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Today in History: Zip Codes Are Introduced
Despite e-mail, the United States Postal Service handles billions of pieces of mail and packages each year. Understanding the complexity of this government service, we look to history to appreciate how...
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Today in History: World Population Day
Sloan Wayland and Jane Boorstein are two significant Teachers College members who come to mind when reflecting on the problem of our world’s population. Both ambassadors for social change who sought to...
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Today in History: Twitter Launches
Looking at the list of the most re-tweeted tweets tells us something about the culture and mindset of social technology; topping it is Japanese billionare Yusaku Maezawa who promised to give away 100...
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Today in History: Apollo 11 Lands in the North Pacific
The landscape painting, Apolloscape by Lettario Calamai, a noted printmaker who founded and directed the Intaglio Workshop for Advance Printmaking in New York, may be described as fantastical —...
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Today in History: Remembering Frank W. Cyr
“If you’re the father of the yellow school bus, what does that make me?” Cyr replied that, whenever he saw a school bus, the boy could say, “There goes one of my brothers.” — excerpted from Frank W....
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Today in History: The Purple Heart
Also known as the Badge of Military Merit, The Purple Heart was created on August 7, 1782 by General George Washington and awarded to three soldiers of the American Revolution in 1783. Symbolizing...
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Today in History: Horace Greeley Publishes the Prayer of Twenty Millions
DEAR SIR: I do not intrude to tell you–for you must know already–that a great proportion of those who triumphed in you election, and of all who desire the unqualified suppression of the Rebellion now...
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Today in History: Hurricane Katrina Hits New Orleans
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana, causing catastrophic damage to the city and surrounding areas, while raising significant public policy issues about...
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Today in History: Viking 2 Lands on Mars
September 3rd, 1976 marks the day when Viking 2 landed on Mars; part of the American Viking Program to Mars, its mission was to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet. The lander operated on its...
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Today in History: Celebrating Marion Thompson Wright
“If the aim of educational leaders is to bring about a greater realization of the ideals of democracy in the schools of this country, then the searchlight of inquiry needs to be focused upon those...
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