Frank Russel Capra deserves a day just for giving us the phrase “Platinum Blonde.” This most American of early filmmakers was actually born Franceso Rosario Capra in Sicily on May 18, 1897, and at age 5 was brought to the country he would help define, earning him honors on a day that best describes his …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/18/23 – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE DAY! Read More »
They called him The Galveston Giant, when they weren’t calling him Ni**er, that is, or throwing him in jail for loving white women and promoting one more hayseed palooka as The Great White Hope to unseat him as the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Today is NATIONAL JACK JOHNSON DAY! Born John Arthur Jackson on March …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 3/31/23 – JACK JOHNSON DAY! Read More »
If America always acted like America should, we wouldn’t need them, but, like any other great idea, there are kinks to be worked out, and wrongs to be righted. There are people who make it their jobs to ensure that America acts like America to everybody, and today we celebrate AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION DAY! …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 1/20/23 – AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION DAY! Read More »
