Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. April 12,1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space.  The Soviet Cosmonaut’s flight took 108 minutes

Dear Friends, Tangents: April 10, 1947:  Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey announced he had purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. April 11, 1814: Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France and was banished to the island

Dear Friends, Tangents: April 9, 1860: The world’s first recording of the human voice is created.  French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Monday.  Today’s the day – total solar eclipse. April 8, 1232: First occasion gunpowder used in a major

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday! Carolann is away from the office for a conference, I will be writing the newsletter on her