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DISCOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORDINGS
Marion Stokes began taping television in November 1979; by her death in December 2012, she had amassed more than 70,000 tapes, now being digitized by the Internet ArchiveFor decades, Marion Stokes diligently collected American television news, creating an archive of over seventy thousand tapes. Driven by a s...- Joe Bussard began swapping records as a Maryland boy because he loved old music; thousands from his collection can now be heard for free through a university archiveJoe Bussard spent an amazing seventy-five years passionately collecting vintage music, amassing a collection of nearly fifteen thousand rec...
- In 1851, Brooklyn released 100 house sparrows from England; 175 years later, the birds are found across nearly all of North AmericaHouse Sparrows, introduced to North America during the mid-1800s, have rapidly become a prevalent part of the continent's avian scene. Thei...
- In 2002, crews removed rats from California’s Anacapa Island; 10 years later, rare seabirds were returning and the island’s ecosystem was recoveringAnacapa Island shows significant seabird recovery ten years after rat removal. Ashy storm-petrels now nest there, and Cassin's auklets have...
- Million dollar mistake: A 24-cent stamp became one of America’s rarest due to a printing error. It turned the stamp into a collector’s prize worth $2 millionThe 1918 “Inverted Jenny” stamp was originally sold for just 24 cents, but a printing mistake left the Curtiss JN-4 airplane upside down. O...
- Quote of the day by former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy: ‘There comes a time in life when you walk away from all the drama…’ – a reminder to choose peace over negativityJacqueline Kennedy, known for her role as First Lady, shared her insights on navigating life's obstacles. She emphasized the importance of ...
- In 1902, Colorado miner Joe Fleshuts built a simple cabin to claim a piece of land; more than 120 years later, the cabin still stands inside Rocky Mountain National ParkIn 1902, Joe Fleshuts constructed a log cabin to stake his claim under the Homestead Act, aspiring to own 160 acres in Colorado's scenic Ka...
- Trump praises PM Modi's opium crackdown as India remains on US drug listUS President Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for tackling opium production, even as India remains on Washington's major i...
- Meet Faustino Oro, the Argentine chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at 10 years, 8 months and 16 days, setting a record as the youngest South American grandmasterFaustino Oro started playing chess at just six, during the COVID-19 lockdown. Within a few years, the Argentine teenager was breaking recor...
- In 1921, Simon Rodia, an Italian immigrant began building towers in his Los Angeles yard; 33 years later, his handmade creation included a tower more than 99 feet highIn 1921, Italian immigrant Sabato “Simon” Rodia began an ambitious project on his small property in Los Angeles. Working alone during night...
- In 1984, Lincoln's handwritten final public address emerged from a secret compartment in an antique table; the forgotten manuscript later sold for $231,000A remarkable manuscript discovery at New York City’s Morris-Jumel Mansion brought an overlooked piece of Revolutionary-era history back int...
- A small aluminium tray and television rapidly changed what Americans ate after World War II. This recipe became the most popular of them allAmerican meals in the 1950s featured meatloaf and fried chicken alongside new convenience foods. Casseroles and canned vegetables simplifie...
- In the 1980s, rare shells linked to Captain Cook were thrown into a university dumpster; 40 years later, the forgotten collection returned to England's heritage archivesRare shells linked to Captain James Cook nearly vanished in the 1980s. The collection was thrown into a university dumpster, apparently for...
- 7th grader writes goal of becoming a world record holder, achieves it months later by catching giant fishArizona student Madilyn Davis completed an unusual pair of summer goals she had written down in sixth grade: petting a capybara and becomin...
- A NASA intern Gary George paid $217 for 1,150 NASA tapes; 43 years later, 3 Apollo 11 recordings showing Neil Armstrong sold for $1.82 millionFormer NASA intern Gary George spent just $217.77 on 1,150 surplus NASA videotapes in 1976, unaware that three reels contained rare first-g...
- Hospitals dust off old X-rays, telcos mine call records as AI revives dead dataOrganisations are retrieving old data for artificial intelligence training. This archived information, once considered dormant, now fuels A...
- Microphone summitInternational summits often highlight communication breakdowns and cultural differences. At a climate summit, technical issues overshadowed...
- In 2013, more than 16,000 Old Weather-Arctic volunteers transcribed handwritten Arctic ship logs, while 275,000 scanned pages contained about 23 million weather and sea-ice observationsThrough dedicated efforts, volunteers meticulously transcribed aged ship logs, unearthing essential historical weather information. This ci...
- US unemployment claims dip to 206,000 as layoffs continue to remain rareUnemployment claims have experienced a modest decline last week, remaining historically low. Companies are reluctant to make layoffs, recal...
- In 1813, iconic newspaper first used term 'Uncle Sam' to refer to the United States, the nickname was linked to local meatpacker, after over 200 years later President Donald Trump is on name-changing spreeSamuel Wilson supplied meat to the U.S. Army in barrels marked "U.S.", meaning United States. According to the traditional story, workers a...
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