Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. St. Nicholas Day, Europe. December 6, 1865: 13th amendment ratified; slavery abolished. December 6, 1973: House minority leader Gerald

Dear Friends, Tangents: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting today. December 4, 771: Charlemagne becomes ruler of the Frankish Kingdom following his brother’s

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Monday. December 2, 1969: The Boeing 747 jumbo jet debuted. Go to article 1982: First permanent artificial heart implant. 

Dear Friends, Tangents: December 3, 1989: Malta Summit ends Cold War.  U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared

Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday. November 29, 1867: Charles Dickens in New York, A Christmas Carol at the Merchant’s Huse, in the

Dear Friends, Tangents: November 27, 1826: John Walker invents the friction match in England.  This revolutionised fire-making, making it safer and more