8 posts tagged with "history"

Today I learned that Nick Galifianakis lost the 1972 Senate race to Jesse Helms.

Today I learned that Donald Trump is the second US president to serve non-consecutive terms.

Today I learned that Frank Beacham passed.

Today I learned the first words unraveled for the Vesuvius Challenge.

Today I learned that pseudopregnancy[^1] occurs in humans too.

Today I learned how useful the Newspapers.com website can be₁. I gotta email from our athletic director about championship banners for the gym related to tennis. Being as I'm not from Greenwood, I had no clue about the history so I forwarded it to a couple fellas I know who knew more. The feedback left some gaps, so I started scrubbing online when I ran into the ubiquitous Newspapers.com site.

Today I learned that Samuel Jones Lee was the first African-American Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874 ₁. The reason the discovery resonated so much with me is that the history has some modern reverberations and is closely tied to several nearby counties. His tenure is associated with the Disputed Government of South Carolina of 1876 and one of the most contentious presidential elections in American history.

Today I learned more about my great grandfather from a first person account₁. I got a comment and email from a fella who was discussing him with his 93 year old mother.