History Schmistory: December 31st – Happy New Year!
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
1904, New York
The first new years eve party is held in Times Square. The first ball drop happened 3 years later.
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History Schmistory: December 30th – A match made in literary heaven
Monday, December 30, 2024
1816
Reknowned poet Percy Bysse Shelley (of Ozymandias fame) marries Mary Godwin. Mary will go on to write Frankenstein and arguably become the more famous of the pair… wonder what ole Percy made of that….
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Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Percy Bysse Shelley By Amelia Curran (1775-1847) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 29th – Howdy Cowboys
Sunday, December 29, 2024
1845
Texas is admitted as the 28th state in the Union. Yee-ha!
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John C. H. Grabill [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 28th – ‘The greatest game ever played.’
Saturday, December 28, 2024
1958
The Baltimore Colts vs The New York Giants. Baltimore eventually win 23-17 in the first ever sudden-death overtime game in the NFL’s history.
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By Indianapolis (Baltimore) Colts [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
One more time, with feeling!
Friday, December 27, 2024
Seems like only yesterday was St. Nicholas Day. Let’s relive the magic!
History Schmistory: December 27th – Independence day (a different one)
Friday, December 27, 2024
1949 –
Indonesia is granted Independence from Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. About time queenie!
History Schmistory: December 26th – Bloody Nora!
Thursday, December 26, 2024
1620 – Hungary
The crimes of Countess Elizabeth Bathory are discovered. Altogether she may have killed up to 650 people, making her the most prolific female serial killer of all time. Happy holiday’s everyone!
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See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 24th – We’re all ears
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
1818 – Austria
Silent night, composed by Franz Xaver Gruber is first performed at St Nicholas parish church …..unfortunately it is yet to become a Karaoke classic!
![By Randal Schwartz (Flickr: John Rennie hits the karaoke mike) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/450px-John_Rennie_Scientific_American_hits_the_karaoke_mike.jpg)
By Randal Schwartz (Flickr: John Rennie hits the karaoke mike) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 23rd – Good morning chaps!
Monday, December 23, 2024
1922 – London, England
The BBC begins daily radio broadcasts and starts to live up to it’s name!
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See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
