History Schmistory: November 9. Missing Magnifico.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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!
History Schmistory: November 8. Rays of Hope.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
1895: Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-Ray almost completely by accident. And that’s when the fun began!
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History Schmistory: November 7. A Dynamic Duo.
Monday, November 7, 2022
1908: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in Bolivia. They remain dead until magically resurfacing in a 1930s caper.
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History Schmistory: November 6. …hanging on a telephone wire!
Sunday, November 6, 2022
1941: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time in his 30 year reign to boldly claim that, even though they had lost more than 350,000 troops, the Germans had in fact lost over 4 million, so this war should be wrapped up in no time.
History Schmistory: November 5. Back in time.
Saturday, November 5, 2022
1955: Doctor Emmett Brown conceives the design for the time-travel enabling flux capacitor after taking a nasty fall and bumping his head on a bathroom sink. Someone should tell Marco that movies are not real, because he has been searching for Doc Brown for a while now…
History Schmistory: November 4. So long ago…
Friday, November 4, 2022
2008: Barack Obama becomes the first African-American President of the United States. Despite his near superhero status, his hair quickly goes gray like all the others.
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By Official White House Photo by Pete Souza (P120612PS-0463 (direct link)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Being President is tough on the hair.
History Schmistory: November 3. Say hello to our little friend!
Thursday, November 3, 2022
1913: The United States introduces permanent income taxes to it’s citizens, via the Sixteenth Amendment, securing the latter of only two certainties in life. Luckily, “Death” wasn’t on the table for this one.
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History Schmistory: November 2. The Perfect Cheer!
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
1898: Cheerleading is born at a University of Minnesota football game. Here’
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s what some of the fist cheerleaders looked like…
History Schmistory: November 1. “Is that all we’ve got?”
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
1861: In the early stages of the American Civil war, US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army. Proof that even histories greatest leaders can make huge mistakes. Sometimes even twice.
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History Schmistory: October 31. Wait a minute, where’s Joe?
Monday, October 31, 2022
1961: In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin’s body is removed from Lenin’s Tomb. OR WAS IT?
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