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American actor. A member of the Carradine family, he made his first appearances on television Western series such as Bonanza and his brother David’s TV series, Kung Fu. Carradine’s first film role was in the 1972 film The Cowboys, which starred John Wayne and Roscoe Lee Browne. Carradine is also well remembered for his roles as fraternity nerd Lewis Skolnick […]
Robert Carradine (March 24, 1954 – February 23, 2026)
Team USA men’s hockey wins gold medal in overtime against Canada at Winter Olympics It was the 46th anniversary of the ‘Miracle on Ice’ Both, Men’s and Women’s Team USA won the gold medal against Canada, 2-1, in overtime in ice hockey. Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal for the […]
USA wins the Gold Medal in Men’s Hockey (2/22/2026)
LONDON — Police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday following weeks of revelations over the former prince’s friendship and dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. Officers were pictured by news photographers arriving at Andrew’s residence on what is his 66th birthday. Thames Valley Police, which covers an area in southern England, said it had arrested a […]
Former Prince Andrew arrested following Epstein files revelations (2/19/2026)
Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little booted his way into the annals of NFL history on Sunday. Little set a new mark for the longest field goal in history when he made a 68-yarder before halftime against the Las Vegas Raiders. (FoxNews.com)
11/2/2025 – Jaguars kicker breaks NFL record for longest made ...
Jesse Jackson (1941–2026) was a prominent American civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and influential political figure. He marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., helped lead major civil‑rights initiatives, founded Operation PUSH and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and ran groundbreaking presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988 that expanded political participation […]
Jesse Jackson (October 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026)
A popular rock structure in Italy known as the “Lovers’ Arch” collapsed on Valentine’s Day following days of poor weather. The natural formation, which was part of the Sant’Andrea sea stacks along southern Italy’s Adriatic coast, was often used as a backdrop for tourist photos and wedding proposals, according to Reuters. Source: FoxNews
2/14/2026 – ‘Lovers’ Arch’ on Italian coast collapses on Valentine’s ...
Local police have identified a gunman suspected of targeting family members in a mass shooting at an indoor ice rink in Rhode Island that has left at least two dead and multiple others injured. Chaos erupted at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, near Providence, on Monday at around 2:30 p.m. local time, as gunfire […]
Pawtucket shooting (2/16/2026)
Robert Duvall died Sunday, according to his wife, Luciana Pedraza Duvall. He was 95. Circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately made available. “Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time,” his wife shared online. “Bob passed away peacefully […]
Robert Duvall 1/5/1931 – 2/15/2026
The US government issued a general license to allow oilfield-service companies to work in Venezuela as the Trump administration eases sanctions and pushes to rebuild the nation’s crude infrastructure. Source: MSN News
US allows oilfield contractors to go to work in Venezuelan ...
James Van Der Beek, the actor known best for embodying those formative, angsty teenage years in “Dawson’s Creek” and “Varsity Blues,” has died following a diagnosis with colorectal cancer. He was 48.
James Van Der Beek (March 8, 1977 – February 11, ...
2026 Winter Olympics medal count
2026 Winter Olympics – Milano Cortina, Italy (2/6/2026 – 2/22/2026)
Grady Demond Wilson was an American actor and author, widely known for his role as Lamont, the titular son in the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son. He later portrayed Oscar Madison on The New Odd Couple and appeared in the film Me and the Kid. Source: Wikipedia
Demond Wilson 10/13/1946 – 1/30/2026
Comedy legend Catherine O’Hara, known for her roles in Home Alone, Beetlejuice, Schitt’s Creek, and several Christopher Guest mockumentaries, died on Jan. 30 at age 71
Catherine O’Hara (March 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026)
“Immigration from these 75 countries will be paused while the State Department reassess immigration processing procedures to prevent the entry of foreign nationals who would take welfare and public benefits.” – FoxNews.com The full list of countries comprises of Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, […]
1/14/2026 – US freezes all visa processing for 75 countries ...
In the pre-dawn hours of 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military operation in Venezuela. A large-scale strike was reportedly carried out, with US President Donald Trump announcing around 4:20 am EST via social media that Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country […]
January 3rd, 2026 — Maduro in US custody
Hurricane Melissa was an extremely powerful, erratic, and devastating tropical cyclone that became the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, as well as the most intense at landfall in the Atlantic basin. The thirteenth and final named storm, fifth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and third Category 5 hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, Melissa was […]
Hurricane Melissa – October 21, 2025
Diane Keaton Hall was an American actress. Her career spanned more than five decades, during which she rose to prominence in the New Hollywood movement. She collaborated frequently with Woody Allen, appearing in eight of his films. Keaton’s accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, along with nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. […]
Diane Keaton (January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025)
Born: April 3, 1934, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom Died: October 1, 2025 (age 91 years), Los Angeles, CA Children: Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick Spouse: Derek Bryceson (m. 1975–1980), Hugo van Lawick (m. 1964–1974) Parents: Vanne Morris Goodall, Mortimer Morris-Goodall Jane Morris Goodall is a British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist who’s known for her 60 years of studying chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National […]
Jane Goodall 4/3/1934 – 10/1/2025
The actor died at the age of 89 on Sept. 16 at his mountain home in Sundance, Utah. The Oscar winner was known for his roles in films including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, All the President’s Men, and The Natural. He is survived by his wife, Sibylle Szaggars, and two of his […]
Robert Redford (August 18, 1936 – September 16, 2025)
Iryna Zarutska was a young Ukrainian refugee tragically stabbed and killed on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22, 2025, by DeCarlos Brown Jr., a man with a prior criminal record and mental health issues, sparking national outrage, debate on criminal justice, and leading to North […]
8/22/2025 – Killing of Iryna Zarutska
Blue Ghost Mission 1 was a robotic Moon landing mission by Firefly Aerospace (Firefly) that launched on January 15, 2025, and soft-landed on the lunar surface on March 2, 2025, at 08:34 UTC. Firefly thus became the first commercial company to complete a fully successful soft landing on the Moon. As part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, the mission […]
Firefly Aerospace becomes the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon ...
“Nothing is so very bad that something good shouldn’t come out of it. No matter what it is.” – Rose Girone
1/13/1912 – 2/24/2025 Rose Girone, oldest living Holocaust survivor, ...
On February 28, 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. vice president JD Vance held a highly contentious bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. Televised live and arranged with the intention to discuss continued U.S. support for Ukraine in repelling the ongoing Russian invasion of the country, it was expected to conclude with the […]
2025 Trump–Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting (2/28/2025)
(the name) Gulf of Mexico has been changed to Gulf of America BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today, I am very honored to recognize February 9, 2025, as the first ever Gulf of America Day. On January 20, 2025, I signed […]
Gulf of America – 2/9/2025
On 4 February 2025, a school shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, an adult education center in Örebro, Sweden. The shooter was identified as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, who killed ten people and wounded six others before committing suicide. As of May 2025, the Swedish Police Authority appeared to close their investigation, stating the perpetrator likely targeted Campus Risbergska because he […]
Örebro school shooting (February 4, 2025)
The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States took place on Monday, January 20, 2025. Due to freezing temperatures and high winds, it was held inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. It was the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration and the second inauguration of Trump as U.S. president, marking the commencement of […]
Second inauguration of Donald Trump (Monday, January 20, 2025)
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some […]
1/7/2025 – 1/31/2025 Southern California wildfires
On 7 January 2025 at 09:05 CST (UTC+8), an earthquake measuring Mw 7.1 struck Tingri County, located in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of Southwestern China. Between 126 and 400 people were killed and 338 were injured in the region. The earthquake also injured 13 people in […]
1/7/2025 – 2025 Tibet earthquake
On January 1, 2025, at around 3:15 a.m. CST , Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, then exited the truck and engaged in a shootout with police before being fatally shot. Fifteen people were killed, including the perpetrator, and […]
1/1/2025 – Fifteen people are killed (including the perpetrator), and ...
A total solar eclipse crosses North America on April 8, 2024, with parts of 15 U.S. states within the path of totality.
4/8/2024 – Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
The flour massacre occurred in the Gaza Strip on 29 February 2024, when at least 118 Palestinians were killed and 760 injured after Israeli forces opened fire while the Palestinians were seeking food from aid trucks on the coastal Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City. The incident was the deadliest mass […]
2/29/2024 – The Flour Massacre
A Russian news agency reports that eight-year-old Maria Chelysheva’s…
Safety Topic – Maria Chelysheva
On 1 January 2024, at 16:10 JST (07:10 UTC), a 7.6 earthquake struck 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northeast of Suzu. There were 526 deaths confirmed and two people remain missing. Over 500 fatalities occurred in Ishikawa, five in Niigata and three more in Toyama. The mainshock also injured over 1,300 people and […]
2024 Noto earthquake
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II. It is a major escalation of the war between the two countries that began when Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of February […]
February 24, 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Eddie Van Halen was a Dutch‑born American musician, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rock guitarists of all time. He co‑founded the band Van Halen with his brother, Alex, in the 1970s and became known for his revolutionary guitar style, particularly his use of two‑hand tapping, […]
Eddie Van Halen (1955–2020)
…due to continued concerns over COVID-19 and the U.S. travel ban on the Schengen Area. The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes into free fall, closing at over −2,300 points, the worst losses for the index since 1987.
3/12/2020 – Global stock markets crash
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunges by 1,190.95 points, or 4.4%, to close at 25,766.64, its largest one-day point decline at the time. This follows several days of large falls, marking the worst week for the index since 2008, triggered by fears of the spreading COVID-19.
2/27/2020 stock market crash
Known to most as the greatest drummer ever.
Neil Peart (9/12/1952-1/7/2020)
Francesco Columbu was an Italian actor, author, chiropractor, and former Amateur Boxer, Professional Bodybuilder and World’s Strongest Man competitor. He made his Pro Bodybuilding Debut in 1968, and was regularly competing at he top end of the under 200lbs category. This was documented in the 1977 Documentary Pumping Iron (1977). He went […]
8/7/1941 – 8/30/2019 Franco Columbu, Dies at 78
USA wins the Women’s World Cup for the 2nd straight time by beating Netherlands 2-0. and then… Allie Long drags and drops the American flag during World Cup celebration. Kelley O’Hara picks up the flag.
7/7/2019 – USA wins the Women’s World Cup
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 2019-07-01 13:40:43 On Sunday morning, two workers on Royal Dutch Shell’s Auger platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico were killed during a routine lifeboat launch and retrieval exercise. Another was injured and evacuated to a hospital for treatment. One of the deceased was a Shell employee, and […]
7/1/2019 – Two Killed on Shell Auger Platform
John Walton was 67 years old when he passed away on July 1, 2019. Steve Johnson notified fans of the Walton & Johnson show about his friend’s death in a tribute post shared to social media. Johnson shared that Walton had been battling medical issues that were “too numerous to overcome. […]
7/1/2019 – John Walton of “Walton and Johnson” dies at ...
The crash involved members of Marine JarHeads MC, a motorcycle club in New England that includes Marines and their spouses. A 2016 Dodge 2500 pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer of the kind used to haul cars collided with the bikers around 6:30 p.m. Friday on U.S. 2, a two-lane […]
6/21/2019 – 7 dead, 3 hurt in NH when a ...
Emergency responders that were affected by the hazards of 9/11 (9/11/2001) attack are running out of time on support funds. Today Jon Stewart came to tell Congress to keep supporting the 9/11 compensation fund, but lashed out when there were empty seats.
6/11/2019 – Jon Stewart tells it like it is
Incident occurred on Saturday, June 1, at Chevron’s Green Canyon Block 205, Platform “A” (Genesis) about 150 miles southwest of New Orleans. Here is the description of the incident as described by BSEE: “A wireline crew had completed work on a well which was properly barricaded. At approximately 2300 hours, […]
6/1/2019 – Employee falls through a hole cover
Lexie Alford broke the Guinness World Record for the youngest person to see all 196 sovereign nations. Source: FoxNews
6/4/2019 – American woman, 21, becomes youngest person to visit ...
I first read about this man in a Reader’s Digest issue back in the 80’s. I recently came across this on the ArmyTimes.com and reminded me of some people that shouldn’t be forgotten… Master Sergeant Raul Perez “Roy” Benavidez volunteered that day to help retrieve a team of 12 reconnaissance […]
Remember: Master Sergeant “Roy” Benavidez
Update: 6/1/2019 The Coastguard called off the search on Friday 5/31/2019′ The Coast Guard used 21 assets to search approximately 3,701 square miles over 56 hours. The incident happened aboard the Renaissance Offshore’s Eugene Island 331 platform, 170 miles southwest of New Orleans. According to BSEE, the man – a […]
5/29/2019 – The U.S. Coast Guard is currently searching for ...
A disgruntled city employee shot and killed 12 people and injured several more when he opened fire inside a Virginia Beach municipal building before he was killed by police. DeWayne Craddock, 40, was a longtime public utility worker who made multiple firearm purchases in recent weeks, officials told the Wall Street […]
5/31/2019 – 12 dead, several injured in shooting at Virginia ...
ST. HELENA PARISH, La. – Investigators with the St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office said Jason Eric Leal, 39, died due to injuries sustained on an oil rig located at 7055 Highway-449 in St. Helena Parish Friday, May 31. Leal, a native of San Antonio, TX, was on the rig at […]
5/31/2019 – Texas man dies after accident on oil rig ...
On Easter Sunday, one of the holiest of Christian holidays, a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks targeting churches and hotels swept across the island nation of Sri Lanka. By the time the smoke cleared, nearly 300 people had died, and hundreds more had been injured.
4/21/2019 – Sri Lanka Bombings
Masters Tournament PGA Tour, European Tour Tournament details Date:Apr 11–14, 2019 Course: Augusta National Golf Course Purse: $11,500,000 Highlights Leaderboard Final Pos Player R4 Thru Total 1 T. Woods -2 F -13 T2 X. Schauffele -4 F -12 T2 B. Koepka -2 F -12 T2 D. Johnson -4 […]
4/14/2019 – Tiger Woods wins the Masters for the 5th ...
So it starts here with the picture above… Around the October of 2017, New Jersey resident Kate McClure ran out of gas on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and a homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., gave her his last $20 while she was stranded. In return, McClure and her boyfriend, Mark […]
4/12/2019 – The Infamous GoFundMe Scam
Actress Katherine Helmond, best known for her work in “Who’s the Boss?” and “Soap,” has died due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 89. She passed away at her home in Los Angeles on Feb. 23
3/1/2019 – ‘Who’s the Boss?’ star Katherine Helmond dead at ...
Peter Tork, keyboardist and bass guitarist of ‘60s pop group The Monkees, has died Thursday. He was 77.
2/21/2019 – Peter Tork dies at 77
The sailor (George Mendonsa) kissing a woman in New York’s Time Square in an iconic photo at the end of World War II died Sunday in Rhode Island. The woman, Greta Zimmer Friedman, died in 2016 at 92 years old after a struggle with pneumonia. She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with her husband.
2/18/2019 – Sailor kissing woman in famous V-J Day photo ...
Denny Hamlin came out on top in the 61st running of the Daytona 500 Sunday — not long after a string of dramatic wrecks took out much of the competition in “The Great American Race.”
2/17/2019 – Denny Hamlin wins Daytona 500 along with multiple ...
New England Patriots (2) (AFC) (11–5) Los Angeles Rams (2) (NFC) (13–3) 13 3 Head coach: Bill Belichick Head coach: Sean McVay 1 2 3 4 Total New England Patriots 0 3 0 10 13 Los Angeles Ram 0 0 3 0 3 Records set (Unless otherwise noted, all […]
2/3/2019 – Patriots win the Superbowl LIII (53)
Five children heading to Disney World in a church van from Louisiana died along with two truck drivers in a fiery crash on Interstate 75 in north Florida
1/3/2019 – 5 Kids die on a trip to Disney ...
Daryl Frank Dragon (August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American musician and songwriter, best known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his then-wife, Toni Tennille. Dragon’s familiar image and stage name came from his time as a keyboard player with The Beach Boys […]
1/2/2019 – Daryl Dragon from Captain & Tennille dies at ...
A tsunami hits Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.
12/22/2018 – A tsunami hits Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, director and producer. She came to notice in the 1970s for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley, receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her […]
12/17/2018 – Penny Marshall dies at the age of 75
France experiences its worst civil unrest since the protests of 1968 due to the yellow vests movement. Protests in Paris morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested; over 100 cars are burned, the Arc de Triomphe is vandalized and numerous other tourist sites are closed, both in the capital and elsewhere in the country. Source: […]
12/1-12/8 – France experiences its worst civil unrest since the ...
George H. W. Bush 41st U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Wikipedia […]
11/30/2018 – George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United ...
InSight’s two-year mission will be to study the deep interior of Mars to learn how all celestial bodies with rocky surfaces, including Earth and the Moon.
11/26/2018 – NASA’s InSight probe successfully lands on the surface ...
Roy Linwood Clark was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre.
11/15/2018 – Roy Clark, country music legend and ‘Hee ...
Katherine “Scottie” MacGregor, best known for her role as Harriet Oleson on “Little House on the Prairie,” died Tuesday in Woodland Hills, California, her representative confirmed to NBC News. She was 93. MacGregor played the gossipy, mean-spirited Harriet Oleson for 153 episodes of the popular 1970s series. On the […]
11/13/2018 – Katherine MacGregor, Cruel Mother on ‘Little House,’ Dies ...
11/8/2018 – The Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed.
11/8/2018 – California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire
Academy Award-nominated actress and director Sondra Locke, whose body of work included multiple collaborations with Clint Eastwood, has died. She was 74. Locke died in November at her home in Los Angeles, according to a death certificate obtained by CNN. She had been battling bone and breast cancer. Locke […]
11/3/2018 – Sondra Locke, Oscar-nominated actress, has died at age ...
Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, with 189 passengers on board.
10/29/2018 – Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast ...
11 people are killed during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was a mass shooting that occurred at Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Congregation[a] in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, while Shabbat morning services were being held. Eleven people were killed and seven were injured. It was the deadliest […]
10/27/2018 – 11 people are killed during the Pittsburgh synagogue ...
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge is the world’s longest sea crossing bridge.
10/23/2018 – The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge is opened
The unmanned European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury.
10/19/2018 – BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to ...
At least 59 people are killed and at least 100 injured when a train runs through a crowd at a Hindu festival in Punjab, India. Two Indian Railways passenger trains crashed into a crowd of people in the eastern outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab, on 19 October 2018. The crowd had gathered to watch celebrations for the Hindu festival of Dussehra and […]
10/19/2018 – Amritsar train disaster in Punjab, India.
Unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez and the streaming service DAZN have agreed to a five-year, 11-fight deal that will pay the boxer at least $365 million — the highest-paying athlete contract in history. reuters.com
10/17/2018 – Boxer Alvarez signs $365M deal, richest contract in ...
Canada legalizes the sale and use of cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013.