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Tag Archives: women
November 7, 1800
On November 7, 1800, it became illegal for women in Paris to wear trousers without a Police permit. It was still illegal for them to go naked in public. In 2013, the ‘trouser ban’ was annulled after 213 years, but it was still… Continue reading
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Tagged france, full Godiva, naked, Paris, stoopid laws, women
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October 23, 1910
On October 23, 1910, at the age of 26, Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight in the United States at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The men in the crowd were really impressed by the way she… Continue reading
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Tagged airplanes, Blanche S Scott, firsts, Fort Wayne, women
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May 21, 1918
On May 21, 1918, the US House of Representatives passed the Amendment that allow women the right to vote. The male representatives reminded women that they weren’t required to vote and no one could force them to, if they… Continue reading
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Tagged suffrage, US Representatives, voting, women
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February 1, 1929
On February 1, 1929, Charles Rigoulet of France achieved the first 400 pound ‘clean and jerk’ as he lifted 402.5 pounds. No one thought this record would ever be broken. Olympian weightlifters now use 400 pounds to warm up. The world record in the clean and jerk for a person who weighs less than 232 … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Rigoulet, france, men, Olympic Records, weight lifting, women, world records
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November 28, 1967
On November 28, 1967, British Cambridge University postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish detected the first radio pulsars. Proving once again that a woman’s hearing is significantly better than most men’s. In fact, it was said that Burnell’s hearing was so refined and acute that she could hear a fly fart and … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony Hewish, audio, Cambridge, firsts, Great Britain, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, science, women
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November 12, 1964
On November 12, 1964, American Paula Murphy set the women’s land speed record of 226.37 mph. Her kids said that if you think she was fast then, you should see her move when they back-sass her. They said it was like she teleports from any room in the house to holding the back of your … Continue reading
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Tagged back-sass, flipflops, Paula Murphy, records, women
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November 9, 2017
On November 9, 2017, Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore was accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls in a ‘Washington Post’ report when he was in his 30s. This is the same Roy Moore who tried to put a huge stone monument of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Alabama Supreme Court … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, good old boys, judges, Roy Moore, sex, Ten Commandments, women
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November 5, 1974
On November 5, 1974, Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut. She was the first woman in the United States to be ‘elected’ as a governor. The other women who had served as governors did so after their husbands had died while in office. Mr. Grasso was very relieved to buck that trend.
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Tagged Connecticut, Ella T. Grasso, governor, women
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October 18, 1929
On October 18, 1929, The Judicial Committee of England’s Privy Council ruled that women were to be considered as persons under the law in Canada, whether they wanted to be or not. Sasquatches, Wendigos, and abominable snowmen who should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque were still considered to be mythical and would not … Continue reading
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Tagged abominable snowmen, Albuquerque, Canada, sasquatch, wendigo, women, women's rights
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August 25, 1718
On August 25, 1718, France deposited hundreds of colonists in Louisiana. Some even settled in present-day, New Orleans. The colonists in New Orleans immediately began showing their boobs to strangers for beads. This didn’t really catch on with the tourists until the women started doing it.
Posted in 18th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged doing it for the beads, france, Louisiana, men, New Orleans, the french, women
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