It is August fourth, and, according to tradition, on this date in 1693 a French Benedictine monk named Dom Perignon invented the sparkling wine that today we call champagne,. The surprising history of sparkling wine deserves to be remembered.
The “Murder at the Regatta” was a story of jealousy, passion, and some say even madness that shocked and fascinated the nation, and changed the very nature of how murder was seen and prosecuted in the United States.