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October 27, 1838

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Joel Byers

On October 27, 1838, Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issued his famous ‘Extermination Order”. This was the official order that told all Mormons to leave the state or to be killed. When asked why he was picking on the Mormons… Continue reading →

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January 7, 1985

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 7, 1985, Japan launched its first interplanetary spacecraft, named the Sakigake. This was the first deep space probe launched by a nation not named the United States or the USSR. To the disappointment of future anime fans, the ship was not a Gundam Mecha nor did it have teenage Japanese girls wearing battle … Continue reading →

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July 31, 1992

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DAY IN HISTORY in 1992, Georgia joined the United Nations. Then Governor Zell Miller showed up wearing a gigantus cowboy hat, bushy fake red eyebrows, a monstrously large red mustache, and two six-shooters strapped to his waist and during the acceptance speech started calling the other nations and their representative corn-sorting rabbits and … Continue reading →

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