Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: May 9, 1974: A concert in Cambridge, Mass., prompted rock critic Jon Landau to write, “I saw rock and

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday.  May 6, 1527: Sack of Rome. 1955: West Germany joins NATO. On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German

Dear Friends, Tangents: CINCO DE MAYO On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1959: the first Grammy Awards were presented, and the winners included Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Kingston Trio. On

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1670 The Hudson Bay Co. was chartered by England’s King Charles II.   Go to article » 1971: National Public Radio’s

Dear Friends, Tangents: 2000: Bill Clinton orders the US military to stop scrambling satellite signals used by civilians as of midnight.  The