History Schmistory: November 13. Home.
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
1851: The Denny Party lands at Alki point, the first settlers in what would become Seattle, Washington, and the current residence of the one and only Marco Polo! …Just in case you were wondering.
![By Daniel Schwen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/800px-Seattle_4.jpg)
By Daniel Schwen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: November 12. You hear the one about the exploding whale?
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
1970: The Oregon Highway Division learns exactly what not to do with a dead whale.
Today’s MarcoWord (Italian): Qui (Here)
Monday, November 11, 2024
Today’s MarcoWord (Italian): Qui. (KWEE) Here. “Qui is my passport!”
A Name You Should Know: Lincoln J. Beachy
Monday, November 11, 2024
Lincoln Beachy was known by many, including his competitors, as “The Man Who Owns the Sky”; “the Master Birdman”; “The Divine Flyer”; or quite simply “the Worlds Greatest Aviator”. Here’s a man whose aerial acrobatics drew the attendance of over 30 million people (17 million in 1914 alone) and yet we still had to look the guy up. This is a guy who built his own zeppelin and landed it on the White House lawn. A guy who decided to fill his tank and fly upwards until it ran out, to see how high he could get (nearly 12,000ft.) A guy who intentionally put himself in a desperate tailspin in order to show everybody how to properly get out of one. A guy who could do a break-neck vertical nose-dive and level out just in time to land on the runway. We could fill pages with more of his countless death defying feats, but we figure you’re already impressed. Not bad for a guy that crashed on his first two flights, eh?
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Did you hug a vet today?
Monday, November 11, 2024
…well hop to it!
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History Schmistory: November 11. Coooold-snap!
Monday, November 11, 2024
1911: Apocalyptic expectations went wild the last time we saw an 11/11/11, as The Great Blue Norther, a cold snap that produced record highs and lows on the same day, barreled through the central US, leaving much of the bewildered population with contrasting habiliments.
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By Adriano Agulló [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Today’s MarcoWord (Italian): Oggi (Today)
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Today’s MarcoWord (Italian): Oggi. (OHjee) Today “Oggi is the first day of the rest of your life, so pay me back the money you owe me.”
History Schmistory: November 10. Street Smarts.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
1969: National Educational Television, soon to be PBS, introduces the world to Sesame Street. If you go all the way to the end and hang a left, you’ll be in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
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Today’s MarcoWord (Italian): Ieri (Yesterday)
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Today’s MarcoWord (Italian): Ieri. (eeYERee) Yesterday “Ieri, all my troubles seemed so far away.”
History Schmistory: November 9. Missing Magnifico.
Saturday, November 9, 2024
1494: Only two years after our man Lorenzo Magnifico dies, his eldest son Piero (the Unfortunate) manages to get the entire Family de’ Medici kicked out of Florence. This led to the sarcastic expression; “way to go, Piero!” Actually it’s not an expression at all, but you should start using it anyway. It’ll make you feel intellectually superior to others 🙂 Hit it, Marco!
