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Tag Archives: americans
February 21, 1947
On February 21, 1947, American inventor, Edwin Land, presented and demonstrated his invention, the Polaroid Land Camera, to the Optical Society of America in New York City. It was the first camera that was able to take, develop, and print a picture in around 60 seconds. The photos were in black and white and the … Continue reading
September 5, 1976
On September 5, 1976, Jim Henson’s “The Muppet Show” premiered on television. This show featured a talking pig puppet with the hots for a talking frog puppet. And with that, a new American fetish was born. Kermit and… Continue reading
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Tagged americans, fetish, Jim Henson, Muppets, television shows
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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
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October 17, 1814
On October 17, 1814, the unthinkable happened in the London parish of St. Giles. A brewery tank ruptured and flooded the parish with 140,000 gallons of beer. Hundreds were injured and nine people drowned. The drowned included three Irishmen and five Americans. Authorities believed the Irishmen and Americans might have survived if they hadn’t kept … Continue reading
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February 23, 1886
On February 23, 1886, scientist and inventor Charles Martin Hall, along with his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall, produced the first samples of man-made aluminum. Aluminum is the most abundant metal found throughout the world, but it wasn’t until that point, that it could be used as a metal, as it was always bonded with … Continue reading
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Tagged aluminium, aluminum, aluminum vs aluminium, americans, Brits, Charles Martin Hall, discoveries, John Wayne, Julia Brainerd Hall, posh, scientists
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February 16, 1859
On February 16, 1859, the French government passed a law that set the A-note above middle C to a frequency of 435 Hz. This was to standardize the pitch. Violaters of this law would be required to teach elementary school children how to play ‘Frere Jacques’ on the recorder. Repeat offenders would be sentenced to … Continue reading
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Tagged americans, bagpipes, banjo, Frere Jacques, music, the french, the scottish
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July 31, 1989
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1989 the Game Boy handheld video game device was released in the U.S. Unknown to most Americans, the Nintendo Game Boy was a long-term strategy by the Japanese to reduce the American youth to weak, overweight, lethargic, couch potatoes who would be unable to defend the United States in … Continue reading
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Tagged americans, Game Boy, long game, Nintendo, obesity, plans gone awry, the japanese
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April 5th, 1987
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1987, the FOX TV Show “Married….With Children” aired for the first time and the phrase “Don’t Bundy That Book” entered the American lexicon.
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December 29, 1813
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1813 during the War of 1812, the British burned Buffalo, NY. The citizens of Buffalo weren’t too upset, as they have been known to set fire to their own neighbors’ homes just to stay warm during the winter. The rest of the young nation, and President James Madison, also … Continue reading
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July 4, 1845
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1845 American writer Henry David Thoreau began his two-year experiment in simple living at Walden Pond, near Concord, MA. One hundred and sixty-eight years later, his great-great-great-great-great-grandnephew, Nathan Joshua Thoreau decided to continue Thoreau’s experiment by giving up his iPhone, internet, and cable TV and survive for two months … Continue reading