Categories
- Announcements (8)
- Historical Facts (1,692)
- 10th Century (4)
- 11th Century (9)
- 12th Century (4)
- 13th Century (10)
- 14th Century (10)
- 15th Century (20)
- 16th Century (45)
- 17th Century (65)
- 18th Century (93)
- 19th Century (284)
- 1st Century (12)
- 20th Century (886)
- 21st Century (190)
- 2nd Century (2)
- 3rd Century (2)
- 4th Century (4)
- 5th Century (3)
- 6th Century (4)
- 7th Century (3)
- 8th Century (4)
- 9th Century (3)
- BCE (13)
- The Future (2)
- Misc (1)
Tags
Alabama alcohol aliens America americans Baseball breasts California Cthulhu Donald Trump drugs England firsts france Georgia Germany HP Lovecraft inventions laws London marriage men men behaving badly music NASA new technology New York patents police Presidents religion Russia science sex sheep space sports television Texas the english the french the scottish United States US Supreme Court womenComments
- Don Croner on September 8, 2015
- willie j. edwards on June 5, 1933
- David on August 11, 3114 BC
- Drunk Commenter on The Twisted Historian wrote a book!
- Raymond M Boettcher on February 28, 1646
Calendar
Archives
- December 2022 (1)
- March 2021 (2)
- February 2021 (28)
- January 2021 (31)
- December 2020 (31)
- November 2020 (32)
- October 2020 (29)
- September 2020 (30)
- August 2020 (31)
- July 2020 (31)
- June 2020 (30)
- May 2020 (31)
- April 2020 (30)
- March 2020 (31)
- February 2020 (31)
- January 2020 (31)
- December 2019 (31)
- November 2019 (30)
- October 2019 (31)
- September 2019 (30)
- August 2019 (31)
- July 2019 (31)
- June 2019 (30)
- May 2019 (31)
- April 2019 (30)
- March 2019 (31)
- February 2019 (29)
- January 2019 (26)
- June 2016 (27)
- May 2016 (31)
- April 2016 (30)
- March 2016 (31)
- February 2016 (27)
- September 2015 (11)
- August 2015 (31)
- July 2015 (31)
- June 2015 (29)
- April 2015 (21)
- March 2015 (31)
- February 2015 (28)
- January 2015 (31)
- December 2014 (31)
- November 2014 (30)
- October 2014 (31)
- September 2014 (30)
- August 2014 (31)
- July 2014 (31)
- June 2014 (30)
- May 2014 (31)
- April 2014 (30)
- March 2014 (31)
- February 2014 (28)
- January 2014 (32)
- December 2013 (31)
- November 2013 (30)
- October 2013 (32)
- September 2013 (30)
- August 2013 (31)
- July 2013 (25)
- June 2013 (5)
Monthly Archives: November 2019
November 20, 1980
On November 20, 1980, on Jefferson Island in the middle of Lake Pigneur, Louisiana, Texaco oil company had one of the biggest ‘oh shit’ moments in history. One of their oil rigs unknowingly pierced the top of the salt dome under the island looking for oil. That little prick started a chain reaction that quickly … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Lake Pigneur, Louisiana, Oh shit moments, Texaco, That went wrong, United States
Leave a comment
November 19, 2017
On November 19, 2017, a 400 meters long and reddish object, that unfortunately was shaped liked a massive coprolite was detected by scientists. Because of its speed, it was determined that this object, subsequently named Oumuamua, did not originate in our solar system. Oumuamua is the first identified interstellar tourist to our solar system. Unfortunate … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged coprolite, interstellar visitor, Oumuamua, science, space, Tourist
Leave a comment
November 18, 1820
On November 18, 1820, Captain Nathaniel Palmer became the first American to sight the continent of Antarctica. He did not see the Ice Wall surrounding the Earth, space aliens, or other-dimensional demons thumbing for a ride to the southern most tip of Chile. He did see a lot of ice. And penguins. A shit load … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged aliens, Antarctica, Captain Nathanial Palmer, demons, firsts, flat earth fails, ice, penguins
Leave a comment
November 17, 1973
On November 17, 1973, US President Richard Nixon met with Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Florida and told them “the American people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” Years later in 2019, US President Donald Trump tweeted, “I did nothing wrong. Great businessmen … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged covfefe, Donald Trump, I'm not a crook, Nixon, Richard Nixon, Trump
1 Comment
November 16, 1871
On November 16, 1871, the National Rifle Association (NRA) was first chartered in the State of New York. This was back when it was still a patriotic organization and before it became subsidized by Russian oligarchs. It has been rumored that the NRA has considered changing its name to the NRRA or the National Russian … Continue reading
November 15, 1989
On November 15, 1989, the first “Batman” film was released on video tape. For the people born after 1999, video tape was the extinct technology that people used to watch movies at home on their televisions. They would insert the video tape into a VCR that was wired to their movie watching devices. For the … Continue reading
November 14, 1856
On November 14, 1856, American inventor Gail Borden was issued a patent for the technology related to his invention of condensed milk. He said the hardest part was shrinking the cows down to the correct size because it was a real mess when the cows imploded in the shrinking process. He also said that if … Continue reading
November 13, 1956
On November 13, 1956, the US Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses. They refused to rule on religious segregation as the Baptists were going to sit in the back anyway, while the Catholics would be upfront and the Episcopalians would claim the middle.
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Baptists, buses, catholics, Episcopalians, segregation, US Supreme Court
Leave a comment
November 12, 1964
On November 12, 1964, American Paula Murphy set the women’s land speed record of 226.37 mph. Her kids said that if you think she was fast then, you should see her move when they back-sass her. They said it was like she teleports from any room in the house to holding the back of your … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged back-sass, flipflops, Paula Murphy, records, women
Leave a comment
November 11, 1998
On November 11, 1998, professional stupid Canadian Jay Cochrane set the record for the longest blindfolded skywalk. A ‘skywalk’ is walking a tightrope between two buildings. Jay Cochrane put one foot in front of the other on a tightrope between the towers of the Flamingo Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was 30 stories … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Canadian, Jay Cochrane, poutine, stunts, tightrope, Tim Hortons coffee
Leave a comment