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August 16, 1960

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1960 the free-fall world record was set by Joseph Kittinger. He fell more than 16 miles (about 88,000 feet) and reached a speed of 614 mph before opening his parachute over New Mexico. He plummeted through the air for 4 minutes and 36 seconds before his parachute was deployed. … Continue reading →

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December 19, 1887

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1887 Jake Kilrain and Jim Smith fought in a bare knuckles fight that lasted 106 rounds. At that time, a round lasted until one fighter was knocked down, and the fight lasted until one of the fighters could not get up after being knocked down. In addition, most wrestling … Continue reading →

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November 14, 1889

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1889, New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began an attempt to surpass the fictitious journey of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg by traveling around the world in less than 80 days. Bly succeeded by finishing the journey the following January in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. … Continue reading →

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November 4, 1965

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY!  1965 – Lee Ann Roberts Breedlove became the first woman to exceed 300 mph when she went 308.5 mph. This occurred when she realized she was going to be late to the Macy’s 90% Off One-Day Sale on Revlon and Couture Cosmetics and she still hadn’t dropped little Jimmy off … Continue reading →

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October 21, 1918

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1918, Margaret Owen set a speed typing record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter. Chim-Chim the Typing Chimpanzee was noticeable upset and tried to file a written protest. Unfortunately, he would only type Es and Ss so his complaint read; EEEEEEEssssssssssEEEEsEsssssEEEEEssssssssssssssEEsss….????,,,!!!!!! Chim-Chim also refused to include … Continue reading →

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