge Luis Borges, writer, b. 1899. The Pumpkin Spice Latte