Tag: history
group name: collectivewisdom
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February 01, 2008 07:47 AM EST --
I love those "Today in History" posts that many people put here on Gather. I'd like to show the flip side a bit too though. There is a site that dedicates itself to "Rotten History" . . . more
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June 11, 2008 11:29 AM EDT --
EMail is not always the source of truth, so I can't speak to the historical veracity of the story, but the opportunity for a new perspective makes me share it ...
The History of the Middle Finger . . . more
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February 02, 2008 05:11 PM EST --
Here is today's installment! Some interesting things happened on Groundhog Day through the years!
Feb 2 1852
The first public toilet is inaugurated, located at 95 Fleet . . . more
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February 03, 2008 02:39 PM EST --
Feb 3 1882
P.T. Barnum purchases the elephant Jumbo. He keeps him for three years until the animal's skull is crushed by a train. After his death, Jumbo gets extra exposure, as his stuffed skin . . . more
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February 04, 2008 07:45 AM EST --
Feb 4 1783
A large earthquake in Calabria Italy leaves 50,000 dead.
Feb 4 1899
On patrol in the city of Manila, Private William Grayson shoots three Filipino soldiers when they fail . . . more
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February 06, 2008 08:15 AM EST --
Feb 6 1998
Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years
Feb 6 1997
Diane Blood, 32, in . . . more
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February 08, 2008 09:50 AM EST --
Feb 8 1861
Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Alabama. Effectively marking the start of what would lead to the war of Americans fighting other Americans.
Feb 8 . . . more
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February 09, 2008 03:53 PM EST --
Just in case I don't get a chance to do a Sunday edition (hey, sometimes I actually do have a life;-) I thought I would put up two days today!
Feb 9 1895
Volley Ball was invented . . . more
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February 11, 2008 10:39 PM EST --
Sorry good people of Gather, this one is a bit late today!
Feb 11 1790
Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
Feb 11 1852
1st British public female . . . more
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February 12, 2008 08:24 AM EST --
Feb 12 1554
The sixteen year old Lady Jane Grey, puppet Queen of England for nine days, beheaded in the Tower of London. Questions arose as to where to bury this semi-queen, until it was decided . . . more
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February 13, 2008 08:49 AM EST --
Feb 13 1837
Riot in New York over high price of flour
Feb 13 1886
Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes . . . more
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February 16, 2008 10:55 PM EST --
Feb 16 0374
9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Feb 16 0600
Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze . . . more
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February 17, 2008 09:09 AM EST --
Feb 17 1600
Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno burned at the stake at Campo di Fiore in Rome, likely because ecclesiastical authorities were alarmed at his rambling and somewhat insane ideas, coupled . . . more
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February 05, 2008 07:49 AM EST --
Feb 5 1861
The "Peep Show" machine patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati.
Feb 5, 1936
The final appearance of Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character premiered in "Modern . . . more
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February 07, 2008 08:39 AM EST --
Feb 7 1812
New Madrid earthquake shakes Missouri with an estimated magnitude of 8.2, as strong as any in the West. The quake destroys 150,000 acres of forest, and would have caused massive damage . . . more
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January 15, 2008 03:49 PM EST --
Did you know on Januar 15, 19......
1967
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League 35-10 in the . . . more
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October 08, 2007 10:47 PM EDT --
In honor of Columbus Day, Name a great person from the past One per post please. I'm looking forward to all the great people we can remember! Seeing it's Columbus Day -- he's . . . more
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February 03, 2008 04:10 PM EST --
My future Stepson said to his mom "today is a holiday" she said "which holiday is today?" He said "it's Superbowl Sunday". With all they hype many people do feel . . . more
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February 14, 2008 08:15 AM EST --
Feb 14 In early History becoming the first Saint Valentine's Day
The eve of the Roman feast of Lupercalia. Naked youths would run through Rome, anointed with the blood of . . . more
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February 20, 2008 08:45 AM EST --
Today's has quite a Few events that were devastating and sad!
Feb 20 1725
10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for bounty
Feb 20 1792
U.S. postal . . . more
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