August 3, 2026 - The President by Lamplight

Monday, August 3 — National Watermelon DaySometimes history happens under bright lights. Sometimes it happens by the glow of a kerosene lamp.Today, we begin in a quiet Vermont farmhouse in 1923, where Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president by his own father after Warren G. Harding's sudden death. Then we jump to 1977, when Radio Shack introduced the TRS-80 and helped bring personal computers into ordinary homes. Finally, we meet Harvey Firestone, whose tire company helped put America on wheels and whose close friends included Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.We also celebrate the birthday of Martha Stewart, who turned homemaking into a media empire, endured a very public fall, and rebuilt herself into one of the most unusual comeback figures in modern celebrity culture.History has a way of beginning with simple things: a lamp, a keyboard, a tire, or one person seeing something bigger in everyday life.WaitThatsRandom.com