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Its awards season again! The Golden Globes will air tomorrow
Its awards season again! The Golden Globes will air tomorrow night on NBC at 8pm EST. As is true with every year, there are several nominees that ar...

January 2nd, 1831, the first issue of the abolitionist newspaper,
January 2nd, 1831, the first issue of the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, was published in Boston. The papers founder, William Lloyd Garrison, ...

January 1st, 1919 Happy Birthday to the worlds favorite recluse,
January 1st, 1919 Happy Birthday to the worlds favorite recluse, J.D. Salinger The famously-secretive author rose to prominence in the 1950s for The ...

The song Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung by most of us on the
The song Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung by most of us on the stroke of midnight each New Years Eve, however in Scotland, where Auld Lang Syne or...

Happy Birthday, Rudyard Kipling! December 30th, 1865 Credited
Happy Birthday, Rudyard Kipling! December 30th, 1865 Credited as a major innovator in the art of the short story genre in England, but also for his ...

This day in history, December 29, 1989 Czech playwright Václav
This day in history, December 29, 1989 Czech playwright Václav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia, ending more than 40 years of Communist...

This day in history December 26th, 1966: Purple Haze is born
This day in history December 26th, 1966: Purple Haze is born and rock n roll was never the same. After a stint in the U.S. Army and a creatively un...