Posts Tagged ‘timelines.com’

Happy birthday to us! Timelines.com turned 1 year old today

In All Posts on 20 April 2010 tagged anniversary, launch, timelines.com with 2 comments

Yes, Timelines.com turned 1 year old today! At exactly 4:37 pm CST on April 20, 2009, we pushed our little creation out of the nest and onto the world wide web. You can relive that moment here, in photos and video. So, thank you for your support, kind words and links to [...]

51 United States? The story of the lost (and long forgotten) State of Franklin

In All Posts on 14 October 2009 tagged American Revolution, animal skins, Benjamin Franklin, Continental Congress, North Carolina, Southwest Territory, State of Franklin, States admitted to the Union, Tennessee, timelines.com, US Constitution with no comments

Quick, name the “first state of the United States“.  You are right if you said Delaware.  Or are you?
Well, according to the Journals of the Continental Congress, eight counties of western North Carolina voted to secede from that state, formed the State of Franklin and petitioned the Continental Congress to become an independent state under [...]

A non-event chronicled – the Second City finishes fourth

In All Posts on 7 October 2009 tagged bob dole, chicago, daley plaza, history, obama, olympics, tampa bay rays, timelines.com with 2 comments

Yes, you read the title correctly. We recently experienced a big non-event: Chicago not being selected as the site for the 2016 Summer Olympics. (That’s a little nicer way of saying Chicago finished fourth out of four in the IOC voting process). It was an especially significant “non-event” for us Chicagoans.
Such a [...]

An aptly named blog: ablogabouthistory.com

In All Posts on 30 September 2009 tagged blogs about history, history, timelines.com with no comments

If you like history as much as we do, you need to check out a blog that we recently discovered: ablogabouthistory.com written by Sevaan Franks. Though its name is straightforward, the blog’s content is varied and quite interesting. (And they take requests for future posts).
Launched in April of 2009, ablogabouthistory has recently featured [...]

“So, what the heck is Timelines.com?”

In All Posts on 25 June 2009 tagged history, timelines, timelines.com with no comments

As a new site, we are asked this question a lot, along with “Who should use Timelines.com?” and various and sundry others.  So I thought I’d address these over the next few blog posts.
What is Timelines.com??
Timelines.com enables people and entities (i.e. anyone) to record, publicly share and discover history about almost anything in an event [...]

Timelines.com launches!

In All Posts on 21 April 2009 tagged launch, timelines.com with no comments

I’m very excited to share that we launched a new site today: Timelines.com!
Timelines.com allows people (anyone!) to discover, record and share history collaboratively. “History” is whatever anybody wants to record and share- like the launching of a new web site for instance. Or a concert, an inauguration, a war, an impeachment, a parade, [...]