Tag Archives: Italy

August 25, 2008

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 2008, Father Antonio Rungi of the Passionists order in the town of Mondragone, Italy proposed on his blog to hold a “Beauty Contests for Nuns” where the nuns would send him photos and people would vote for who was the most lovely. He envisioned that the Sisters would be … Continue reading

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April 8th, 1939

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1939, King Zog I of Albania fled the invading Italian Army and went into exile in England, taking with them large stores of gold. Zog and his family understood very well how gold could ease the transition from active royalty to royalty in exile so they made sure to … Continue reading

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December 30, 1935

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1935, Italian bombers destroyed a Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia. Mussolini later apologized and tried to explain by saying that his airplane pilots weren’t very bright, being Italian and everything, and they thought the Big Red Cross was in fact a huge Red X, just like on the … Continue reading

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December 14, 1939

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1939, Russia was demoted from the League of Nations to the lesser arena, Association of Countries, for lackluster play and the inability to win the “Big” game. Russian Team Owner, Joseph “Man of Steel” Stalin, promised that with the help of his new allies, Germany and Italy, Russia would … Continue reading

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September 21, 1576

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1576, Gerolamo Cardano, an Italian Renaissance mathematician, philosopher, doctor, gambler and astrologer died. He was famous and infamous throughout Europe of that time and was paid handsomely for his astrological forecasts. He even predicted the time and date of his own death, which was September 21, 1576. When the … Continue reading

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September 8, 1504

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1504, Michelangelo’s 13-foot marble statue of David was unveiled in Florence, Italy. All the men in attendance quietly remarked on how large David’s hands were and also how small his penis was. The women in attendance just said, “em-hmmm” as they stared at his butt.

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April 9, 1454

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1454 the city states of Venice, Milan and Florence signed a peace agreement at Lodi, Italy. This was done so the Italian national sport of political poisonings and dark alley assassinations could be resumed without having armies getting in the way.

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