"On October 29, 1969, researchers working under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency sent the first host-to-host message between laboratories at the University of California Los Angeles and the Stanford Research Institute. This marked the birth of the...

Turkeys receiving a presidential pardon date back to the days of Lincoln. According to one story, Lincoln’s son, Tad, begged his father to write a presidential pardon for the bird meant for the family’s Christmas table. Tad argued that the turkey had as much of a...

A growing number of states and cities have come to acknowledge the importance of celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. Arizona, Oregon, Texas, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., and several other states are dedicating a second Monday in October to Indigenous Peoples' Day. It...

Monday, October 11th is Columbus Day.  It is a National holiday to celebrate Christopher Columbus and his arrival to the new world. Watch this short video from the History Channel. Pretend to be Christopher’s parent.  As his mom/dad what would you say about his...

For all you animal lovers out there, October 4th is World Animal Day. World Animal Day was first observed in 1931 at a convention for ecologists to bring attention to endangered or threatened species, Let’s bring attention to an endangered animal using the popular...