In what Civil War battle did the first African-American win the Congressional Medal of Honor?

The humorous fictional character Mr. Dooley was created by Chicago journalist Finley Peter Dunne was a saloon keeper. He was based on an actual person, Jim McGarry, a Chicago barkeep. He appeared in such satirical works as Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War (1898) and Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen (1899).

The challenger Luis Firpo, known as the “Wild Bull of the Pampas,” was Argentine. Dempsey defeated him in a brutal fight that ended less than a minute into the second round at New York’s Polo Grounds on September 4, 1923. The event is immortalized in the 1924 painting by George Bellows, The Dempsey-Firpo Fight, which…

The New Orleans Opera, which made eight tours to New York and other cities between 1827 and 1845, was America’s first resident opera company. Specializing in French opera, the company’s reputation made New Orleans as synonymous with opera in the 19th century as it was with jazz in the 20th.

The system of mail delivery by horse-and-rider relays lasted only 18 months, from April 1860 to October 1861. It connected Saint Joseph, Missouri, with Sacramento, California, a distance of 1,800 miles. The completion of the transcontinental telegraph system brought the Pony Express to an end.

Captain Robert L. Crippen and John W. Young flew the space shuttle Columbia on its maiden voyage April 12-14, 1981.

“The Phil Silvers Show” (CBS, 1955-59)–Camp Fremont Army Base, Fort Baxter, Roseville, Kansas “Leave It To Beaver” (CBS/ABC, 1957-63)—Mayfield, USA “The Andy Griffith Show” (CBS, 1960-68)—Mayberry, North Carolina “The Dick Van Dyke Show” (CBS, 1961-66)—New Rochelle, New York “Bewitched” (ABC, 1964-72)—Westport, Connecticut “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (CBS, 1970-77)—Minneapolis, Minnesota “All in the Family” (CBS,…