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Monthly Archives: March 2016
March 31, 1896
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1896, Whitcomb L. Judsen of Chicago, Illinois was issued a US patent (No. 557,207) for a hookless fastener based on a slider. His original idea was designed to allow shoes to be fastened instead of tied with shoe laces. The prototype worked so well, that Mr. Judsen branched out … Continue reading
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Tagged boobs, husbands, inventions, no such a good idea, patents, sex, wives, women
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March 30, 2011
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2011 the Experian Credit Reporting Agency reported that the economic recovery for Wales was much slower than the rest of the UK, stating that Wales only had a 1.6% growth per year over the next decade as compared to 2.2% per year for the rest of the United Kingdom. … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged America, deprogramming, Emo, Experian, Goth, New Zealand, Punk, sheep, United Kingdom, Wales
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March 29, 1929
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1929 the Oval Office had its first telephone installed. The White House, though, had telephones installed since 1878. On March 29, 1929, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon received a call at his work desk and he was told by the woman on the other end to come and … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover, practical jokes, Presidents
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March 28, 1930
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1930, Constantinople changed its name to Istanbul, and that’s nobody’s business but the Turks.
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Constantinople, Istanbul, Mind yer own bidness, Turks
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March 27, 1829
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1829, President Andrew Jackson appointed John Eaton as his Secretary of War. This proved to be a huge mistake as the rumor mill maintained by the matrons of Washington went into overdrive. Eaton was married to a former tavern maid who had a disreputable past (she was one wild … Continue reading
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Tagged elections, gossip, President Andrew Jackson, Presidents, sex, sex scandals
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March 26, 2006
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2006 smoking was banned in bars and restaurants in Scotland. Drinking and cursing the government in the quaint and endearing Gaelic brogue is still allowed and encouraged.
March 25, 1966
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1966 the US Supreme Court ruled that a “poll” tax was unconstitutional. 22 years later, the male majority of the Supreme Court Justices ruled that “pole” dancing was constitutional as a “Freedom of Expression.”
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Tagged men being men, naked women, pole dancing, poll tax
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March 24, 1837
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1837 Canadia gave blacks the right to vote. Six months later they told them where the voting poll locations were. Several prominent American politicians, from both the North and the South, warned their northern neighbor that giving blacks the right to vote was a slippery slope. They said that … Continue reading
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Tagged blacks, Canada, Canadia, equal rights, politicians, suffrage, United States, voting, women
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March 23, 1989
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1989 two Utah scientists, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, reported that they had produced fusion at room temperature, which is the Holy Grail of energy production. Nuclear fusion normally happens inside the cores of stars at millions of degrees of heat and incredible pressure. Other scientists rushed to replicate … Continue reading
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Tagged claims proven wrong, cold fusion, Holy Grail, Philosopher's Stone, scientists, Utah
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March 22, 1907
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1907 in Paris it was reported that male cab drivers were dressing as women to attract riders. Those who shaved every day were found to make more money.