Tag Archives: the welsh

September 11, 1997

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 1997 Scotland voted to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England. Wales immediately tried to ride on the Scottish coattails and several Wales for the Welshmen (and attractive goats and sheep) sent numerous letters to the Queen with their intention of starting their own Welsh … Continue reading →

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August 5, 1925

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this day in Twisted-History.com in 1925 the social political party, Plaid Cymru, was formed with the intent to prevent the Welsh language from dying out and its leaders advocated having it taught in the Welsh schools along with English. Over the next 30 years, Plaid Cymru evolved from trying to keep the Welsh language … Continue reading →

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July 16, 1439

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1439 the Parliament of King Henry VI banned kissing. The was in response to a particularly virulent infection that was being spread and after having determined that evil spirits, the evil eye, and smoke-free air were not the cause, the doctors of the time determined that it had to … Continue reading →

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April 13, 1998

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1998, Dolly, Scotland’s prized cloned sheep gave birth to her first lamb, Bonnie. She was breed with a Welsh Mountain ram named Eyydiclaywerrell Davies and gave birth to a total of six sheep. The owner of Eyydiclaywerrell Davies, Lleweyallen Davies, was asked how his ram was chosen to breed … Continue reading →

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November 25, 1960

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1960, the Scottish Parliament met in response to the report that a group of young English scalawags were planning on dropping homemade bombs into the waters of Loch Ness to encourage the Loch Ness monster to surface. While the Scottish leaders would encourage and permit the scientific study of … Continue reading →

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November 9th, 2011

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2011, the government of Wales conducted a survey of businessmen and consumers which showed strong support for the country to have it’s very own top-level domain name. In an online poll to determine the new domain name, Wereallyluvsheep.com was the top vote getter, but it was quickly shot down … Continue reading →

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February 23, 1997

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997, Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of Dolly, a sheep. The Welsh magazine “Natural Husbandry” asked for and received permission to film Dolly and interview the scientist involved in this wonderful breakthrough. On the day of the photo-shoot and interview, the Scottish scientists became very concerned when the … Continue reading →

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February 1, 1884

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1884, the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. The word Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (a town in Wales, big surprise there) was originally misspelled as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrydrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Only the people who lived there noticed or cared, but they claimed that it changed the meaning significantly. When asked what the correct … Continue reading →

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January 27, 1926

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1926, John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television. The Welsh asked if this “television” would be able to show pictures of sheep ‘grazing’, and Mr. Baird told them that for a nominal surcharge, they could get all the television pictures of sheep ‘grazing’ that … Continue reading →

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December 11, 1282

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1282 AD, Llywelyn (Llewelyn ap Gruffydd) Ein Llyw Olaf, the last prince of an independent Wales was killed in Cilmeri, central Wales. It was deemed a mercy killing, as no one alive in England at that time could pronounce his name. Even the Welsh agreed that the uppity son-of-a-bitch … Continue reading →

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