History
Día de los Muertos Not a ‘Spanish Halloween’
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The Mexican celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is often mistaken for a Spanish version of Halloween. It is actually a way for families to honor loved ones who are no longer living.
Different Cultures Celebrate Columbus Day
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Columbus Day became a federal holiday in the United States in 1934, but Christopher Columbus’s landing in the Americas was celebrated across the country long before that.
Fifties Flashback: ‘Don’t Worry … He Sees Us’
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper once saw James Dean as an obnoxious attention-seeker in the Marlon Brando vein (she abhorred Brando) and even labeled Dean “another dirty shirttail actor.”
Armistice Agreement Ended Korean War 65 Years Ago This Month
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The Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, when the North Koreans invaded South Korea, officially ended on July 27, 1953.
Fifties Flashback: It’s My Party
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
In 1946 a Massachusetts DuPont chemist-inventor named Earl Tupper introduced “Poly-T Wonder Bowls.” They were polyethelene food-storage containers that varied in size and came in unusual pastel hues.
Happy Fat Tuesday
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This year the revelry of the carnival season will culminate on Tuesday, Feb. 13, in celebrations around the world before the start of Lent.
Fifties Flashback: Oh, You Beautiful Doll!
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- Written by Randal C. Hill Randal C. Hill
Barbara Handler Segal has recalled strangers saying to her, “So you’re the Barbie doll!”
Fragments of History: Fascinating Facts about the ‘Feel-Good Food’
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- Written by Victor M. Parachin Victor M. Parachin
Chocolate has been making Americans smile for at least 4,000 years now — South Americans, that is.