The 5 W's: When?
An Omnium-Gatherum of the Garden of Eden & the Macintosh Apple, the Fruit-of-the-Month & the Seventh-Inning Stretch, the Summer of Love & April Fool's Day & More of Life's Milestones
Published on 14. June 2011
128 pages
978-1-4027-9214-4 (ISBN)
Description
When...Did a bank put out first ATM? Were the three major attacks of the Bubonic Plague? Were the amendments of the Bill of Rights enacted? Travel through different eras for a glimpse of what each period has brought us and a fun and all-inclusive overview of landmark events thats irresistibly intriguing.
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Erin McHugh
Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- COME AND GET IT!
- HELLO?
- WEATHER WATCH
- NO GRAY AREA
- WHY YOU FORGET WHEN YOU FORGET
- THE YEAR OF YOU
- GOING, GOING, GONE
- THE BEGINNING OF TIME
- STICKY SOLUTION
- MIGHTY WINDS
- ON THE BLINK
- LEAVING IT ALL BEHIND?
- THE MAKINGS OF A SAINT
- "SIX BELLS AND ALL IS WELL!"
- WHEN U.S. WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
- "I DO," FOR NOW . . .
- KIDS TODAY!
- WHO SCREAMED FOR ICE CREAM?
- SKY LIGHT
- SHINE ON
- AFTER SINGING AULD LANG SYNE
- PUTTING ON THE FEEDBAG
- PLAY BALL!
- SCRAPING THE SKY
- HANDS ON
- "GIVE ME YOUR POOR . . ."
- THE BIRDS
- GIVE ME YOUR CASH
- HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOODLAND
- WHEN IT'S GOOD, IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD . . .
- NOTHING TO CELEBRATE
- BUBONIC PLAGUE
- THE FLAG AT HALF-MAST
- WHEN "WHEN" MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
- HEAVY-TECH
- ALIEN INVASION
- ONE LEG AT A TIME
- NUMBER, PLEASE, MR. OSCAR?
- DAY IS DONE
- THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES
- GOOD EV-EN-INGS
- WORLD'S OLDEST
- PUZZLING . . .
- THEY'RE HERE . . .
- HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
- DISCO MADNESS
- A TIME OF HORROR
- OLYMPIAN FEATS
- "THE DEVIL'S ROPE"
- SING!
- INAUGURAL LUNCHEON
- THAR SHE BLOWS!
- UNDER THE KNIFE
- A BRIEF PUBLISHING TIMELINE
- FOOD ON THE MOVE
- THE LAST NAIL
- TOP FOOD IN TOWN
- A HISTORY OF WORLD'S FAIRS
- WHO'S CALLING?
- CUCKOO: EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
- A YEAR OF WEIRD HOLIDAYS
- THE SUMMER OF LOVE
- THOSE WERE THE DAYS
- WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER, GET USED TO IT
- NEWS FLASH!!
- DECLARATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONALITY
- UP, UP, AND AWAY
- COFFEE, TEA, OR VITAL SIGNS?
- OVER THE BOUNDING MAIN
- THE MORE-OR-LESS HUNDRED YEARS WAR
- WHAT TH' . . . ?
- ALL THAT JAZZ
- GREAT MOMENTS IN PIZZA
- A HOLIDAY IN THE MAKING
- VACANCY
- TICK-TOCK
- WHEN EMILY POST SPEAKS...
- YOU ARE GETTING SLEEPY . . .
- WONDERS OF THE WORLD LISTS
- TRUE OR FALSE?
- GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES
- GREAT MOMENTS IN INVENTING
- LONG LIFE
- "MAZEL TOV-IT'S A BOY!"
- DOES IT ALL ADD UP?
- NICKEL-AND-DIME THEM
- THE FRUIT OF THEIR LABOR
- THE HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE
- "NO BRAIN, NO PAIN"
- "THE EAGLE HAS LANDED . . ."
- HOW DOES YOUR BABY GROW?
- A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF MODERN GAY HISTORY
- HOW LONG?
- A PARTIAL HISTORY OF GLORIOUS FOOD
- AMERICAN FURNITURE PERIODS
- IT'S SPUTNIK!
- CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
- NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD
