Monthly Archives: November 2014

November 20, 1995

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1995 Princess Diana admitted to being unfaithful to Prince Charles during an interview that was broadcast on BBC Television. In a survey that was taken immediately after the televised program 50% of the viewers stated that they weren’t surprised as Princess Diana was a definite 9.5 on the Schumart … Continue reading →

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November 19, 1095

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1095 AD, Pope Urban II called the Council of Clermont, which had the purpose of organizing the First Crusade to free Jerusalem and the Holy Lands from the Islam Menace. Pope Urban II told the kings of the Western countries that he didn’t expect the Crusade to last more … Continue reading →

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November 18, 2004

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2004 the Clinton Library opened in Little Rock, Arkansas. The library contained 2 million photographs and 80 million documents in the “I Luv Chubby Girls” section alone.

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November 17, 1913

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1913, Kaiser Wilhem of Germany banned his the officers of his armed forces from dancing the tango while in uniform. He, like so many of the stodgy upper class and religious leaders of that day considered the dance to be lewd, immoral and of the lower class. Due to … Continue reading →

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November 16, 1974

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1974 the first intentional interstellar radio message was sent by the Arecibo telescope towards M41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away. Thirty years later in 2004 the text of the message was finally released to the general public and read as follows: When this note arrives … Continue reading →

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November 15, 2010

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2010, scientists converged in Prague to exhume the remains of the 16th century astronomer bad-boy Tycho Brahe in an effort to solve the mystery of his sudden death. When he died in 1601, it was believed that his bladder had burst due to the copious amounts of alcoholic beverages … Continue reading →

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November 14,

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1908 Albert Einstein presented his quantum theory of light in which he stated that light actually exists as tiny particles which he named photons. He also proposed the very shocking idea that the entire universe was built out of tiny, discrete chunks of energy and matter. William Reed, author … Continue reading →

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November 13, 1998

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1998, Monica Lewinsky inked a deal with St. Martin’s Press for the North American rights to her story about her affair with President Bill Clinton. Her recommendations that the book include both ‘pop-ups’ and ‘scratch and sniff’ sections were unanimously rejected by the publisher and her agent and attorneys, … Continue reading →

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November 12, 1840

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! on this date in 1840, the famous and talented sculptor Auguste Rodin was born in Paris, France. His most widely known works of art are “The Kiss” and “The Thinker” and his least known works were the unpopular “Dog Humps Leg” and his follow-up piece “Man Kicks Dog”. Art historians … Continue reading →

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November 11, 1974

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1974 Samuel Ting of MIT and Burton Richter of the Brookhaven National Laboratory announced in separate news conferences the discovery of the J/Psi meson, a heretofore undiscovered subatomic particle. Ting and Richter decided to forego the traditional knife-fight dance-off, ala Jets vs Sharks, and agreed to share this discovery … Continue reading →

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