Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Business Firsts

On July 20, 1903 this company delivered its first product, purchased by a respected Detroiter

Ford

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Poets on Poets

Coleridge said this poet will "not be remembered at all, except as a wicked lord who... pretended to be ten times more wicked than he was"

Lord Byron

Pop Music

In May 1999 he had the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100, Top 40, Hot Latin & Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Single Sales Billboard charts

Ricky Martin

British Authors

In 1954 she became the first recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America

Agatha Christie

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Animal World

C. familiaris, it has one of the largest size ranges, from a 2-pound Mexican variety to 200 pounders

dogs

Famous Names

DNA from Prince Philip helped prove that Anna Anderson-Manahan was not this woman, as she had claimed

Anastasia

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Religious Names

In commemoration of his predecessors, he was the first pope to choose a double name

John Paul I