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August 6, 1935

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this day in Twisted-History.com in 1935 in Hollywood, CA, Dr. Ralph Willard proved cryogenics possible after he successfully froze and resuscitated a monkey named Jekal and brought him back to life. He had previously frozen and thawed several guinea pigs and had them running around in their cages and eating the living flesh and … Continue reading →

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November 6, 1975

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1975, the Sex Pistols played their first live show at St. Martin’s College of Art in London, England. All of the 100 people who attended (which later grew to 14,500 in the telling) left the ‘concert’ and described it as an audio assault and battery. They said it was … Continue reading →

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October 25, 1920

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1920, King Alexander I of Greece died of blood poisoning after being bitten by his pet monkey, Zeus. Zeus was put on trial and found “not guilty” based on the fact that he was a monkey, and not a Frenchman. The English sent a note and asked the Greek … Continue reading →

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October 21, 2007

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2007 Surinder Singh Bajwa, the Deputy Mayor of Delhi, died from the injuries he’d received the day before when he fell from the first floor balcony of his office as he fought off a mob of attacking Rhesus monkeys. Chim-Chim the Talking Chimpanzee was quoted as saying, “Sometimes a … Continue reading →

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June 8, 1998

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1998 the National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston to be its president. Their reasoning was that if God loved him enough to have him play Moses and then forgive him for kissing a black woman in a movie and then approve his to kicking the ass of an entire … Continue reading →

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