Tag Archives: Russians

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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January 12, 1998

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 12, 1998, nineteen nations decided to ban the cloning of humans. The Council of Europe issued an amendment to its ‘Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine”, where it and its member nations prohibit any intervention seeking to create a human being identical to another human being, whether living or dead. Russia, not being … Continue reading →

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August 24, 1960

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 1960 the lowest temperature in world history was recorded. Temperatures measured at the Vostok, Antarctica research station dipped to -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.2 degrees Celsius). On this same date the temperature at the equator of Mars was a balmy 71 degrees Fahrenheit. When the researchers at the Vostok station … Continue reading →

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January 14, 1991

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1991, Valentin Pavlov became the premier of the U.S.S.R. and succeed Nikolai Ryzhkov. Valentin Pavlov initiated the 1991 Soviet Monetary Reform (also called the Pavlov Reform) in an attempt the prevent the Soviet monetary system from collapsing. It involved the forced exchange of old rubles for the shiny new … Continue reading →

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December 10, 1906

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1906, US President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese and Russian governments stated they didn’t have a choice, as that crazy, bespectacled American rushed into their treaty negotiations swinging a large … Continue reading →

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November 3, 1957

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1957 the Soviet Union launched a dog into space on board Sputnik 2 and it became the first living animal to enter the Earth’s orbit. When the Russian Federal Space Agency was asked why they sent a dog, they replied that the cat was too ‘blin’ smart to get … Continue reading →

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October 1, 1939

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1939, Winston Churchill called the Soviets “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Like all great quotes, it is believed that Churchill first said this quote about women in general and later used it to describe the Russians.

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February 4, 1993

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1993, Russian scientists unfurled a giant mirror in orbit and flashed a beam of sunlight across Europe during the night. Evil scientists and their minions worldwide waited up all night to witness this historical display. Observers saw it only as a momentary flash and no hapless, unwary innocent civilians … Continue reading →

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