Tu B’Shevat (Arbor Day): (excerpted from http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/tu-bshevat) Tu B’Shevat (Tu Bishvat) is the 15th day of the Jewish months of Shevat. This festival is also known as the “New Year for Trees” and is observed in Jewish communities in countries such as the United States. Tu B’Shevat is first referred to in the late Second [...]

Alaska Admission Day: (excerpted from http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0103.html#article) By the clock on the mantel in the Cabinet Room at the White House, it was two minutes past noon. In Juneau, capital of the forty-ninth state, it was 9:02 A.M., Pacific Standard Time. President Eisenhower signed the document of proclamation at the long table at which he meets [...]