Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryAugust 6On this day on 1926, 20-year-old swim prodigy Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to successfully swim across the English Channel…Aug 6, 2015Aug 6, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryAugust 5Congress approved the first income tax in American history on this day in 1861. In order to raise money for the incipient war effort, the…Aug 5, 2015Aug 5, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryAugust 4Louis Armstrong, the man whom Bing Crosby called “the beginning and the end of music in America,” was born 114 years ago today. If jazz had…Aug 4, 2015Aug 4, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryAugust 3On this day in 1936, African-American track & field star Jesse Owens won his first of four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics; edging out…Aug 3, 2015Aug 3, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryJuly 30Beginning at 2:08 A.M. on this day 99 years ago, the New York metro area was rocked by a series of powerful explosions at a munitions depot…Jul 30, 2015Jul 30, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryJuly 29On this day in 1862, Belle Boyd, the 18-year-old “Cleopatra of the Secession” and “Siren of the Shenandoah,” was arrested for her…Jul 29, 2015Jul 29, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryJuly 28On this day 70 years ago, at about 9:50 on a foggy Saturday morning, a B-25 bomber piloted by Lieutenant Col. William F. Smith crashed into…Jul 28, 2015Jul 28, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryJuly 27A Wild Hare, the cartoon regarded as the first “official” appearance of Bugs Bunny, was released in movie theaters on this day in 1940. As…Jul 25, 2015Jul 25, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryJuly 23“Pee Wee” Reese, legendary shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers and one of sports history’s true good guys, was born 97 years ago today…Jul 23, 2015Jul 23, 2015
Rob WinderinRob’s Daily HistoryJuly 22Lillian Ellison a.k.a. The Fabulous Moolah, “the First Lady of Professional Wrestling,” was born on this day in 1923. In a career that…Jul 22, 2015Jul 22, 2015