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  1. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1865 the US House of Representatives approved a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. In 1943 on this day, what was left of the German 6th Army, surrendered to the Russians, ending what became known as the Battle for Stalingrad.
  2. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1933, Paul Hindenburg, President of Germany, named Adolf Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany. Subsequently, on this day in 1945, the Allied Forces hung out their washing on the Siegfried Line after overrunning it in Germany.
  3. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1886, German inventor KarlBenz patented the world's first vehicle with internal combustion engine, the Benz Motorwagen. In 1929 on this day, the Seeing Eye Guide Dog society was formed in the US, the world's first association for training and providing dogs for the blind and visually...
  4. MissMittens

    Today in History

    And they were making a waffle for breakfast at the time, spawning the "Lego my Eggo" marketing campaign several years later, lol!!! ^*fake news
  5. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1547 Henry the Eighth of England permanently stopped killing and divorcing his wives. He died. Today in 1956, Elvis Presley made his first national television appearance, on CBS's "Stage Show," which was a variety show presented by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey
  7. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1915, British authorities obtained Franz von Papen's papers confirming spying activities in the U.S. Today in 1920, martial law as declared in Berlin after more than 40,000 proto-Nazis rushed the German parliament, the Reichstag, in a coup attempt. 42 were killed.
  8. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1904, British troops massacred more than 1,000 "whirling" Dervishes in Somaliland. In 1940 on this day, Benjamin O. Davis became the U.S. Army's first Black general. An interesting tidbit is his son also became a general decades later. And in 1943 on this day, the Soviet Army...
  9. MissMittens

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    Today in 1901 marks the start of the "black gold" rush, when at Spindletop TX, a derrick created a gusher that coated the ground for several acres and ushered in the age of oil, petroleum, plastics, the automobile as viable means of transport, and smog. Also today in 1901, the Automobile Club...
  10. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1908, Count von Zeppelin announced his plans for a 100 passenger version of his dirigible. On this day in 1924, Ford Motor Company in Michigan became the first billion dollar company.
  11. MissMittens

    Today in History

    You can lead someone to history, but you can't always make them drink from the fount of knowledge. Anyway, back to history of today
  13. MissMittens

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    “Pretty much in the middle of nowhere” - try the whole of what you call New York and New England, all the way up into QC Canada and beyond.... You can take Jefferson’s word on it if you don’t care to take mine
  14. MissMittens

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    It's a common misconception that we weren't more technologically advanced before colonization here. For example, Europeans didn't even bathe, while Native and Indigenous peoples of this land did. The Jamestown colonists couldn't grow food here with their "superior" farming knowledge, and engaged...
  15. MissMittens

    Today in History

    I don't think that's true, particularly in the fields of medicine and astronomy. Galileo was imprisoned for heresy and his works actively suppressed for CENTURIES because he challenged geocentrism with his discovery that Copernicus' theory of a heliocentric universe was supported by planetary...
  16. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Many works on science and humanism were censored by the Catholic Church. Still are. The Vatican library is full of books that no longer exist outside of the Vatican because of the Church's success at erasing them from print and society. Makes one wonder just how much scientific progress was...
  17. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1642, famed astronomer, polymath, and refrain in Bohemian Rhapsody, Galileo Galilei, died. In 1790 on this day, the man who had become the first President of the U.S., George Washington, gave his first State of the Union address
  19. MissMittens

    The ONE Celebrity (Living or Dead) You'd Give a Body Part to Have Dinner With?

    Hitler only copied what was done in the U.S. before his rise to power. It's uncomfortable, but it's the truth no one wants to hear.
  20. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Today in 1714, Henry Mill of England patented the typewriter. Today in 1945, traitor William Joyce announced Germany had almost accomplished "total victory" by defeating the Allies in the Ardennes........
  21. MissMittens

    Today in History

    Does anyone really know what time it is? Does anyone really care?
  22. MissMittens

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    Very true. And the FCC is arguably getting even worse. I'm surprised that VOA is still operating. I'm sure it won't be long before they want to sell off the frequency space, the same way that they'll be auctioning off the WWV frequencies that will soon be vacant due to the anti-science political...
  23. MissMittens

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    Wonder how much of that was actually influenced by Payola, which was a hot-button topic a year later? Interesting that the FCC no longer considers Payola as an infraction on broadcast sponsorship rules....

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