This Day In History

Read or Subscribe to all Tom Egelhoff’s Daily Blog Posts by Clicking Here Other than Arbor Day, I can’t think of too many holidays where American’s don’t over consume food, drink or both. The Fourth of July is no exception. While we celebrate the birth of our great nation and appreciate all the blessings bestowed on us we also elevate our caloric intake to record levels...

The US Government is great at passing out money for every feel good, vote-getting program they can find. But they suck at policing those programs.

By reducing packaging costs on store brands Walmart will save $2.4 million dollars in shipping costs, 3,800 trees, and a million barrels of oil per year.

I’m not a big horseracing fan. But every now and then there is a chance for us to witness history. The 1960 and 1980 Olympic Hockey wins comes to mind.

Amazing, as it might seem, no one seems to know when the first national Memorial Day occurred.

Congressional leaders make $174,000 annually. About 3-4 times what the average American receives for his or her daily labors.

Our founding fathers knew that innovation came from the freedom to pursue dreams and ideas in a competitive environment.

On May 1, 1960 Francis Gary Powers, piloting a U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down near the town of Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R. and he was captured.

The first bomb was placed in front of Marathon Sports located at 671-673 Boylston Street. It exploded at 2:49:43.

John Wilkes Booth concocted a plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln and transport him to the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.