“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.” –Abigail Van Buren Pauline Esther “Popo” Phillips (born Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an...
1 June 1954. Linus’ security blanket was introduced in the Peanuts comic strip. The blanket was featured throughout the remainder of the strip’s run. Linus can be seen carrying the blanket around and sucking his thumb. Toward the end of the strip’s run,...
31 May 1907. The first gas-powered taxis arrive in New York. Taxicab vehicles, each of which must have a medallion to operate, are driven an average of 180 miles per shift. As of March 14, 2014, there were 51,398 individuals licensed to drive medallion taxicabs. There...
30 MAY 1527. The University of Marburg was founded in Germany. The university is significant for its life sciences research and is also home to one of the few centers that conduct research on the middle east, the CNMS (center for near and middle eastern studies). The...
29 May 1999. The space shuttle docs for the first time with the international space station. The International Space Station (ISS) is a modular space station (habitable artificial satellite) in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving...
Beatle John Lennon bought a 1964 Mulliner Park Ward Phantom V, finished in Valentine’s black. Everything was black except for the radiator, even the wheels. Lennon asked for the radiator to be black as well, but Rolls Royce refused.[5] Originally the car was...
