Tag Archives: Arizona

January 18, 1993

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 18, 1993, the Martin Luther King Jr., holiday was observed in all 50 states of the United States for the first time ever. Arizona, the last state to authorize the holiday, still didn’t want to, but did so begrudgingly because Alabama… Continue reading →

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September 26, 1991

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 26, 1991, Four men and four women entered “Biosphere II” in Oracle, Arizona. It was a scientific project intended to understand the dangers and hazards of future space colonies. On September 26, 1993, all eight… Continue reading →

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July 27, 1377

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 27, 1377, the first example of a quarantine occurred in the city of Rugusa, which is now Dubroknik, Croatia. The city council passed a law that required newcomers from plague areas to isolate for 30 days, and then… Continue reading →

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July 19, 1908

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 19, 1912, the town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona experienced a frightening astronomical event. A 420 pound meteorite exploded above the town and rained 16,000 pieces of debris all over it. The people of the town… Continue reading →

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June 24, 1997

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997, the US Air Force released a report titled “The Roswell Report, Case Closed” that dismissed the claims that an alien spacecraft had crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Lt. Colonel Scott Hayden, the author of the report, stated that the debris was from a high altitude weather … Continue reading →

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February 5, 1982

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1982 David Grundman and his roommate James Joseph Suchochi were in the Arizona desert west of Lake Pleasant and engaged in the red-neck sport of cactus plugging. Cactus plugging consisted of using various firearms to shoot saguaro cacti in the same generalized area until they fell over. These are … Continue reading →

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April 4, 1988

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1988 – Arizona Governor Evan Mecham was voted out of office by the Arizona Senate. Mecham was found guilty of diverting state funds to his auto business and of trying to impede an investigation into a death threat to a grand jury witness. Ex-Governor Mecham complained to the press … Continue reading →

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February 6, 1911

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1911, the first old-age home for pioneers opened its doors in Prescott, AZ establishing the precedent of angry white people retiring to Arizona for the next 100 years.

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