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Tag Archives: Scotland
December 30, 1887
On December 30, 1887, the home secretary of Queen Victoria of England received a petition from over 1,000,000 women that asked that public houses be closed on Sundays. And when those 1,000,000 women said public houses, they meant… Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged alcohol, England, pubs, Queen Victoria, Scotland, Sunday closing laws, Wales
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June 14, 1594
On June 14, 1594, Jacob Kroger was hanged in Edinburgh, Scotland for stealing the jewels of Anne of Denmark, the wife of James VI of Scotland. Kroger was a German goldsmith who had accompanied Anne’s royal court to Scotland in… Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Anne of Denmark, crime, Germany, Guillaume Martyn, hangings, Jacob Kroger, jewels, King James VI, Scotland, theft, Trump
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June 1, 1494
On June 1, 1494, the first written evidence of scotch whiskey was documented in the world. King James IV of Scotland had eight bolls of malt delivered to Brother John Cor at Lindores Abbey in Fife so he could distill it into… Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged alcohol, Brother John Cor, King James IV, Scotch, Scotland, whiskey
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July 3, 1844
On July 3, 1844, the last pair of Great Auks were killed. The Great Auk was a large, flightless seabird that lived in the islands of the Northern Atlantic around northern Scotland. Unfortunately for these large, penguinesque birds, they were delicious, easy to hunt, and their feathers and down were extremely profitable. Even though Britain … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century
Tagged animal extinction, Dr. Seuss, England, Great Auk, Lorax, penguins, Scotland, too delicious to live
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June 5, 1994
On June 5, 1994, 12 year-old Vicki Van Meter took off from Maine in a Cessna 210 and flew to Scotland. She followed the route that Amelia Earhart had previously taken and became the youngest female pilot to cross the Atlantic. Thus scientifically proving that a woman’s sense of direction doesn’t become muddled and confused … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged airplane, Amelia Earhart, Cessna 210, firsts, Scotland, Sense of direction, Vicki Van Meter
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February 10, 1567
On February 10, 1567, Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was found dead, following an explosion at the Kirk o’Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. Surprisingly, he didn’t die from the explosion, but instead was found to have been strangled. For years, it was whispered that he hadn’t committed suicide, but was … Continue reading
January 12, 1998
On January 12, 1998, nineteen nations decided to ban the cloning of humans. The Council of Europe issued an amendment to its ‘Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine”, where it and its member nations prohibit any intervention seeking to create a human being identical to another human being, whether living or dead. Russia, not being … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged chernobyl, clones, cloning, dolly the sheep, Europe, Hitler, killer robots, Russians, science, Scotland, scots
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March 26, 2006
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2006 smoking was banned in bars and restaurants in Scotland. Drinking and cursing the government in the quaint and endearing Gaelic brogue is still allowed and encouraged.