Tag: Richard Nixon

Cranberry sauce is a classic Thanksgiving side dish, but not in 1959, thanks to what History.com has called the Great Cranberry Scare.

Today in 1913, the birthday of President Richard Nixon. In addition to being a politician, Nixon was a capable piano player who once said on tape that he would've gone into music "if there had been a good rap group around in those days."

No meeting has ever been bigger than the one that happened today in 1970, when the King of Rock and Roll met the President of the United States. We'll explain how it happened.

Today in 1913, the birthday of Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, and the only one who ever went a wild ride with the head of the Soviet Union.

In early 1970 President Richard Nixon introduced new uniforms for the guards at the White House - European-style suits that Americans thought looked better for movie ushers or marching bands.

This week in 1960, Richard Nixon campaigned at a cookout in Sullivan, Illinois, eating some of a Buffalo barbecue sandwich before giving his speech. A young Boy Scout, Steve Jenne, took the rest of Nixon's sandwich home and has kept it in the freezer for the last 60 years!

Let's get to it on this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Lincoln is the new mayor of Fair Haven, Vermont. Lincoln the goat.

With the big Game of Thrones finale ahead, Facebook has a new photo filter that can turn any face into The Night King. Oh, any face? 

I came to South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore, but that wasn't all I saw. Here are a few other favorites.

Rumors he will return, "Futurama"-style, in 2999 are thus far unsubstantiated.

"The Walking Dead" is about dead people, and yet all the actors are alive? That's totally unfair.