The New Year’s Day football game was first played between the University of Michigan and Stanford University in Pasadena, California, in 1902. Michigan won 49-0.
James J. “Gene” Tunney sent Harrison “Jack” Dempsey against the ropes for the heavyweight boxing championship in 1926. Dempsey had held the title since 1919, when he defeated Jess Willard.
The warning “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal” appeared in the 1968 report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, which was headed by Illinois governor Otto Kerner. President Johnson appointed Kerner to investigate the causes of over 100 ghetto riots that took place in the…
In 1992, the average annual salary of a major league baseball player was $1,014,947. Currently, the highest paid player is Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants at $7.3 million.
The American nuclear family is not very typical, according to an analysis of 1990 census data by the Center for the Study of Social Policy. The most common type of household in the United States is a married couple without children: There are 27.5 million of these. In second place (at 26.9 million) are non-family…
After a revolt on July 4, 1846, led by John C. Fremont against Mexico during the Mexican War, California was declared an independent country for a few days. During its brief independence, California flew the flag of a bear. The California grizzly bear is now the state animal.