Daily Archives: January 11, 2014

January 10, 1911

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1911, Major Jimmie Erickson took the first photographs from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA. The first photograph was of the city itself, but he convinced his pilot to fly lower and he was able to get several nice photographs of Ms. Edith Trupence as she was … Continue reading →

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January 9, 1986

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1986, Kodak got out of the instant camera business after 10 years due to a loss in a court battle that claimed that Kodak had copied Polaroid patents. Polaroid claimed it was a victory that would protect their patents for the next hundred years and keep cheaters like Kodak … Continue reading →

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January 8, 1901

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1901, the first tournament sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress was held in Chicago, IL. The ‘rule’ of taking a drink every time your team made a strike was unanimously adopted without any debate.

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January 11, 1878

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1878, in New York City, milk was delivered in glass bottles for the first time by Alexander Campbell, effectively putting an end to the practice of milk farmers having to walk their cows up and down the streets hawking their wares. The familiar, “Come and get it warm straight … Continue reading →

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We’ve got 99 problems…

Posted on January 11, 2014 by TwistBot 3000

…and a glitch is one. At some point over the past few days the Twisted-History database hiccoughed [technical term] and went a bit wonky [technical term]. The problem has been resolved [I’ll spare you the gory details — suffice to say that copious amounts of duct tape and WD40 were involved though] and everything seems … Continue reading →

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