Monthly Archives: September 2014

September 20, 1970

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1970, the Jim Morrison, the lead singer of the rock group The Doors, pled guilty to the charges of indecent exposure and profanity for his antics at a concert in Miami, Florida. He claimed he only pled guilty because it was easier to pay the $500 fine and receive … Continue reading →

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September 19, 1959

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1959 Nikita Khruschev, the Premier of Russia, was not allowed to visit Disneyland due to security reasons. Khrushchev reacted angrily and threw what could only be called a ‘temper tantrum’ or in the Southern vernacular a “Hissy Fit”. Leonid Brezhnev had to reassure the Premier that Eisenhower was not … Continue reading →

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September 18, 1991

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1991 the NCAA placed Tennessee on two years probation for football recruiting violations. When the Tennessee coaching staff called the players together and tried to explain what probation was and how it was going to affect them, most of the players just laughed and asked who Coach Fulmer’s probation … Continue reading →

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September 17, 1796

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1796, the first U.S. President George Washington’s Farewell Address was read before the U.S. Congress. Contrary to popular belief, the first rough draft did not include the phrase “and you won’t have old Georgie boy to kick around anymore, farewell bitches,” and Alexander Hamilton did not cross that out … Continue reading →

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September 16, 2011

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2011 the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announced a successful artificial insemination of the giant panda Mei Xiang. She would eventually give birth to her second giant panda cub. When the scientists were asked how they were able to successfully impregnate the panda, they replied that the first step … Continue reading →

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September 15, 2011

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2011 a previously unknown species of bottlenose dolphin was identified by researchers at Australia’s Monash University. They named it Tursiops australis. Sonya Fitzpatrick was contacted and asked why the dolphins had waited so long to be discovered. She said that the Tursiops australis informed her that the other dolphins … Continue reading →

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September 14, 1899

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1899, Henry Hale Bliss, 69 years of age, became the first known person in America to be killed in an automobile accident. The elderly Mr. Bliss had just exited from a streetcar in New York City when an electric taxi being driven by Arthur Smith stuck and killed him. … Continue reading →

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September 13, 1949

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1949 the Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed. It gave lesbians and divorcees of the 1950s and 1960s a creative outlet for the odd moments when they weren’t actively looking for a man.

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September 12, 1938

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1938 in a speech, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia. In 2014, Alexander Putin demanded self-determination for the Russians speaking Ukrainians in the Ukraine. History does repeat itself.

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September 11, 1958

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1958 Great Britain performed atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island. Two years later the first sighting of flying reindeer were made in the airspace above Finland.

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