Tag Archives: Arkansas

October 11, 1975

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Joel Byers

On October 11, 1975, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham were married in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Thicc, almost pretty women throughout Arkansas put down their Malboros and shot-gunned a Pabst Blue Ribbon in acknowledgement of the… Continue reading →

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July 13, 1984

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 13, 1984, Terry Wallis of Arkansas was injured in a car wreck and left comatose. He stayed in that coma for 19 years before he woke up in June of 2003. People in the year 2016 began wondering if there was a way for them… Continue reading →

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April 7, 1988

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Joel Byers

On April 7, 1988, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, thirteen white supremacists were acquitted on charges of plotting to overthrow the US government. These weren’t good men, or moral men. They had murdered other people. They even killed one man because they mistakenly thought he was Jewish. The men who committed those murders were found guilty … Continue reading →

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August 3, 2011

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this day in Twisted-History.com in 2011, Ugandan and French paleontologists announced the discovery of a 20 million year old ape skull in northeastern Uganda. The skull belonged to a male Ugandapithecus Major, a remote cousin of today’s great apes. It was speculated that this type of ape was a tree-climber and had not developed … 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 2, 1988

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1988 the first Mrs. America beauty pageant was held. In a surprise upset, Mrs. Cynthia Richards of Little Rock, Arkansas won the Guilt competition over the favorite, Mrs. Harold Feinstein of New York City, New York. Mrs. Richards performance of the classic “You’re breaking my heart and you won’t … Continue reading →

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February 28, 1859

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1859, the Arkansas legislature required all the free blacks within its territory to choose exile or slavery. Over 94% chose slavery and the knowledge that they’d have a roof over their heads, one square meal a day, a steady job and the ability to work outside in the fresh … Continue reading →

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