Exactly 89 years ago today the United Nations voted to divide Palestine between Arabs and Jews, known as the Partition Plan. While this opened the door for the creation of the state of Israel, nine decades and several wars later, the plan has little hope of going into effect. This failed effort may, however, help […]
We just uploaded a story that reminded me of another video, one that changed my life. While our story was about Chris, whose life was forever altered by a childhood correspondence with an American couple who sent him gifts from the other side of the globe. For those of us from younger generations, our defining […]
Remember when Kevin Costner and Val Kilmer played cowboys back in the 90s? Tombstone, anyone? Well, this and literally dozens of other films were inspired by a shootout between two groups of cowboys that happened 135 years ago today. It became the ultimate legend of the Wild West: the Gunfight at the OK Corral. First […]
Citizen Historian of the Month: Marwa Najah We are all collecting important memories–stories that are all around us, but which need to be collected, preserved and shared for the world to benefit from their wisdom. Regardless of our backgrounds, by caring and recording these stories we all become citizen historians. Every month we recognize an […]
Did you know that Haribo produces so many of the sweet little creatures in a year that if you lined them up head to toe, they would circle the world four times! This weekend children in Bonn and the surrounding area are trying to make sure that this number goes up with an amazing tradition […]
We played presidential debate bingo with past debate cards – and it the result was really surprising! In an effort to try and take our minds off the catastrophe we expected the third presidential debate to be, we decided to play Bingo. But we played it with Bingo cards from past elections, mainly because we […]
October 19 marks the death of Mozambican President and revolutionary leader Samora Machel, who was killed in a plane crash just inside the border of South Africa. His mysterious death has resulted in widespread suspicions that the apartheid government may have purposely ignored safety procedures and still, 30 years later, the cause of the crash […]
Should we really wait for others to tell the story of our lives? Now that much of our lives are documented in real-time, why would anyone wait for an obituary or autobiography to leave their legacy or set the record straight? These days people are memorializing their lives each step of the way. Autobiographies are […]
Women in science, technology, engineering and technology, deserve recognition, and Ada Lovelace Day is the perfect time to highlight the achievements of women in STEM disciplines and create role models for young girls to show that the industry is not exclusive to boys. Here are 7 women in tech everybody should know! Ada Lovelace Daughter […]
Before the laptop, humans themselves were known as computers. The New York Times first used the term to describe a person in 1853 in an obituary: “Mr. Walker was widely known as an accomplished Astronomer and a skillful Computer.” Through the first half of the Twentieth Century, human computers carried out long calculations by hand, […]
