History Schmistory: January 31. Off with his head!
Monday, January 31, 2022
1606: London, England. The infamous Guy Fawkes is executed for his attempt to blow up parliament and King James I in ‘The Gunpowder Plot.’
![The execution of Guy Fawkes' By Claes (Nicolaes) Jansz Visscher [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Guy-Fawkes.jpg)
‘The execution of Guy Fawkes’
By Claes (Nicolaes) Jansz Visscher [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Fun fact: The Brit’s mark the anniversary of the Gunpowder plot annually on November 5th with fireworks and bonfires…who say’s you can’t turn an assassination attempt into a party?!
Culture Buzz: Shadows of their former selves…
Sunday, January 30, 2022
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These aren’t your mamma’s shadow puppets! Unless your mamma is a Javanese puppet master. The incredibly detailed puppets of Wayang Kulit, the ancient Indonesian brand of shadow theater, continue to enchant audiences to this day, bringing to life the magical stories of Hindu-Javanese folklore on a simple backlit cotton screen. Kulit means skin, and refers to the buffalo leather construction of the puppets that are painstakingly chiseled with very fine tools and supported with carefully shaped buffalo horn handles and control rods.
Got a sheet, a bright light and a buffalo? Then, by all means, TRY THIS AT HOME!
-Maybe use construction paper though 🙂
History Schmistory: January 30. Hi-yo, Silver!
Sunday, January 30, 2022
January 30, 1933. Lone Ranger radio show debuts!
Howdy partner!
Full Video Schmistory: January 29!
Saturday, January 29, 2022
What do Kansas, Mercedes Benz, Edgar Allan Poe and mad King George III all have in common? January 29th, silly!
History Schmistory: January 28. “Dear Horace, I just had a happy accident.”
Friday, January 28, 2022
1754: The first use of the word “serendipity” in the English language is noted in a letter from Horace Walpole to Horace Mann. A letter between Horaces! Walpole said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes “were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of”. Mann convinced Walpole to truncate the fledgling term from the original; “Serendipity-doo-dah.”
Serendipity by Nila Sivatheesan, April 7, 2014 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.
History Schmistory: January 28. A Brick is Born!
Friday, January 28, 2022
January 28, 1958. Lego patents its signature brick.
History Schmistory: January 27. “Isn’t the world awesome! Let’s start a club!”
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Cover of the first edition, [public domain]
History Schmistory: January 27. Telegrams Stop.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
January 27, 2006. Western Union discontinues telegram services. Finally.
History Schmistory: January 26. Did you sea that?
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
1911: Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane, executing a flawless landing, a feat that remains much more difficult than it looks.
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And here it is…..By MoD Photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: January 26. ROCK!
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
January 26, 1905. History’s largest diamond discovered!
