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Monthly Archives: January 2015
January 31, 1970
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1970, the members of the Grateful Dead rock band were busted on LSD charges in New Orleans after a show. No one was surprised and the judge who presided over the charges told the New Orleans police they’d have to be careful or the game wardens might arrest them … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged drugs, Grateful Dead, LSD, New Orleans, police, Rock bands
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January 30, 1647
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1647, the Scots sold King Charles I to Parliament for the princely sum of 400,000 English pounds. Charles had lost the English Civil War and had run to the Scots hoping they’d thumb their noses at the English and give him sanctuary. The Scots did, until the English Parliament … Continue reading
Posted in 17th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged English Civil War, King Charles I, negotiations, the english, the scottish
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January 29, 1929
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1929 the Seeing Eye Dog Organization formed in Morristown, NJ with the sole purpose of helping blind and sight-impaired people to regain much of their independence with the help of trained dogs. Both dogs and their handlers would undergo intensive training to utilize the most benefit from their partnership. … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged blind people, cats, dogs, dogs vs cats, evil shit cats do, New Jersey, seeing eye dogs
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January 28, 1393
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1393, The “Ball of Burning Men” was a masquerade ball held in Paris, in which the King of France, Charles VI, almost died. It was held by Queen Isabeau to celebrate the third marriage of her lady-in-waiting, twice widowed Catherine de Fastaverin. The highlight of the masquerade was the … Continue reading
Posted in 14th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged france, men acting the fool, Murphy's Law, nobility, wine, women
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January 27, 1888
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, DC to further the discovery of new plants, animals, and cultures of the world. It was NOT founded to allow photographers to talk pictures of naked women in Borneo, Brazil or Africa. Those naked pictures were for scientific research.
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged DC, National Geographic Society, photography, pictures of naked women, sex, sex sells, Washington, women
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January 26, 1784
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1784, in a letter to his daughter, Sarah Franklin Bache, Benjamin Franklin expressed his unhappiness over the Bald Eagle being chosen as the symbol of America. He wanted the American Wild Turkey to be named the national symbol. His major reservations were that he had observed the Bald Eagle … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged bald eagle, Ben Franklin, birds, national symbols, turkey
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January 25, 1993
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1993, the US Housing Agency announced that 93% of Americans have access to indoor plumbing and on this same date, Sears announced that it would be closing its catalog sales department after running it for 97 years. Sears announced that it would be looking to have a ‘website’ on … Continue reading
January 24, 1924
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1924, the Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed to Leningrad. It was changed back to St. Petersburg in 1991 making the following song obsolete. Leningrad was St. Petersburg Now it’s Leningrad, not St. Petersburg Been a short time gone, St. Petersburg Now it’s a Communist delight on a … Continue reading
January 23, 1989
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1989, artist Salvador Dali died in Spain at the age of 84. It’s believed that his last words were, “I could have painted more naked breasts and melting watches. I could have painted naked breasts on melting watches. Oh what I fool I’ve been! Oh what, hey, is that … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, breasts, famous last words, Salvador Dali, Spain, time pieces
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January 22, 1874
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1874 a patent was issued to Samuel W. Francis for the spork. On this day in 2023, Chim-Chim the Smoking Chimpanzee and his fellow Sporkist, Joel Byers, petitioned Congress to name January 22 as National Spork Day. It was denied by all the Spoon and Fork Separatists who believed … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged "IN THE FUTURE!", chim-chim, inventions gone right, Joel Byers, patents, spork
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