Monthly Archives: November 2020

November 20, 1983

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 20, 1983, an estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie “The Day After”. This movie depicted the outbreak and some of the consequences of nuclear war. Forty-two year old Wyoming Congressman… Continue reading →

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November 19, 1969

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 19, 1969, Apollo 12’s astronauts, Charles Conrad and Alan Bean, made mankind’s second landing on the Moon. It really happened contrary to what idiot flat-earthers believe. Why did America go back so fast after the… Continue reading →

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November 18, 1883

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 18, 1883, American and Canadian railroads, with the cooperation of their federal governments, instituted five standard continental time zones, which ended the confusion of thousands of separate local times. That’s… Continue reading →

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November 17, 1973

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 17, 1973, then US President Richard Nixon told the AP news-source “people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” Well, history knows how that turned out. He was a crook and… Continue reading →

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November 16, 1581

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 16, 1581, crazy Russian Tsar, Ivan the Terrible, grew angry and physically assaulted his daughter-in-law, Yelena Sheremeteva, for wearing ‘unconventionally’ light clothing. Ivan’s son and heir, Ivan Ivanovich heard… Continue reading →

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November 15, 1904

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 15, 1904, King C. Gillette patented the Gillette razor blade. Men and women still use the disposable razor blades today. Nothing twisted about this post except FOR HIS NAME! Somebody’s momma named their baby… Continue reading →

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November 14, 2018

Posted on November 14, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 14, 2018, John Allen Chau, an Alabama native and Evangelistic Christian decided he was going to bring the word of Jesus Christ to the natives of the Andaman Islands off the coast of Indian. These natives have had a… Continue reading →

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November 13, 1956

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 13, 1956, the US Supreme Court ruled that laws requiring race separation on buses in Alabama was unconstitutional. Mississippi pointed at Alabama and went “Huh huh, you got caught. It’s still legal here, though” and… Continue reading →

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November 12, 1987

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 12, 1987, the American Medical Association (AMA) issued a policy statement that said it was completely unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat a patient solely because that person had AIDS or was… Continue reading →

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November 11, 2004

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 11, 2004, the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of their former leader, Yasser Arafat under unidentified causes. Mr. Arafat had been confined within his Ramallah compound for two years by the… Continue reading →

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