Monthly Archives for February 2007

Elm Farm Ollie

On Feb­ru­ary 18, 1930, a Guernsey cow from Bis­marck, Mis­souri named Elm Farm Ollie1 became the first cow in his­tory to fly in an air­plane as part of the Inter­na­tional Air Expo­si­tion in St. Louis, Mis­souri. The trip cov­ered 72 … Con­tinue read­ing →

22. February 2007 by Glenn Vance
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Members of the Second Continental Congress

The First Con­ti­nen­tal Con­gress did a few things, like draft the Arti­cles of Asso­ci­a­tion ((The Arti­cles of Asso­ci­a­tion were peti­tions of griev­ances against Great Britain by the Thir­teen Colonies and a com­pact among them to col­lec­tively impose eco­nomic sanc­tions to pres­sure a res­o­lu­tion. Con­tinue read­ing →

07. February 2007 by Glenn Vance
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The Wilhelm Gustloff

The Wil­helm Gust­loff, a KdF1 cruise ship pressed into ser­vice to aide the Ger­man war effort, was prepar­ing to leave the port of Gdy­nia2. Loaded with upwards of 10,000 peo­ple aboard, it was tor­pe­doed by the Soviet sub­ma­rine S-13 on … Con­tinue read­ing →

06. February 2007 by Glenn Vance
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Bessie Coleman

Bessie Cole­man, one of 10 kids that were born to George and Susan Cole­man, was born on Jan­u­ary 26, 1892, in the far east Texas town of Atlanta. George and Susan made ends meet by share­crop­ping, wash­ing laun­dry and cook­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

02. February 2007 by Glenn Vance
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