From Comedy Partners to Sanford & Son: Slappy White and Redd Foxx
Melvin Edward “Slappy” White, born in Baltimore on September 27, 1921, shared one of comedy’s enduring behind-the-scenes friendships with Redd Foxx. Long before either man became widely known, the two ...
Grueling Mission for Peace: John Adams’ Diplomatic Limbo
Just two months after returning from an exhausting diplomatic assignment in France, John Adams received another demanding commission. On September 27, 1779, the Continental Congress appointed him minister plenipotentiary to ...
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Eleven Years Delayed: President Hoover Honors WWI Hero Michael Valente
On September 27, 1929, President Herbert Hoover presented the Medal of Honor to World War I hero Michael Valente of New York during a formal White House ceremony. Eleven years ...
Sanctuary Shattered: The American Soldier’s Burden in the Vietnam War
On September 27, 1967, a U.S. Marine regiment advanced through dense, hostile terrain toward the ruins of a heavily bombed church north of Huế. The photograph captures the immense psychological ...
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The Forgotten Dawn of 3D: The Power of Love and the Dual-Lens Miracle
Long before the mid-century 3D boom or today’s IMAX spectacles, The Power of Love became the first feature-length 3D motion picture shown to a commercial audience when it premiered at ...
A Shocking Betrayal at Sea: The Tragic Sinking of the SS Arctic
On September 27, 1854, the luxury paddle steamer SS Arctic collided with the smaller French iron-hulled vessel Vesta in dense fog off Newfoundland. Believing the much larger wooden-hulled Arctic had ...
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The First Domino in the Trail of Tears: The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
On September 27, 1830, the Choctaw Nation and the United States signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in Mississippi. It became a harrowing milestone in Native American history: the ...
A Frontier Killing in Hays City: Wild Bill Hickok and the Strawhun Shootout
Lawman and frontier gambler James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok added to his already formidable reputation on September 27, 1869. Serving as sheriff in the notoriously rough outpost of Hays City, ...
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Pouring an Empire: Joy Morton and the Slogan That Changed Marketing
American businessman and Morton Salt Company founder Joy Morton was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27, 1855. Before Morton Salt’s breakthrough, household salt often clumped and hardened in humid ...
The Birth of a Genre: How W.C. Handy Helped Put the Blues in Print
When W.C. Handy self-published “The Memphis Blues” in Memphis in 1912, he helped move blues-inflected Black Southern music from an oral and local performance culture into the commercial sheet-music market ...
The Voice of the Revolution: Samuel Adams and the Price of Liberty
“The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.” Born on September 27, 1722, in Boston, Massachusetts, Samuel Adams became one of ...
The Book That Helped Launch Modern Environmentalism: Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
On September 27, 1962, marine biologist Rachel Carson published her groundbreaking book, Silent Spring. Its warning about the unchecked use of synthetic pesticides—especially DDT—helped spark a fierce campaign by chemical-industry ...
A Capital for a Day: The Continental Congress in Lancaster
On September 27, 1777, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, briefly became the seat of the United States’ revolutionary government when the Second Continental Congress met there for a single day. After the British ...
The Golden Age of Expositions: Pit-Roasting and Hot Air in Seattle
On September 27, 1909, visitors to Seattle’s Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition gathered for an unusually vivid display of public celebration: a large community barbecue accompanied by a hot-air-balloon exhibition. Smoke and activity ...
The Song That Sold a Million: The Fatal Flight of the Old 97
Behind one of country music’s most famous ballads lies a real disaster shaped by the pressure to keep a mail train on schedule. On September 27, 1903, Southern Railway’s Fast ...
