History Schmistory: April 8. Picasso dies.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
1973. Artist Pablo Picasso dies at age 91. Friends and relatives experience a blue period.
History Schmistory: April 8. France Goes Metric.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
1790: France adopts the metric system. US announces plans to adopt the same system, in about 300 years.
Enjoy Paris with the World’s Foremost Authority!
Monday, April 7, 2025
No one has great Europe advice like Rick Steves, er, Steve Ricks!
History Schmistory: April 7. First cancelled TV show.
Monday, April 7, 2025
1927. Commerce secretary Herbert Hoover is first TV guest. Good news: The first successful long-distance demonstration of television. Bad news: The show featured Herbert Hoover.
Ludicrous Latin: Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!
Monday, April 7, 2025
God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!
History Schmistory: April 6. After 1500 Years…Boring Sports are Back!
Sunday, April 6, 2025
1896. Athens, Greece–The Olympics are back for the first time since 369 AD when Emperor Theodosius abolished the Games as he considered them pagan. Finally, sports so boring that you’re only willing to watch them every four years are back!
Ludicrous Latin: Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Sunday, April 6, 2025
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
History Schmistory: April 5. Harvard weeps.
Saturday, April 5, 2025
1649. Elihu Yale, the English philanthropist for whom Yale University is named, was born in Boston. Dave Harvard, in the next crib, is immediately jealous.
Team Marco Polo Presents: History Schmistory
History Schmistory, April 5: Bring Me Back Some Scones!
Saturday, April 5, 2025
1621Â –Â Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England.
