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THE DIME STORE On February 22, 1879, F. W. Woolworth opened his first store in Utica, NY. That store failed, but his second

Happy Birthday to Ken Olsen. Born Feb 20, 1926, he was the co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with c

"A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose" - Gertrude SteinHappy Birthday, Gertrude Stein. Born February 3rd, 1874 in Allegheny, Pennsylva

An old Scottish song first transcribed and published by poet Robert Burns in 1796, "Auld Lang Syne" literally translates as

Clement Clark Moore was a professor of Oriental and Greek literature at Columbia College, now Columbia University, when he

The Halcyon Days are the 14 days around the winter solstice. According to Greek mythology, the halcyon, or European kingfish