Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Daily Grind 10.4.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Prosaic - lacking wit or imagination

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1957: Sputnik launched.  Read more.

1970: Janis Joplin dies of heroin overdose.  Read more. 

2011: Man exonerated after 25 years.  Read more.

SHOW AND TELL

What movement are we going to start?


The New York Project: History is Happening in New York. from Open Book Communications on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 9.29.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Granary - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1953: Russians want the American dream.  Read more. 

1982: The Tylenol murders.  Read more. 

2006: Principal murdered by student.  Read more.

SHOW AND TELL

Daily Grind 8.30.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Analgesic - a medicine used to relieve pain

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1963: Hotline established.  Read more.

1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court Justice.  Read more.

2006: Global Warming Solutions Act.  Read more.

SHOW AND TELL

Look for this series.


Humans of New York Trailer from Brandon Stanton on Vimeo.

Daily Grind 8.29.2017

WORD OF THE DAY

Belligerent - someone who fights

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1949: Soviets explode atomic bomb.  Read more.

1958: Michael Jackson is born.  Read more.

2005: Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc.  Read more.

SHOW AND TELL

What do you make of this?


It's all right, it's ok from Jim Cummings on Vimeo.