Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien died October 2, 2012 in Santa Ana, California. Unlike other poets, he was denied a…
Year: 2012
Einstein’s God Letter
Below is an excerpt from the letter Einstein wrote in German in the year 1954. This letter, coined the “God…
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) An exceptionally talented Irish playwright, who authored more than 60…
Saint Joan of Arc
ca. 1412 Domrémy, Duchy of Bar, Kingdom of France. Died 30 May 1431 (aged 19) Rouen, France (then controlled by…
Largest Earthquakes Recorded
Chile, 1960 – Magnitude 9.5 Approximately 1,655 people were killed during the largest earthquake ever recorded. Thousands more were injured,…
Hindenburg Disaster
On May 6, 1937, the golden age of airship travel comes to an end. During a landing in severe thunderstorms…
The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN) – A newly revealed, centuries-old papyrus fragment suggests that some early…
John F. Kennedy Marries Jacqueline Bouvier
On this day in 1953, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, the future 35th president of the United States, marries Jacqueline…
Jeffrey MacDonald Convicted of Murdering His Family
New York (CNN) — Before O.J. Simpson and Casey Anthony, before Scott Peterson, Amanda Knox and the cottage industry of…
Picasso Sculpture
EVANSVILLE, Ind.–A call from a New York art dealer about a glass sculpture by Pablo Picasso to a museum in…
