Monthly Archives: June 2019

June 10, 1925

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 10, 1925, the state of Tennessee adopted a new biology textbook that denied that the Theory of Evolution was real. This happened because the state of Tennessee passed the Butler Act in March 1925 and it forbid public school teachers from denying the Biblical account of mankind’s origin and prohibited the teaching of … Continue reading →

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June 9, 1549

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 9, 1549, the Book of Common Prayer was adopted by the Church of England. Over the lips, through the gums, look out stomach, here it comes, was not included. All though there were sections on the begging for an earlier death than expected of a spouse, success on a test that wasn’t studied … Continue reading →

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June 8, 1989

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 8, 1989, the National League baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the 1st inning against opponent Philadelphia, which prompted confident Pirate broadcaster, and ex-baseball player, Jim Rooker to declare on the air, that if the Pirates lost this game, he’d walk from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. The Pirates lost 15 to … Continue reading →

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June 7, 2017

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 7, 2017, the police in the African country of Mozambique warned men of the dangers of being bald. Criminals were going around and decapitating bald men for the gold that they believed was in their heads. And not for the gold in their teeth, such as crowns and dentures, but because witchdoctors were … Continue reading →

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June 6, 1988

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 6, 1988, the cartoon superhero, Mighty Mouse was accused by the American Family Association (AFA) of using cocaine on a recently aired episode. The cartoon’s producers were saddened by the stupidity and general tight-assedness of the AFA, as Mighty Mouse was obviously smelling some flowers that had been crushed by a bully. And … Continue reading →

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June 5, 1994

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 5, 1994, 12 year-old Vicki Van Meter took off from Maine in a Cessna 210 and flew to Scotland. She followed the route that Amelia Earhart had previously taken and became the youngest female pilot to cross the Atlantic. Thus scientifically proving that a woman’s sense of direction doesn’t become muddled and confused … Continue reading →

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June 4, 1876

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 4, 1876, an express train, called the Transcontinental Express, arrived in San Francisco 83 hours and 39 minutes (3 days and 12 hours) after leaving New York City. To put this in perspective, the wagon trains of the 1840s and 1850s, with good weather, would take about five months to make the 2,000 … Continue reading →

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June 3, 1989

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 3, 1989, Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died in Tehran. Upon entering the afterlife, he was immediately provided with his 72 virgins. Unfortunately for Khomeini, they were all men who had lived in their grandmothers’ basements and listened to Rush Limbaugh on the radio and were fans of the Philadelphia Phillies. They … Continue reading →

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June 2, 1994

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 2, 1994, Ned Andrews won the 67th National Spelling Bee when he spelled the word antediluvian. Antediluvian, of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood. Dark horse candidate Burton ‘Gus’ Guster bowed out when he missed the word aggiornamento. Aggiornamento, bringing up to date as in a Vatican Council. Super, super … Continue reading →

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June 1, 1896

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 1, 1896, the first recorded automobile theft happened in Paris, France. Early automobile enthusiast Baron de Zuylen’s Peugot went missing. He’d taken it to the manufacturer for repairs and the mechanic, after fixing it, drove it like he stole it to the nearby town of Asnieres. As a matter of fact, he did … Continue reading →

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