Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: The beginning of Saturnalia in ancient Rome: Roman masters served their slaves December 17-23. December 17th, 1903: Orville Wright pilots

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Monday. December 16, 1773: The Boston Tea Party.  American colonists throw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbour

Dear Friends, Tangents:  Happy Friday.  Full moon this weekend. Luciadagen, Lucia’s Day, Sweden. Mary Todd Lincoln, 1rst Lady, b. 1818. Christopher Plummer, actor, b.1929. Jamie Foxx,

Dear Friends, Tangents: La Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico. December 12, 1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal in Newfoundland sent

Dear Friends, Tangents: December 11, 1792: French King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state

Dear Friends, Tangents: December 10, 1901: The first ever Nobel Prize ceremony takes place in Stockholm, honoring achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine,