Jennifer Latson

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Google 'Firsts' From the Company's Early Days

Sept. 4, 1998: Google is incorporated

By Jennifer Latson

How Eagle Scouts Have Made Their Mark on America

Sept. 2, 1912: Arthur Eldred becomes the first-ever Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America

By Jennifer Latson

The Woman Who Made History by Answering the Phone

Sept. 1, 1878: Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator

By Jennifer Latson

How Emmett Till's Murder Changed the World

Aug. 28, 1955: Emmett Till, a black teenager, is abducted by two white men in Mississippi and later murdered

By Jennifer Latson

How the American Oil Industry Got Its Start

Aug. 27, 1859: Edwin Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania with the first commercial well in the U.S.

By Jennifer Latson

Why the White House Fire Still Matters

Aug. 24, 1814: British forces set fire to the White House

By Jennifer Latson

How Statehood Changed Hawaii's Economy

Aug. 21, 1959: Hawaii becomes the 50th state, by Eisenhower’s executive order

By Jennifer Latson

How Eero Saarinen Became One of America’s Best-Known Architects

Aug. 20, 1910: Eero Saarinen is born

By Jennifer Latson

How Poverty Shaped Coco Chanel

Aug. 19, 1883: Coco Chanel is born

By Jennifer Latson

How 'Rocky Horror' Became a Cinematic Institution

Aug. 14, 1975: 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' opens in London

By Jennifer Latson

The Invention That Spawned a Fashion Revolution

Aug. 12, 1851: Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine

By Jennifer Latson

Why America’s Biggest Mall Is Getting Bigger

Aug. 11, 1992: The Mall of America opens in Bloomington, Minn.

By Jennifer Latson

The High-Level Scheming Behind Philippe Petit’s Twin Towers Tightrope Walk

Aug. 7, 1974: French tightrope artist Philippe Petit performs an unauthorized high-wire walk between the Twin Towers

By Jennifer Latson

The Surprisingly Controversial Plots That Almost Got 'Little Orphan Annie' Axed

Aug. 5, 1924: The comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie' debuts

By Jennifer Latson

How Lizzie Borden Was Punished Despite Her Acquittal

Aug. 4, 1892: The Bordens are murdered by ax in their Massachusetts home; their daughter Lizzie is accused of the killings

By Jennifer Latson

Emily Brontë Never Knew How Successful She'd Become

July 30, 1818: Emily Brontë is born

By Jennifer Latson

When an Army Plane Crashed Into the Empire State Building

July 28, 1945: A U.S. Army bomber crashes into the New York City skyscraper in thick fog, killing 14 people

By Jennifer Latson

Remembering How the French Got Ahead of Lance Armstrong

July 27, 2003: Lance Armstrong wins the fifth of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles, tying the previous record

By Jennifer Latson

When Khrushchev Said No to Pepsi but Yes to Peace

July 24, 1959: Nixon and Khrushchev spar at the opening of an American exhibition in Moscow, in what becomes known as the “kitchen debate.”

By Jennifer Latson

The Scandal That Cost a Miss America Her Crown

July 23, 1984: Vanessa Williams resigns as Miss America after Penthouse magazine announces it will publish photos of her posing nude

By Jennifer Latson
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