Sergeant Stubby was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant. Smuggled aboard the USS Minnesota, he served with the 102nd Infantry, 26th (Yankee) Division in the trenches in France for 18 months, participated in 4 offensives, and 17 battles. Stubby learned to warn his unit of gas attacks, located wounded soldiers, and could hear incoming artillery shells long before the rest of the unit. He even caught a German soldier by grabbing him by the seat of his pants and holding him there until American soldiers found him.

His actions were well-documented.

Stubby has been called the most decorated war dog of WWI and the only dog to be nominated for rank and then promoted to sergeant through combat.

Stubby was described in news stories as a Boston Terrier or "American bull terrier," a mutt, and a dog of "uncertain breed."

The brindle-patterned pup probably owed at least some of his parentage to the evolving family of Boston Terriers, a breed so...

On this Day, March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by a group of 60 conspirators led by Marcus Brutus. According to the historian Plutarch, a fortune teller had warned Caesar, "beware the ides of March." This event was immortalized in Shakespeare's play, “Julius Caesar.”

The word Ides is from Latin, meaning to divide, and is the 15th day of March, May, July, October, and the 13th day of the other months in the ancient Roman calendar. At one time, the Ides of March marked the new year.

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The two famous physicists in their own changed the way we see the universe, share this Day, March 14th.

Today is the 142nd birthday of the great German-born theoretical physicist and mathematician, Albert Einstein.

Einstein suffered from a mild case of Asperger’s syndrome, a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, as well as attention deficit disorder (ADD).

Einstein, of course, developed the theory of relativity and the mass equivalence formula: E=mc2. By the age of 26, he had published four ground-breaking papers: Photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and the equivalence of mass and energy. He would go on to publish more than 300 scientific papers. He was visiting the U.S. when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933; being Jewish, he did not want to return to Germany, eventually becoming a U.S. citizen.

Coincidentally, March 14th also marks the day legendary scientist Stephen Hawking passed away,...

Famed thriller author, Robert Ludlum died on this day, March 12, 2001. From The Scarlatti Inheritance and The Osterman Weekend, to the Bourne Supremacy, movies, digital games, and 41 other novels in-between, Ludlum will always be a hard act for any author to follow. The number of copies of Ludlum’s books in print is estimated up to 500 million: and his books have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries.

Perhaps less known, is that his life—as well as his death may parallel that of his most famous protagonist, Jason Bourne.

Robert Ludlum led a fascinating life.

Ludlum was born in New York City, the adopted son of Margaret Wadsworth and George Hartford Ludlum. He never found who his birth parents were.

As an adopted child, Robert Ludlum explored the limits of reasonable behavior and parental tolerance. After a seemingly endless period of rowdy behavior, this future superstar settled down at the famed Connecticut prep-school, Cheshire Academy, and began to establish himself as...

His name was Alexander Fleming—the son of a Scottish pig farmer. He served in World War I, and his research has likely saved your life at some point. Or at least your parents' or grandparents' lives--and therefore yours as well! He received the Nobel Prize for his accidental discovery of penicillin.

Because he passed away On this Day, March 11, 1955, now is a very good time to recount his incredible story...

Sir Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland on August 6th, 1881.

His parents, Hugh and Grace were farmers, and Alexander was one of their four children. He also had four half-siblings who were the surviving children from his father Hugh's first marriage.

His parents could not afford to send him to school. His father passed away when he was only seven years of age.

He worked at a shipping office in London where he moved to when he was 13, and ultimately attended the Royal Polytechnic Institution since he could not afford to go to a private ...

On this Day, March 9, 1964, Ford began production of its new sports car, the Mustang.

At that moment in time, the U.S. economy was booming, the first Beatles record had just been released, LBJ had announced his War on Poverty, and the country was still trying to shake off the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Cars were a positive distraction, and the release of the Ford Mustang was no exception.

The Mustang’s styling, with its long hood and short deck, proved wildly popular and inspired a host of competition.

At a base price of $2,368, it was originally intended to be a mid-engine two-seated roadster, but that changed when the sales of the Thunderbird increased after adding a back seat.

Since it was introduced four months before the normal start of the 1965 production year, the earliest Mustangs are widely referred to as the 1964½ model by enthusiasts.

Before the car officially hit the sales floor on April 17, 1964, Ford wanted every dealership to have a...