by qdmhistory | Nov 26, 2022 | History
Ask any American grade schooler about pilgrims, and the responses will likely contain the name of a ship called the Mayflower. The story about settlers landing in Plymouth after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean is part of the American origin story. Also part of this...
by qdmhistory | Nov 25, 2022 | History
November 25, 1986, started like hundreds of previous days in the U.S. White House. It was President Ronald Reagan's second term, one swamped with sensationalized news stories and controversy. Against this backdrop, President Reagan had always insisted he would not...
by qdmhistory | Nov 24, 2022 | History
As Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 took off on November 24, 1971, passengers didn't know they would be in for a harrowing experience. It should have been a short uneventful flight between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. Instead, the flight became...
by qdmhistory | Nov 23, 2022 | History
Poon Lim was a Chinese sailor who survived 133 days on a wooden raft. He was a steward in a British Merchant Navy Ship that had been torpedoed in November 1942. About 75 years ago, on April 5, 1943, Lim was rescued by some Brazilian fishermen off the coast of...
by qdmhistory | Nov 22, 2022 | History
Just 9 weeks into her pregnancy, Naomi Findlay got word that her daughter had ectopia cordis, a rare condition in which the breastbone fails to develop. The result is that the heart and part of the stomach grow outside of the baby’s body. While most babies with this...
