Ernest Hemingway, American novelist and writer of short stories, was born on this day in 1899. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his novel, The Old Man and the Sea, and he later won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. Hemingway passed…
Larry R. of the Flint River region of Georgia says, "I have what is termed "Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease", a degenerative neurological condition that typically affects people much older than me. I thank you for providing GALILEO because it…
Judy Serritella, Coordinator of Library Media Services at the Georgia Department of Education says, "I am a fan of GALILEO because for 15 years it has provided every student, teacher, administrator, parent, and citizen of Georgia with digital…
July in National Ice Cream Month, and the third Sunday of the month - July 18 this year - is National Ice Cream Day. If you can't make it to Humphry Slocombe in San Francisco to try out some interesting flavors but are looking for an excuse to…
On July 14, 1789, an angry mob approached the Bastille, a prison in France originally built as a medieval fortress, and demanded the weapons stored there. Despite resistance from the guards, the mob took the prison and released the prisoners, thus…
