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Tag Archives: Georgia
January 10, 1967
On January 10, 1967, Lester “Axe Handle” Maddox was inaugurated as the Governor of Georgia. I would like to say he was the last racist governor elected in Georgia, but I can’t. Sonny “Good Ol’ Boy” Perdue was elected in … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Brian Kemp, firsts, Georgia, governor, Lester Maddox, Raphael Warnock, Sonny Perdue
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January 2, 1906
On January 2, 1906, Willis Carrier received a US patent for the world’s first air conditioner. Soon afterward, the cult of Willis Carrier began in Jesup, Georgia. Acolytes were easily identified as they were usually smiling and saying, “It’s not … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged cults, Georgia, inventions, it's not the heat, Jesup, Willis Carrier
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December 17, 1969
On December 17, 1969, Secretary of the Air Force, Robert C. Seamans, Jr., closed the book on Project “Blue Book”. Project Blue Book was the Air Force’s 17-year study of UFOs and the study examined over 12,000 separate sightings. Secretary … Continue reading
August 22, 2019
On August 22, 2019 the city council of Bielefeld, Germany offered a €1 million Euro reward to any human being who could provide “incontrovertible evidence” of its nonexistence. For the last 25 years conspiracy theorists in… Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Bielefeld, CIA, conspiracy theories, Georgia, Germany, Mossad, Paderborn, Raoul, Tomas Schrodinger
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July 27, 1377
On July 27, 1377, the first example of a quarantine occurred in the city of Rugusa, which is now Dubroknik, Croatia. The city council passed a law that required newcomers from plague areas to isolate for 30 days, and then… Continue reading
Posted in 14th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, alchemy, Arizona, Croatia, Dubroknik, firsts, Florida, Georgia, Latin, lickspittle, quaranta, quarantine, Rugusa, state governors, Texas, Trump
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July 4, 2019
On July 4, 2019, Mad Magazine announced it would stop publishing new material after 67 years of providing the sophomoric and infantile humor that 15-year old boys as well as men and women with a 15-year old boy’s sense of humor… Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Cohutta, Don Martin, femalian, generation duh, Georgia, Mad Magazine, sasquatch, Sergio Aragonés, spirits, tequila, Twisted Historian
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March 21, 1925
On March 21, 1925, the state of Tennessee enacted the Butler Act. This law made it a crime for any teacher in any state-supported public school, including colleges and universities, to teach any theory that was in contradiction to the … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, Bible, Butler Act, christians, evolution, Georgia, Sharia law, Tennessee
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February 5, 1777
On February 5, 1777, Georgia became the first US state to abolish the entail and primogeniture system of inheritance. What is entail and primogeniture? It’s where the first born or eldest surviving son is the only legal inheritor of his … Continue reading
January 19, 1861
On January 19, 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union. They said all the cool kids were doing it. They weren’t. It was the usually quartet of troublemakers South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama. You know, the ones that sit in … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, Florida, Georgia, misbehaving, Mississippi, seceding, South Carolina
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May 4, 1932
On May 4, 1932, mobster Al Capone, began serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion in Atlanta, Georgia. The police and prosecuting attorneys weren’t able to prosecute Capone for the brothels he ran, for the illegal liquor he sold, … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Al Capone, Atlanta, auditors, CPAs, crime and punishment, Georgia, mafia
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