August 11th, 2025, Newsletter
Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Monday. August 11, 1973: Hip hop is born at a Bronx block party hosted by DJ Kool Herc, later celebrated as the genre’s founding moment. August 11, 1998: British Petroleum purchased Amoco for $49 billion. This […]
August 8th, 2025, Newsletter
Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday! Full moon this weekend.🌕 August 8, 1899: Albert T. Marshall is issued a patent for an early domestic refrigerator, featuring an automatic motor cut-off safety mechanism. On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced he […]
August 07th, 2025, Newsletter
Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday Eve. August 7, 1580: The explorer Sir Francis Drake returns to England from his three-year circumnavigation; of five ships that set off, only one – the Golden Hind – makes it back. 1882: Hatfield-McCoy feud […]
Aug 6th, 2025, Newsletter
Dear Friends, Tangents: August 6, 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. August 6, 1991: Tim Berners-Lee publishes the world’s first website, launching the World Wide Web for public access. On this day in 1979, Paul Volcker took office as chair […]
August 5th, 2025, Newsletter
Dear Friends, Tangents: August 5, 1914: The world’s first electric traffic light is installed in Cleveland, Ohio, based on James Hoge’s design patented later in 1918. August 5, 1963: The United States, Britain and the Soviet Union signed a treaty […]