Even Badass Women celebrate Father’s Day*! While Mother’s Day became law in 1914, it took another 58 years for the dads to get their turn. Various dates were celebrated annually for most of the 20th century, but it wasn’t until 1972 that the most-cuddliest of American presidents, Richard Nixon, would grant the menfolk their own special […]
Today In History: June 20
June 20, 1248: University of Oxford receives its Royal charter, and immediately begins to talk smack about Cambridge. 1837: Queen Victoria is crowned; her 67-year reign will see vast social, political, and economic changes, as well as the construction of some really fancy train stations. 1863: West Virginia becomes the 35th state after fifty counties […]
Today In History: June 19
1464: Louis XI of France forms a postal service, and French dogs rejoice. 1865: The end of slavery is announced in Texas; 150 years later, America totally has this race thing under control. 1896: Wallis Simpson, the Queen’s second-least favorite divorcee, is born. 1973: Dammit, Janet, the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” stage production opens in […]