History Schmistory: February 9. Weather Men!
Sunday, February 9, 2025
February 9, 1870. Grant and Congress say yes to weather service.
History Schmistory: February 8. Be Prepared!
Saturday, February 8, 2025
February 8, 1910. Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.
History Schmistory: February 7. Monopoly!
Friday, February 7, 2025
February 7, 1935: Parker Brothers introduces the Monopoly board game.
History Schmistory: February 6. Let Us Ride the Rails!
Thursday, February 6, 2025
February 6, 1815. The US says yes to laying the tracks!
History Schmistory: February 4. Sibling Rivalry!
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
February 4, 211. Roman Emperor, Septimius Severus dies without choosing an heir.
History Schmistory: February 3. Quite a Tunnel!
Monday, February 3, 2025
February 3, 1918. Twin Peaks streetcar tunnel opens in San Francisco.
History Schmistory: February 1. Words, Words, Words!
Saturday, February 1, 2025
February 1, 1884. Dictionary: Part One!
ALL NEW History Schmistory: January 6. Kerrigan Clubbed!
Monday, January 6, 2025
January 6, 1994. Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee before a competition.
History Schmistory: June 18th: Waterloo Sunset!
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
1815:  The Battle of Waterloo, Belgium. Napoleon and Wellington ‘duke’ it out (see what we did there) and along the way incidentally provide ABBA with the keys to stardom!
The British victory at Waterloo heralded the end of Napoleonic ascendancy in Europe after over ten years as Emperor of The French.

“Napoléon Bonaparte, 1798”
digital watercolor from painting by Édouard Detaille by Now Idonoa /CCBY
History Schmistory, April 17: Canterbury Tales Told for the First Time!
Monday, April 17, 2023
1397Â –Â Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book’s pilgrimage to Canterbury starts. After all, it does start “Whan that aprill with his shoures soote the droghte of march hath perced to the roote”