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Monthly Archives: November 2019
November 30, 1487
On November 30, 1487, Germany enacted the first German Beer Purity Law in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria. He stated that beer should be brewed only from water, malt and hops. This prove so popular that in the 1930s and 1940s, Germany tried to enact human purity laws, which did not prove as … Continue reading
November 29, 1961
On November 29, 1961, Enos, an American chimpanzee was launched into space by NASA. He was the third hominid and first chimpanzee to achieve Earth orbit. The first two hominids were Soviet astronauts Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov. The Americans said Enos proved to be a better astronaut since he wouldn’t sneak vodka on board … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged alcohol, America, chimpanzees, cute, Enos, firsts, Gherman Titov, NASA, not creepy, Russia, Soviet Union, space, vodka, Yuri Gagarin
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November 28, 1967
On November 28, 1967, British Cambridge University postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish detected the first radio pulsars. Proving once again that a woman’s hearing is significantly better than most men’s. In fact, it was said that Burnell’s hearing was so refined and acute that she could hear a fly fart and … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Antony Hewish, audio, Cambridge, firsts, Great Britain, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, science, women
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November 27, 1973
On November 27, 1973, the US Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford as the Vice President after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew. This was the first time that a Vice President was not elected. In the past, if a Vice President had to assume the duties of President or they resigned or died … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Gerald R. Ford, levelling up, President, Spiro T. Agnew, US History, Vice President
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November 26, 1977
On November 26, 1977, Britain’s Southern Television was hijacked for 6 minutes starting at 5:12 PM. An entity claiming to be Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command gave a voice message to the people of Earth warning them of a possible, yet unnamed disaster, that they could avoid. The viewers in England were confused and … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Area 51, Ashtar Galactic Command, England, hoax, space telemarketers, Vrillon
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November 25, 1988
On November 25, 1988 American Chess Master William John Donaldson and Soviet Chess Master Elena Akhmilovskaya shocked the Chess world by marrying at the Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece, and immediately eloped to the United States. They divorced approximately one year later after she was approved for residency. Usually when Soviet athletes would run to … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged americans, Chess, Elena Akhmilovskaya, Soviets, William John Donaldson
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November 24, 1993
On November 24, 1993, the citizens of the Ukraine proved that the United States did not have a monopoly on crazy religious people. The White Brotherhood, a cult led by Maria Devi Khrystos and her husband Yuriy Kryvonohoy, proclaimed that the world was going to end on November 24, 1993 and that they would have … Continue reading
November 23, 1998
On November 23, 1998, former NBA star Dennis Rodman filed for an annulment from model and TV personality Carmen Electra. The two had been married in Las Vegas on November 14, 1998. It was later discovered that Rodman, a rogue reptilian from the Alpha Draconis star system had married Carmen Electra without first obtaining the … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alpha Draconis, Carmen Electra, Dennis Rodman, John Travolta, Las Vegas, Love and Aliens, Marriages, Reptilians
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November 22, 2013
On November 22, 2013, the discovery of the fossils of Siats Meekerorum was announced, the 30 foot long dinosaur predator was found in eastern Utah. Disciples of Helena Blavatsky say that this discovery proves that the Lemurians and other dinosauroid nations in the distance past were also involved in an arms race that lead to … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged dinosauroid, dinosaurs, Great Deluge, Helena Blavatsky, Ken Ham, Lemurians, Siats Meekerorum, Utah
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November 21, 1953
On November 21, 1953, the British Museum revealed that the 40-year-long hoax of the Piltdown Man was officially ended. The Museum stated that the Piltdown Man was a “perfectly executed and carefully prepared fraud” that was conceived, planned and executed between 1907 and 1911. The fake hominid skull was constructed from the following; the remains … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged British Museum, fake, fraud, Holy Prepuce, Piltdown Man, science vs religion, Shroud of Turin
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