Tag Archives: women

November 7, 1800

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Joel Byers

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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October 23, 1910

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Joel Byers

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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May 21, 1918

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Joel Byers

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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February 1, 1929

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Joel Byers

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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November 28, 1967

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Joel Byers

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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November 12, 1964

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Joel Byers

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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November 9, 2017

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Joel Byers

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 →

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November 5, 1974

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Joel Byers

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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October 18, 1929

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Joel Byers

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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August 25, 1718

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Joel Byers

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.

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