Monthly Archives: October 2013

October 12, 1860

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1860, Inventor Elmer Sperry was born. He held patents on more than 400 inventions during his lifetime, with the most important being the Sperry Automatic Pilot. The least important was the Sperry X-Ray Goggles for Seeing Through Women’s Clothing as it didn’t work and caused migraines in all the … Continue reading →

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October 11, 1983

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1983 the last hand-cranked telephones in the U.S. went out of service. The 440 telephone customers of Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched to direct-dial service. At the same time, their request to have color added to their lives was granted by President Reagan. Homeowner Ralph Dergist was initially happy, … Continue reading →

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October 10, 2001

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush presented his initial list of the 23 most wanted terrorists. The list was quickly pared down to 22 as VP Dick Cheney drew a circle around Waldo on each page of President Bush’s favorite book.

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October 9,1959

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1959, the first telephone call was made between a car and an airplane. Contrary to popular belief, the driver did not order a pepperoni pizza; it was a plain thin crust cheese pizza.

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October 8, 1906

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1906 Karl Ludwig Nessler first demonstrated a machine in London that put permanent waves in hair. The experimental subject wore a dozen brass curlers, each wearing two pounds, for the six-hour process. At the end of the six hour process, the woman’s hair had the waves desired. Women in … Continue reading →

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October 7, 2003

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in California governor Gray Davis was recalled and former bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in his place to finish his term. Arnold was also re-elected for a second term. All women named Sarah Connor mysteriously disappeared from California from 2003 until 2011 and Cyberdyne Systems of San Jose, … Continue reading →

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October 6, 1923

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! On this day in 1923, the USSR adopted an experimental calendar. They kept the same twelve months, January, February, March, April, May, June, Judo, July, August, September, October, November, and December, but went to a five day week, instead of a seven day week. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, were kept. … Continue reading →

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October 5, 1969

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1969, Monty Python’s Flying Circus began airing on the BBC. Spam, spam, spam, and eggs instantly becomes funnier overnight in London, but it takes America 11 more years before they’re allowed to hear and see the jokes and skits on PBS and laugh. Three years after that, several Americans … Continue reading →

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October 4, 1927

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1927 the first actual work of carving began on the Mount Rushmore monument. Gutzom Borglum, the commissioned artist and his 400 workers began carving the faces of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan on the side of the mountain. When current President Coolidge telegraphed word to … Continue reading →

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October 3, 1849

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1849, American author Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under very mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death. There was a rumor that a 16 year old teenager named Whipple Van Buren Phillips was responsible … Continue reading →

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