Today in history, British politician Baroness Emma Nicholson was born. She is of the famous Nicholson gin family and while her father,...

Today in "history" (1999!) actress Bailee Madison was born. She looks so much like our daughter/sister and we love Good Witch on Hallmark...

Today in history (1693) the Salem Witch Trials ended. There is only one house left in Salem that was involved with the trials which we...

Today in (fictional) history, Hallie Parker and Annie James were born! While the twins are not real, and at that, not even played by real...

Today in history in 1940 Winston Spencer-Churchill was born (not the one you are probably thinking of, but his grandson). The...

Today in history (1835) was the Battle of Gonzales which began the Texas Revolution. The Mexican army had given the American DeWitt...

We are starting a new series, similar to our American Presidents' Houses series which is ongoing, which will cover the etstates of...

Today in history in 1883, Franklin Mars was born in Minnesota. He may not be a household name but his Mars candy bars are. And when you...

Today in history (1642), commencement ceremonies began at Harvard, the oldest university in America. This post will go over some of the...

Today in history (1692), the last "witch" in Salem was hanged. We previously posted about the Ropes Mansion (Allison's House in Hocus...

Today in history, actress Cheryl Hines was born. She is best known for her role on Curb Your Enthusiasm, a show which one of my in-law's...

Today in history, Chester Arthur became president. Arthur was born in Vermont but mostly grew up in Upstate New York where his father...

Today in history (1881) President James Garfield was assassinated. In our post a few days ago about the Mayflower, we talked about our...

Today in history (1872) famed pianist Professor Carl Rudolph Hermann Friedeberg (or von Friedeberg) was born in Germany. He had a long...

Today in history coming up on 400 years ago (1630), the city of Boston was founded. Boston is where Elinor's husband and Ginny's father...

Yesterday in history, 35 years ago, Prince Harry was born. We are going to look back at where he grew up and see if we can figure out...

Today in history almost 400 years ago (1620), the Mayflower set sail to America. As with Jamestown plantations which we already blogged...

Today in history at the Philadelphia Convention, it was decided that there would be the first presidential election in America. Obviously...

Today in history (1609) Henry Hudson began exploring the Hudson River for the Dutch East India Company, preceding Dutch settlement of New...

Today in history (1608) John Smith was elected council president of Jamestown. Because of the Disney movie, many people believe that he...