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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2023 Good Morning! On this date in 1791, Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights, the 10th of 14 states to do so, enough to formally enact them … Continue reading Friday, December 15th, 2023

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023 Good Morning! On this date in 1911, explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating rival Robert Scott by 33 days. … Continue reading Thursday, December 14th, 2023

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2023 Good Morning! On this date in 1577, British adventurer Francis Drake set out on an epic three-year circumnavigation of the world aboard the ship “Golden Hind.” … Continue reading Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023 Good Morning! On this date in 1901, inventor Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal using a wire antenna held aloft by a kite, allowing … Continue reading Tuesday, December 12th, 2023

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023 Good Morning! On this date in 1936, King Edward XVIII abdicated the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. He announced it in one of … Continue reading Monday, December 11th, 2023

Saturday, December 9th, 2023 Welcome to the weekend! On this day in 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas made its debut on CBS. The network expected the 30-minute special to fail, but it … Continue reading Saturday, December 9th, 2023

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2023 Good Morning! On this date in 1990, NASA “discovered” life on Earth by turning a spacecraft’s instruments on our own planet to see if analytics alone … Continue reading Friday, December 8th, 2023

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2023 Good Morning! On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. President Franklin Roosevelt, calling it a date “that will live in infamy,” declared war on Japan … Continue reading Thursday, December 7th, 2023

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2023 Good Morning! On this date in 1877, Thomas Edison made the first phonograph recording by reciting “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” Edison re-recorded the historic event … Continue reading Wednesday, December 6th, 2023

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2023 Good Morning! On this date in 1848, in his State of the Union address, President James Polk confirmed “an abundance of gold” had been found in … Continue reading Tuesday, December 5th, 2023