Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. October 16, 1793: Marie Antoinette executed. October 16, 1853: the Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia leading to

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. October 15, 1582: The Gregorian calendar begins in Catholic Europe, cutting ten days from the calendar

Dear Friends, Tangents: October 14,1884 -A breakthrough in photography, Inventor George Eastman received a U.S. patent for a photographic film technology that

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. October 9, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first two-way telephone call between Cambridge and Boston, proving

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. October 8, 1871: Great Chicago Fire began on the city’s West Side. Burning for two days,

Dear Friends, Tangents: October 6, 2001: the US and allies launch airstrikes in Afghanistan, beginning the post-9/11 war on terror. October 6, 2008: