Today is not only Mother's Day - it is also the 50...  ...ay is not only Mother's Day - it is also the 50th anniversary of "The Pill," the oral contraceptive b...

If William Shakespeare hadn't died in 1616, he would be 446 years old today. In honor of the occasion, Geekosystem presents some things you can do to celebrate. Though Shakespeare’s influence tends to be thought of in...

It was three years ago today that Boston officials panicked over a guerilla advertising stunt in Boston featuring Mooninites. Authorities have arrested two men in connection with electronic light boards depicting a mid...

On January 27, 1888, a group of 165 prominent men in Washington, DC incorporated a club called the National Geographic Society. Its first president, lawyer Gardiner Green Hubbard, was the father-in-law and early financi...

Tomorrow marks the 106th anniversary of man's affair with flight.  Orville and Wilbur...  ...0 m) above the ground.  (Wiki) In honor of the anniversary , here's a video of the Wright Brothers in France,...

(YouTube link) Mickey Mouse made his public debut in the cartoon Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928 -81 years ago! The character appeared in Plane Crazy a few months earlier, but the Walt Disney Company doesn't cou...

(YouTube link) Sesame Street premiered on Nov...  ...reet. Link More Sesame Street Links Today's anniversary episode features guest star Michelle Obama. Ca...

(YouTube link) Fifty-two years ago today (Nov...  ...up on re-entry in April of 1958. In honor of the anniversary , here's Space Doggity by Jonathon Coulton.  -via...

UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock remembers sending the first message over the Internet 40 years ago this week; the first word sent host-to-host was supposed to be "login," but the receiving computer crashed after the first two l...

(vimeo link) The People’s Republic of China...  ...unded on October 1st, 1949. To celebrate the 60th anniversary , a three-hour parade was held in Beijing. This vi...