Tony Lazzeri (Baseball Player) - On This Day

Full Name: Anthony Michael Lazzeri Profession: Baseball Player Biography: Tony Lazzeri was considered one of the top hitting second basemen in Major League Baseball during the 1920s and 1930s. He played in 5 World Series championship winning teams with the New York Yankees in 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1937. He was also part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s along with baseball legends Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Bob Meusel. [Read More]

Top 3 most expensive fruits in the world

Here are the top three most expensive fruits in the world according to Wealthy Gorilla: 1) Yubari King melon ( up to $45,000/pair) ADVERTISEMENT The most expensive fruit in the world is the Yubari king melon which can cost up to $45,000 a pair. The average Yubari King melon price is around $12,000 per pair, but a pair was once sold for $45,000 at an auction in 2019. [Read More]

WAR IN CHINA: No Northern Peace

The South Chinese are short, voluble, emotional, but the North Chinese are tall, silent and stubborn. In 1928 the then newfangled Chiang Kai-shek Government changed the name Peking (Northern Capital) to Peiping (Northern Peace). The farmers in the neighborhood did not like the Chiang Government and so they refused to call the city by its new name. But nine years later the Japanese arrived, and soon changed the name back to Peking. [Read More]

What Happened on April 26, 1993

Historical Events "Shakespeare for My Father" opens at Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC; runs for 266 performances Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56 STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit About April 26, 1993 Day of the Week: Monday How Long Ago? 31 years and 4 months Leap Year: No Music Charts #1 Song: Freak Me - Silk #1 Song: Five Live Ep - George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield Get Our Daily Email [Read More]

What Happened on February 5, 2006

Historical Events Super Bowl XL, Ford Field, Detroit, MI: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Seattle Seahawks, 21-10; MVP: Hines Ward, Pittsburgh, WR Famous Deaths Franklin Cover, American actor (Tom-The Jeffersons), dies at 77 Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (La criada malcriada), dies at 78 Died in 2006 2006 Highlights About February 5, 2006 Day of the Week: Sunday How Long Ago? 18 years, 6 months and 20 days [Read More]

What Happened on June 8

Menu June 8 Explore June 8 Calendar Major Events 452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun 793 Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert's monastery on Lindisfarne Island, off the northeast coast of England capturing and killing monks 1191 King Richard I of England arrives at Acre in modern day Israel to join the Siege of Acre during the Third Crusade 1783 Laki volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption, killing 10,000 and causing widespread famines throughout Asia and Europe 1789 James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the US House of Representatives 1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered 1987 New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels in NZ. [Read More]

What Happened on October 13, 2020

Famous Deaths Augusto Matine, Portuguese soccer midfielder (9 caps; Benfica, Vitória de Setúbal) and manager (Mozambique national team), dies at 73 Conchata Ferrell, American actress (LA Law, Two and a Half Men), dies at 77 John Pepper Clark, Nigerian poet (A Decade of Tongues; Mandela), playwright (Song of a Goat), and magazine editor (The Horn), often published as J.P. Clark, dies at 85 Died in 2020 2020 Highlights About October 13, 2020 [Read More]

What Happened to Matt Maupin?

It's been a long, scarring year for the soldiers of the Army Reserve's 724th Transportation Company, but they are finally coming home from Iraq. Their families are busy making plans for a welcome-home bash at the end of the month. They've booked the Blossom banquet room at the Cranberry Lodge near the unit's Wisconsin base. Buffalo wings and pizza will be the featured fare, at the soldiers' request. It will be the last chance for the reservists to celebrate their safe return together before they disperse to pick up their civilian lives. [Read More]

What It Means if People Say You Have 'Boyfriend Dick'

So what exactly is a boyfriend dick? Well, the most popular entry for "boyfriend dick" on Urban Dictionary (I am indeed using this as legit source) is from July 2016. It reads: "The kind of dick you can ride every night because it fits just right." The sample sentence says: His boyfriend dick makes me feel like Goldilocks. It's juuuuust right. The second entry for "boyfriend dick" helpfully contrasts it with the brand of penis known as vacation dick : a dick that is far larger than average. [Read More]

What to Say When Someone Loses Their Job

Let the tiptoeing begin. As of July, American companies had already shed more than 1.1 million jobs this year, and with Wall Street’s recent financial woes, that figure is sure to grow. Chances are, someone you know will meet this unpleasant fate in coming months; while outright avoidance may work when it’s junior’s Little League coach, handling a relationship with a friend or coworker who’s recently suffered such a blow needs a delicate touch. [Read More]