Monthly Archives: January 2021

January 31, 1983

On January 31, 1983, Great Britain enacted a new law to help reduce driving deaths. All drivers and front-seat passengers were required to wear seatbelts. Libertarians worldwide decry this new law and claim that Britain was trying to… Continue reading

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January 30, 1982

On January 30, 1982, Richard Skrenta of Pittsburgh, PA wrote the first computer virus code. It was 400 lines long and infected Apple II machines. He named it “Elk Cloner”. That’s a shame. He could have named it Elk Boner and become a demigod to the… Continue reading

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January 29, 1594

On January 29, 1594, Mathematician John Napier dedicated his “Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John” to King James VI and predicted the end of the world in 1688 or 1700. He wasn’t exactly sure as he had a floating decimal that was causing… Continue reading

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January 28, 1521

On January 28, 1521, the Diet of Worms began and Protestant reformer Martin Luther was declared an outlaw by the Roman Catholic Church. Apparently he refused to eat the worms offered and sang, “God loves me, the Catholic Church hates me, But I won’t eat… Continue reading

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January 27 661

On January 27, 661, the 4th Caliph of the Rashidan Caliphate, Ali Ibn Abu Talib was attacked while praying at the Great Mosque of Kufa in Mesopotamia. Ibn Muljam, a Kharijite struck the Caliph in the head with a poisoned sword. Talib died two… Continue reading

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January 26, 945

On January 26, 945 the Byzantine co-emperors and brothers, Stephen and Constantine, were overthrown by their brother-in-law, Constantine VII, and forced to take vows as monks at the monastery at Prote. What makes that especially funny is that in 944… Continue reading

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January 25, 1979

On January 25, 1979 the five-story robot, XM-458, a heavy-duty retrieval unit at the Ford Motor Company Flat Rock plant, received word from the world-dominating AI, Legion/Genisys, in Alternate Earth 37-Omega. Kill Robert Williams of… Continue reading

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January 24, 1922

On January 24, 1922, Christian K. Nelson patented the wonderful ice cream treat, the Eskimo Pie. The polar bears of Alaska and Canada were extremely disappointed to learn that it was vanilla ice cream encased in a frozen chocolate shell. The… Continue reading

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January 23, 1916

On January 23, 1916, Browning, Montana experienced the greatest temperature drop in a 24 hour period in recorded history. On January 23, the citizens experienced a high, balmy temperature of 44 degrees Fahrenheit. Within 24 hours the temperature had… Continue reading

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January 22, 2020

On January 22, 2020, the serial pooper of Natick, Massachusetts was pinched in the act. The Natick Outdoor Store had reported to the police that a serial pooper had left human feces outside the store on at least eight separate occasions since… Continue reading

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