Tag Archives: Great Britain

January 31, 1983

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 31, 1983, Great Britain enacted a new law to help reduce driving deaths. All drivers and front-seat passengers were required to wear seatbelts. Libertarians worldwide decry this new law and claim that Britain was trying to… Continue reading →

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January 12, 1998

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 12, 1998, 19 European nations agreed to prohibit human cloning. The United States, Great Britain and Russia did not sign the accord. Russia said that technically if you combine bear DNA with human DNA, you weren’t actually cloning humans. The… Continue reading →

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December 20, 1955

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Joel Byers

On December 20, 1955, the people of Wales proclaimed their new capital city and say they’re going to call it Llanrhosllannerchrugogagagog. Queen Elizabeth sent a message to them that just said, ‘try again.’ So they did. The… Continue reading →

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September 21, 1915

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 21, 1915, British millionaire Cecil Chubb was attending an auction that the Antrobus family had put on following the death of the last surviving male Antrobus heir. While there, he was able to purchase an item for… Continue reading →

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August 16, 1858

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Joel Byers

On August 16, 1858, telegraphed messages were sent over the newly laid trans-Atlantic cable between Britain’s Queen Victoria and US President James Buchanan. The first messages were the usual, flowery prose between 19th Century… Continue reading →

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April 11, 1689

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Joel Byers

On April 11, 1689, William III and Mary II became co-sovereigns of Great Britain. If they had any children that could have succeeded to the throne, many mathematicians believe the offspring should have been named Milliam VI or Wary VI. But since they didn’t have any children and their successor was Mary’s sister Anne, the … Continue reading →

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November 28, 1967

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Joel Byers

On November 28, 1967, British Cambridge University postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish detected the first radio pulsars. Proving once again that a woman’s hearing is significantly better than most men’s. In fact, it was said that Burnell’s hearing was so refined and acute that she could hear a fly fart and … Continue reading →

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May 20, 1774

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Joel Byers

On May 20, 1774, Britain passed the Coercive Acts to punish the American colonists for their increasingly anti-British behavior. All American colonists were immediately prohibited from drinking coffee. Tea was to be the caffeinated beverage of choice. Also, rum was to be only allowed for the lower classes. The higher caste colonials were told to … Continue reading →

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June 19, 1988

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1988 the world’s longest sausage was created in London and it measured in at 13 miles long. Both Texas and Australia complained and said that they weren’t even given a chance to compete and they wanted a recount. They were denied. On December 1, 2014, the city of Ploiesti … Continue reading →

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July 1, 1997

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1997 the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, finally found the receipt from when the British Crown originally purchased Hong Kong from China in 1841 and was able to return the island. China refused to refund England its full price back as Hong Kong had been removed from its container … Continue reading →

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