What year was the Starbucks Coffee chain first opened?

History Trivia / October 18, 2024

1971. The first Starbucks location outside of North America opened in Tokyo in 1996.

Who was President William McKinley's Vice President during his first term?

History Trivia / October 18, 2024

Garret Augustus Hobart. Hobart had never held elective office prior to serving as Vice-President.

What was the name of the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

History Trivia / October 17, 2024

Enola Gay B-29. Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. was the pilot who dropped the bomb from the Enola Gay.

Why did the Daughters of the American Revolution refuse to allow Marian Anderson to sing in 1939?

History Trivia / October 17, 2024

She Was Black. Because of their discriminatory practices, Eleanor Roosevelt resigned as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1939.

Which German aircraft was considered a failure?

History Trivia / October 16, 2024

Me-210. The 210 was reported to have killed as many German pilots as Allied pilots.

What airline owned the 747 blown up by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988?

History Trivia / October 16, 2024

Pan Am. On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, at the time the worst terrorist attack against U.S. citizens.