Christmas Day! Identify the Christmas carol. (Synonyms confuse the familiar names.) 1. Inaudible Evening 2. Eup horia to...

Happy Birthday, Gerard Peter Kuiper This American astronomer was born on this day in 1905, in the Netherlands. He was brought up in north Ho...

Magellan reaches (and names!) the Pacific Ocean (1520) In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, launched an expedition that ende...

Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan Today is Kinro kansha no hi , a day for honoring labor and production, and a day to give other people thank...