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May 10, 1933

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Joel Byers

On May 10, 1933, the ruling Nazi Party staged massive book burnings all throughout Germany. What kind of books did they burn? The books of traitors, emigrants and authors from foreign countries who the Germans thought were attacking the New Germany. H.G. Wells was particularly hated. The literature of Marxism, Communism, Bolshevism, and Socialism. Pacifist … Continue reading →

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May 5, 1925

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Joel Byers

On May 5, 1925, John T. Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee was arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. A crowd of angry humans and chimps gathered around the jail, where he was incarcerated and many of them carried signs that said, “No hoomans in my family tree”, “On the sixth day, God … Continue reading →

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June 21, 1974

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! 1974 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that pregnant teachers could no longer be forced to take long leaves of absence. They also decided that telling kids that the reason why 1st grade teacher Mrs. Kellen’s bellying has been getting bigger over the last 6 months was because she ate watermelon … Continue reading →

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April 15, 1813

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1817 the first ‘official’ American school for the deaf was opened in Hartford, CT. An earlier attempt was made at educating deaf children in Boston, MA in 1813, but the headmaster Jonathan Oglesvy shut the school down after only three days. He claimed that the students were idiots and … Continue reading →

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