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From Lincoln to Darwin
Question 1: Issued during the American Civil War, which executive order by President Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved people in the rebelling Confed…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Women of STEM
Question 1: She broke barriers as the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences and helped isolate new elements from pitchblende at t…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Laura Dern
Question 1: Laura Dern celebrates her birthday just as awards season hits its stride—on what exact date and year was she born?
Question 2: In Jurassic…
7 months ago
Joe Pesci
Question 1: Joe Pesci’s birthday is a great excuse to revisit his career—on what date was the New Jersey–born actor actually born?
Question 2: For whi…
7 months ago
Jules Verne
Question 1: What is the full date of Jules Verne’s birth, celebrated each year as a nod to his pioneering imagination?
Question 2: In Verne’s 1865 nov…
7 months ago
Beatlemania
Question 1: On February 9, 1964, an estimated 73 million Americans tuned in as four mop-topped Britons changed U.S. pop culture overnight. What telev…
7 months ago
Bob Marley
Question 1: Bob Marley’s birthday is widely marked with concerts, community service, and tributes around the world. On what date was he born—a day Ja…
7 months ago
National Weatherperson’s Day
Question 1: National Weatherperson’s Day is observed annually on February 5 in honor of which early American physician who kept some of the first con…
7 months ago
The Social Network
Question 1: When Mark Zuckerberg and his classmates launched the site from a Harvard dorm in 2004, what name did it go by before dropping the definit…
7 months ago
The Day the Music Died
Question 1: On February 3, 1959, a small plane went down near Clear Lake, Iowa during the Winter Dance Party tour, an event later memorialized as the…
7 months, 1 week ago