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3/21/2004: Today is the birthday of Bucky Maughan, who’s been coaching wrestling at NDSU since 1964. He’s a legend in American wrestling circles, both as a coach and as a wrestler himself.

3/25/2004: On this date in 1996, the United States issued its newly redesigned $100 bill. What does that have to do with North Dakota? Nothing, really. But now that we’re on the topic of money design, we’ll tell you the story of who did or didn’t design the Washington quarter – which does link to North Dakota history.

3/30/2004: Visionary theater director Fred Walsh died on this date in 1999.

3/31/2004: Our story today is about Carol Two Eagle, known by many names including Wise Spirit.

4/1/2004: Today, we bring you part two on Carol Two Eagle, who was secretly taught her native languages by her grandmother, Pearl, who was also mixed-blood Dakota and Polish.

4/9/2004: Today marks the anniversary of two controversial events having to do with the burial sites of two of our most famous Native Americans.

4/15/2004: Today marks the anniversary of an extraordinary event in the life of Hatton native, Carl Ben Eielson. Most of us have heard of him, but not everybody knows why he’s famous.

4/16/2004: Yesterday we brought you part 1 of the story of Carl Ben Eielson, who was the first man to fly over the top of the world. We left him and his partner, George Wilkins, after they crash-landed on a floating iceberg during a blizzard on March 30th, 1927. The next morning, they found their island was adrift among towering ice ridges. Wilkins, the navigator, estimated they were 65 miles from safety, but their island was floating farther away each moment.

5/2/2004: One of NDSU’s oldest organizations is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a concert today at 2 p.m. at Festival Concert Hall in Fargo. It’s the Gold Star Band, organized in 1902 by a local musician and the Secretary of the College.

5/6/2004: McLean County is named for John A. McLean, the first mayor of Bismarck. Today we’re talking about one of his sons, Harry, who was born in Bismarck in 1883 and died May 1st, 1961.