Roscoe Turner was a pilot who helped publicize and romanticize aviation during the 1920s and 1930s. He regularly broke air speed records and won multiple air speed trophies.

Roscoe Turner was a pilot who helped publicize and romanticize aviation during the 1920s and 1930s. He regularly broke air speed records and won multiple air speed trophies.

The Mono Lake Committee formed in 1978 with the goal of saving California’s Mono Lake.

Near the end of World War II, the USS Queenfish torpedoed the Japanese Navy’s Awa Maru. The sinking of the Awa Maru, which was designated as a Red Cross aid ship, was decried by the Japanese as an “outrageous act of treachery.”

The Dennis the Menace television show broadcast from 1959 to 1963 followed the adventures of Dennis, the only child of Henry and Alice Mitchell. Dennis’ neighbor, “Good Ol’ Mister Wilson” featured prominently in the program as a foil to Dennis’ many antics.

Mimi Benzell’s beautiful and versatile voice took her from the New York Metropolitan Opera stage to radio and television performances broadcast across the country.

The Dennis the Menace television show broadcast from 1959 to 1963 followed the adventures of Dennis, the only child of Henry and Alice Mitchell. Dennis’ neighbor, “Good Ol’ Mister Wilson” featured prominently in the program as a foil to Dennis’ many antics.

The Japan Advertiser was the preeminent English-language newspaper in the Far East in the 1920s and 30s.

Brock Evans was a passionate environmentalist who worked as an executive for the Sierra Club, the National Audubon Society, and the Endangered Species Coalition. He played a leading role in the designation of many National Wilderness Areas in the West.

The long running television show Truth or Consequences got its start as a radio show in 1940. Contestants on the show had to correctly answer a question or perform a zany stunt.