There are five laws of library science, penned by S. R. Ranganathan in 1931: Books…
Category: History
In 1959, Roller Derby Skate Company released its Roller Derby Skateboard, the first mass-produced skateboard…
In the arena of toy fads and gag gifts, the Pet Rock punched way above…
August 30th is National Slinky Day and 2020 is the toy’s 75th anniversary. These 10…
Yesterday, August 20th was National Radio Day, “a day to appreciate the AM and get…
The Strong recently released an online exhibit on the early history of Monopoly, and it…
Last Tuesday, August 11th was declared the first-ever Global Kinetic Sand Day as Spin Master…
This week marks the anniversary of the patent that would become a wildly popular “wacky…
Today, with the plethora of home improvement shows and lifestyle blogs, many of us want…
As any of you who know your American history or saw the Disney movie “Pocahantas,”…
This article ran last year. I decided to run it again due to a surge…
The Flu epidemic of 1918 was the world’s last major pandemic. It made a lot…
Each year I enjoy attending the Antiquarian Book Fair in New York City. It is…
Rubber has been used to play ball since the first Mesoamerican ball games of the…