Here are the totals for Year 6, Week 37 (January 7-13, 2013 ( Read more... )

In 1910, inventor Lee De Forest arranged the world's first radio broadcast to the public at New York, NY. He broadcast the voice of Enrico Caruso and other Metropolitan Opera stars to several receiving locations around the city. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, you know what to do.

425th birth anniversary of John Winthrop (1588-1649), governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1630-1649. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, tell us about it.

In 1964, US Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying that smoking may be hazardous to one’s health. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, let us know.

Today is National Cut Your Energy Costs Day. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, you know what to do.

In 1793, Jean-Pierre François Blanchard made the first manned free-balloon flight in America’s history at Philadelphia, PA. One observer was President George Washington. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, we want to hear about it.

In 1982, American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) agreed to give up its 22 local Bell System companies. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, we want to know.

Happy (Orthodox) Christmas! If you write, edit, and/or beta today, post a comment here telling us.