History Schmistory: October 7. A Painful “Memory”
Monday, October 7, 2024
1982: Cats, the musical opens on Broadway and runs for almost 18 years, just above the average life-span of your typical household cat.
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History Schmistory: October 6. Around the World in 4,833 days.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
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2007: Modern day adventurer, Jason Lewis completes his human-powered circumnavigation of the globe, having hiked, biked, roller bladed, kayaked, swam and pedaloed his way around the entire planet! The trip was supposed to take around 3-4 years, but he had a few hang ups, like capsizing in two oceans, going to jail, being robbed at machete point, breaking both of his legs, dodging the bullets of a civil war, and being attacked by malaria, blood poisoning, altitude sickness and a crocodile, just to name a few. All told, when reaching his original starting point, Jason Lewis had traveled nearly 46,000 miles in 13 years. As far as we’re concerned he deserves a lifetime lazy-pass. Though he probably wouldn’t even use it.
History Schmistory: October 5. Think of a wonderful thought…
Saturday, October 5, 2024
1857: The city of Anaheim is founded. Nearly 100 years later it is the happiest place on Earth.
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History Schmistory: October 4. Don’t rush-more than you have to…
Friday, October 4, 2024
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American-born Danish sculptor, Gutzon Borglum begins carving Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Naturally, he started from the rear and worked his way forward…
History Schmistory: October 3. “Eat… these broken wings…”
Thursday, October 3, 2024
1964: The first plate of Buffalo Wings is served up at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, a city once brimming with swarms of flying buffalo. Now, sadly there are only a few left 🙁
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By Coast Guard photo/ Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Art by Alexis Trice
History Schmistory: October 2. Fifth Dimensional TV!
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
1959: Televisions legendary sci-fi anthology series, The Twilight Zone, premiers on CBS. It receives numerous rave reviews, but ratings land in the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge… …
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By Bureau of Industrial Service. This was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam and was widely used by those in the television industry for distributing publicity material. (eBay front back) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: October 1. Back off, sound!!
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
1969: A Concorde turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner breaks the sound barrier for the first time. Sound barrier calls shenanigans and demands a rematch.
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U.S. Navy F/A-18 within the sound barrier
By Ensign John Gay, U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: August 21. Mona Lisa Smuggle
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
1911: Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre during business hours.
The culprit: Vincenzo Peruggia
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His motive was to return the piece to Italy as a long overdue retaliation against France, whose former leader, Napoleon, stole boatloads of priceless art from Italy and sent it to Paris. A noble cause, but Leonardo actually brought the Mona Lisa to Paris himself in 1516, and it has been there ever since. Oh well, it’s the thought that counts. Vinny was arrested trying to sell it out of his closet.
Sister Windy would be ashamed!
History Schmistory: August 20. Who brought the cannon?
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
1882: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky premiers the 1812 Overture in Moscow, with a section of real cannon blasting away during the finale. Six months later a cannonball falls out of the sky and kills Wagner. It was that awesome.
Don’t think you know it? Skip to 3:05….
History Schmistory: August 19. To go where no man would dare go before…
Monday, August 19, 2024
1960 – Sputnik Program: Sputnik 5  – the Soviet Union launches a satellite with 2 dogs, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. The first animals to be launched into orbit and return safely. Not to take anything away from the first animals ever in space, fruit flies. Seriously. They did so well we sent them back a few years ago. Poor little guys…
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-We should give a shout to Laika, the original space dog, who unfortunately didn’t make it back. RIP widdle buddy!
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Laika Monument
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