by qdmhistory | Sep 17, 2022 | History
The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, was a battle between Union Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac and Confederate Gen. Robert E.Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. It took place on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg,...
by qdmhistory | Sep 16, 2022 | History
When General Motors opened shop in September 1908, William C. Durant could not have known that GM would eventually hold a 77-year win streak for the world's top-selling auto manufacturer. GM lost the top spot in 2008 to a Japanese automaker. Indeed, the Great...
by qdmhistory | Sep 15, 2022 | History
Google has, over the years, become a large part of our daily lives. We depend on Google products and services to navigate our environment, gain fast hand information and the tap of a screen and many more ways. But when is Google's official birthday?Every year,...
by qdmhistory | Sep 14, 2022 | History
On September 14, 2020, astronomers reported identifying potential life on Venus. Astronomers looked at Venus's atmosphere and cloud structures with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) in Hawaii and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observatory in...
by qdmhistory | Sep 13, 2022 | History
One night in his dream Paul McCartney composed a song and rushed to write it down and compose it when he woke up, fearing that he would forget it. Later, this song became known as "Yesterday," one of the band's popular releases.In August 1965, the...
