Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1801, the House of Representatives broke a tie in the Electoral College, electing Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson as the third president of the … Continue reading Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Monday, February 16, 2026 Good Afternoon! When the University of Notre Dame in Indiana got buried in snow, students didn’t just shovel it; they built an ice chapel with stained-glass … Continue reading Monday, February 16, 2026

Monday, February 16, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1923, British archaeologist Howard Carter opened the tomb of Egypt’s King Tutankhamun some 3,000 years after he was laid to … Continue reading Monday, February 16, 2026

Sunday, February 15, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1953, 17-year-old Tenley Albright of Boston, who had contracted polio six years earlier, became the first American woman to win … Continue reading Sunday, February 15, 2026

Saturday, February 14, 2026 Good morning! On this day in 5 A.D., by order of Pope Gelasius I, the first feast day celebration for Saint Valentine took place. Although the … Continue reading Saturday, February 14, 2026

Friday, February 13, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1778, two future presidents, John Adams and his 10-year-old son, John Quincy Adams, boarded the frigate Boston in Marblehead Harbor, … Continue reading Friday, February 13, 2026

Thursday, February 12, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2001, NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft landed on the 21-mile-long asteroid Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to touch down on an … Continue reading Thursday, February 12, 2026

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1938, the BBC broadcast the first science fiction TV program ever, a 35-minute live presentation of Karel Čapek’s seminal play, … Continue reading Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first U.S. patent for a fire extinguisher was granted to Alanson … Continue reading Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Monday, February 9, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1942, U.S. Congress imposed daylight saving time across the nation. Designed to better conserve fuel and other resources during World … Continue reading Monday, February 9, 2026