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5/14/2004: Yesterday we talked about the Spanish-American War, in which America helped Cuba win its freedom from Spain. On June 24th, we’ll bring you the story of Teddy Roosevelt’s charge up San Juan Hill, but today, we’re switching directions.

5/16/2004: Thirty-four years ago today was “International ABM Day,” an anti-war event that was planned to coincide with Armed Forces Day.

5/18/2004: Today is Tommy Tucker’s birthday. He was born in 1908 in Souris, where he was known by his real name, Gerald Duppler. Fans of 1940s big bands will recall his 1941 hit, “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire.”

10/10/2003: Yesterday, we talked about a five-foot meteorite that landed near Carrington in 1910. But about 214 million years ago, a meteorite that landed in what is now McKenzie County was so large that it left a crater 5 miles across.

10/20/2003: Today marks the anniversary of President Hoover’s death in 1964. Thirty-five years earlier, Red Tomahawk, the man who killed one of the most famous Native Americans in history, left Standing Rock Reservation to visit the Hoover in Washington, D.C.

10/22/2003: Around North Dakota, this date in history saw a wide variety of events – some typical and some not so typical.

10/27/2003: Today marks four important anniversaries and birthdays in this state.

11/7/2003: This was a tragic day in North Dakota’s history. As a result of a runaway prairie fire southwest of Belfield, the teacher of a country school and six of her students were killed.

11/10/2003: Today marks anniversaries in the lives of two North Dakota men who were complete opposites. One was the winner of the Medal of Honor, and the other was a cold-blooded killer.

11/23/2003: On this weekend in 1937, Towner held its fifth annual turkey show. Exhibitors from Velva, Drake, Granville, Denbigh, Bantry, Upham, Balfour, Eckman and Towner contributed to the largest entry of live birds in the show’s history.