Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Monday. On May 15, 1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was

Dear Friends, Tangents: May 16th, 1960: Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, built with ruby crystals. The U2 Incident: On May 16,

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. May 11th,1997: The Deep Blue IBM computer defeated Garry Kasparov to win a six-game chess match

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. It’s  Limerick Day. MAY 12, 2008: A massive earthquake rocks China.  The magnitude 7.9 quake left some

Dear Friends, Tangents: May 10, 1994: Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president.  Mandela’s inauguration came after more than 300 years

Dear Friends, Tangents: May 9, 1978: The bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who’d been abducted by the Red