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Category Archives: 20th Century
June 6, 1932
On June 6, 1932, in the United States, the Revenue Act of 1932 was enacted. It created the first gas tax in the United States at a rate of 1 cent per gallon. As was expected, people whined and complained. They said and I quote… Continue reading
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Tagged gasoline, Revenue Act of 1932, taxes, things stoopid people say, US laws
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June 3, 1938
On June 3, 1938, the leaders of the German Reich voted to confiscate all so-called “degenerate art”. Art that showed beautiful naked women. Art that included paintings and photographs of beautiful naked women. And the leaders of… Continue reading
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Tagged degenerate art, do as iIsay, Germany, naked, naked men, naked women, Nazi's, not as I do, Reich
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May 29, 1912
On May 29, 1912, the man decided to humbug the joy of fifteen working girls at the Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia, PA. During their lunch break they decided to try that snazzy new dance, the Turkey Trot, and their… Continue reading
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Tagged banned dances, dances, Philadelphia, religion, turkey trot, Vatican
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May 27, 1961
Today, May 27, 1961, it is believed that the first black light was sold commercially to the general public. There is no confirmation of when, where, or to whom the black light was sold. Which is appropriate, as this sale… Continue reading
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Tagged black light, drugs, first, M.C. Escher, relativity, the sixties
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May 21, 1918
On May 21, 1918, the US House of Representatives passed the Amendment that allow women the right to vote. The male representatives reminded women that they weren’t required to vote and no one could force them to, if they… Continue reading
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Tagged suffrage, US Representatives, voting, women
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May 20, 1926
On May 20, 1926, American entrepreneur Thomas Edison proclaimed that his fellow Americans preferred silent movies over the new-fangled talkies. In other breaking news, Edison also determined that Americans preferred walking over… Continue reading
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Tagged Bye Bye Blackbird, Roebuck, Sears, Thomas Edison
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May 19, 1992
On May 19, 1992, US Vice President Dan Quayle attacked newscaster Murphy Brown for being a single mother and setting a poor example of family values. He believed she should have found a man and got married, like his… Continue reading
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Tagged Candace Bergen, Dan Quayle, fictional characters, Murphy Brown, Vice Presidents
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May 18, 1949
On May 18, 1949, the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) was incorporated. The bylaws called for all bookstores that wished to have the ABAA designation to have a suitably eldritch appearance and emanate a… Continue reading
May 16, 1918
On May 16, 1918, the Sedition Act of 1918 was passed by the US Congress, which made criticizing the government an imprisonable offense. This law was repealed on December 13, 1920. The thing to remember about the United States is … Continue reading
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Tagged fixing a mistake, Sedition Act of 1918, United States, US Congress, US laws
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May 12, 1984
On May 12, 1984, South African Anti-Apartheid prisoner Nelson Mandela saw his wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela for the first time in 22 years. It was not the loving reunion one might think. He did ask her point blank what the hell … Continue reading
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Tagged affairs, anti-apartheid, apartheid, divorce, Nelson Mandela, sex, South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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