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Monthly Archives: November 2014
November 30, 1016
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1016, Edmund Ironside, King of England died while sitting on the toilet in his castle in London, England. Unlike Elvis who died of a heart attack from extreme constipation while sitting on the toilet, Edmund was sitting on a privy (which is just a wooden seat situated over a … Continue reading
Posted in 11th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Elvis, England, Kings, kings behaving badly, London, natural causes, the english, toilet humor
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November 29, 1987
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1987 Joe Montana, the All-Star Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, completed an NFL record of 22 consecutive passes and earlier in the day he did the same thing during the game against the Cleveland Browns.
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged football, San Francisco, sporting event, sports record
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November 28, 1720
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1720, notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read were tried and found guilty of being pirates and sentenced to death in Spanish Town Jamaica. But when it was discovered that they were both pregnant, the Crown stayed their executions until they had their babies. There is no record of … Continue reading
November 27, 1701
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1701, Anders Celsius was born in Uppsala, Sweden. He turned out to be an inquisitive young man interested in scientific pursuits and built the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1740, the oldest observatory in Sweden. His brilliant scientific mind enabled him to invent the Celsius thermometer. Anders’s lesser known and … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged astronomy, inventions, lesser known brothers, scientists, Sweden
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November 26, 1991
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1991, condoms are handed out to thousands of New York high school students. The smalls and mediums are immediately handed back, as no high school boy has ever admitted to being smaller than a large.
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged boys, high school, New York, sex education
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November 25, 1960
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1960, the Scottish Parliament met in response to the report that a group of young English scalawags were planning on dropping homemade bombs into the waters of Loch Ness to encourage the Loch Ness monster to surface. While the Scottish leaders would encourage and permit the scientific study of … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged drunk englishmen, Loch Ness, men behaving badly, Scotland, sheep, the english, the scottish, the welsh
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November 24, 1995
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1995 Ireland voted to end the 70 year old ban on divorces (50.28% to 49.72%). 71% of the men who voted to keep the ban said that if they were allowed to divorce and be happy, they’d no longer have an excuse to drink and if they were sober, … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged alcohol, divorce, Ireland, marriage, the irish, women
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November 23, 1921
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1921, President Harding signed the Willis Campell Act which forbid doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes.
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged alcohol, laws, medicine, President Harding
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November 22, 1992
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1992, the Washington Post reported that Oregon Senator Bob Packwood had sexually harassed at least ten women over the last ten years. No one was surprised that a man named Packwood would be accused of sexual harassment.
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged men behaving badly, newspapers, Oregon, senator, sexual harassment, women
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November 21, 1916
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1916, 29 year old nurse, Violet Jessop survived the sinking of the RMS Britannic in the Aegean Sea off the coast of the Greek Isle of Kea. It was believed that the ship struck a sea mine, breaching the hull. Ms. Jessop was rescued from the water along with … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Britannic, famous shipwrecks, ocean, Olympic, the english, Titanic, toothbrush
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