150 years ago today, the first competitive game of rugby in New Zealand was played in the City of Nelson between Nelson College and the new Nelson Rugby Football Club. It was a Nelson College old boy, Charles Monro, who…
Andy Serkis, the celebrated actor who played the role of Gollum in The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit is raising money for COVID-19 response in the UK by reading the entire JRR Tolkien book The Hobbit, live, cover…
On this day 100 years ago, the first baseball game was played in the Negro National League. In Indianapolis, the home team, the ABCs, beat the Chicago American Giants in the new league that was initially composed of eight teams…
40 years ago, R.E.M. played their first gig before 150 people at the 11:11 Koffee Club in Athens, Georgia. The show ended at 2 am when police closed it down due to their hometown venue being unlicensed. A pioneering band…
