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Monthly Archives: September 2019
September 30, 1961
On September 30, 1961, Medford, Oregon Mayor, JW Snyder sent a check of $1.96 to the Davison and Newman Company for their share of the tea that was destroyed and thrown overboard in Boston in 1773. Davison and Newman Co., said that the total loss was $4,966 and they’ve tried to get the British government … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Boston, British government, Davison and Newman, law and order, Medford, Oregon, Tea Party
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September 29, 1976
On September 29, 1976, on his 41st birthday and during his birthday party, a very drunk Jerry Lee Lewis tried to shoot a soda bottle with his .357 Magnum and missed. Instead, he hit his bass player, Norman “Butch” Owens, twice in the chest. Owens survived and sued Lewis and won $125,000 in damages. What … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged .357 Magnum, accidents, alcohol, birthday, didn't stop the drinking, guns, Jerry Lee Lewis, party, Vice President
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September 28, 1990
On September 28, 1990, the Game Boy handheld video game was released in Europe. The rate of Onanism went down by 44% in young men from ages 14 to 26. So instead of self-abusing 5 times a day, they only self-abused 3 times a day. In other news, God killed 44% less kittens in Europe … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Europe, Game Boy, God, killing kittens, onanism, technology, young men
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September 27, 1855
On September 27, 1855, George Frederick Bristow’s “Rip Van Winkle”, the second American opera, opened in New York City. Critics called it a real snooze-fest. They said it was hard for them to keep their eyes open. They opined that the only song lacking was a lullaby. They witnessed most of the audience hibernating through … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged critics, New York City, opera, pun-ishment, Rip Van Winkle, seconds
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September 26, 1772
On September 26, 1772, the colony of New Jersey passed the first law in the Americas to license medical practitioners. Except those who did not charge for their services or those who only bled people to reduce the amount of hot or poisonous blood in their system or people who only pulled teeth. But if … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged bellows, butt, doctors, firsts, license, medical firsts, New Jersey, smoke
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September 25, 1992
On September 25, 1992, in Orlando, Florida, 12-year-old Gregory Kingsley was legally divorced from his biological parents. Twelve, thirteen, and fourteen year-olds throughout the United States immediately threatened to divorce their parents when their later curfews, smoking attempts, and back-sassing was blocked by said parents. Unfortunately for these young teenagers, most parents already had the … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged divorce court, Florida, Orlando, throw me in that briar patch, unintended results
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September 24, 1961
On September 24, 1961, “The Bullwinkle Show” a cartoon about a clueless North American moose and his more intelligent and friendly flying squirrel companion premiered during prime-time television on NBC-TV. The cartoon was originally shown on ABC during the afternoon as “Rocky and His Friends.” Russian President, Vladimir Putin learned how not to act and … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged ABC, Boris and Natasha, cartoons, Donald Trump, Moose and Squirrel, NBC-TV, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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September 23, 2002
On September 23, 2002 the first public version of Mozilla Firefox was released in the wild. It quickly overpowered and outperformed the slower and less efficient Internet Explorer. Today, the antiquated and angry program can be seen in museums, certain steam-powered government computer systems, and old geezers personal computers, where the web-browser will wake up … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Internet Explorer, Mozilla, young replacing the old
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September 22, 1598
On September 22, 1598, English playwright and director Ben Jonson was arrested and indicted for manslaughter for killing one of his actors, Gabriel Spencer, in a duel. Apparently even in 1598, actors and writers couldn’t get along very well. Gabriel Spencer was no saint, as he was known to drink heavily and become very violent … Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged actors, Ben Jonson, England, Gabriel Spencer, neck-verse, the law
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September 21, 1957
On September 21, 1957, “Perry Mason” one of the original reality television programs, made its debut on CBS-TV and ran for nine years. It starred the unbeatable and photogenic lawyer, Perry Mason. It went off the air in 1966 after Mr. Mason was injured in a car wreck after foiling the plans of the Mafia. … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged CBS-TV, Perry Mason, Robert T. Ironside, TV
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