Monthly Archives: April 2015

April 11, 1986

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1986 Kellogg stopped giving tours of its breakfast-food plant. The reason for the end of the 80-year tradition was said to be that company secrets were at risk due to spies from other cereal companies. It was especially disheartening to learn that Tony the Tiger was looking the other … Continue reading →

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April 10th, 1938

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1938, New York enacted legislation that required couples to be tested for syphilis in order to get a marriage license. Two years later West Virginia followed suit and offered a free weekend visit to Mrs. Callie’s Bed and Boudoir located in the scenic red-light district of Charleston for all … Continue reading →

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April 9th, 1989

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1989 16 civilians were killed during rioting in Soviet Georgia. For those who don’t know where Soviet Georgia is located, it is not located in the homosexual neighborhoods of Atlanta nor is it located on Buford Highway as many of Georgia’s rural elected officials seem to believe. It is … Continue reading →

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April 8th, 1939

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1939, King Zog I of Albania fled the invading Italian Army and went into exile in England, taking with them large stores of gold. Zog and his family understood very well how gold could ease the transition from active royalty to royalty in exile so they made sure to … Continue reading →

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April 7th, 1498

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1498, King Charles VIII of France died when he ran into a tennis court and stuck his head on a low wooden beam. He was 28 years old at the time. No one was really surprised that it happened to King Charles “The Klutz” as he was forever catching … Continue reading →

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April 6th, 1983

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1983 Abelard Hattensperger was found dead and alone on his boat on Lake Biggesee, Germany. It was determined by the coroner and police that he was killed by being struck by lightning, but they’ve never been able to answer why he was naked and his entire groin was covered … Continue reading →

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April 5th, 1987

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1987, the FOX TV Show “Married….With Children” aired for the first time and the phrase “Don’t Bundy That Book” entered the American lexicon.

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April 4th, 1902

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1902 British Financier Cecil Rhodes left $10 million in his will that would provide scholarships for Americans to attend Oxford University in England. There is nothing twisted about this, but it is extremely cool to know how the term “Rhode Scholar” came about.

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April 3, 1933

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1933, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that 3.2 percent beer would be served at the White House following President Roosevelt’s signing into law the 3.2 beer law that repealed the Volsted Act. While this did not officially end Prohibition (that would happen on December 5, 1933 with … Continue reading →

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April 2nd, 1889

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1889 Charles Hall patented the process that allowed pure aluminum to be processed cheaply from the combined elements it was found in nature. Why do Americans call it aluminum and Brits and the rest of the world call it aluminium? The story is that in 1808 when Sir Humphrey … Continue reading →

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