History Schmistory: December 4th – Ghost ship
Friday, December 4, 2020
1872 – The Atlantic Ocean
The Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned. All her crew and the lifeboat are missing, never to be found….creepy
![By Unconfirmed, possibly Honore Pellegrin (1800–c.1870). This speculative attribution is suggested in Paul Begg: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Longmans Education Ltd, Harlow (UK) 2007. Plate 2 (Scanned from Slate magazine, December 6 2011) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Mary_Celeste_as_Amazon_in_1861.jpg)
By Unconfirmed, possibly Honore Pellegrin (1800–c.1870). This speculative attribution is suggested in Paul Begg: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Longmans Education Ltd, Harlow (UK) 2007. Plate 2 (Scanned from Slate magazine, December 6 2011) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 3. Keep your pants on!
Thursday, December 3, 2020
1927: Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released. If you don’t know them, get on it. Here’s a good start!
By film screenshot (RKO) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 2. Hubble Trouble.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
1993: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavor on a mission to repair the damaged Hubble Space Telescope, and, of course, terminate the culprits…
![By NASA/Kim Shiflett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/401px-STS-127_Launch_Pad_39A.jpg)
By NASA/Kim Shiflett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 1 – America calling
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
1878 – Washington DC
The first telephone is installed in the White House. Reports that the first call went to Domino’s pizza remain unverified…
![See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/604px-PSM_V12_D583_Bell_telephone_in_use.jpg)
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Christmas Around the World Full Episode!
Monday, November 30, 2020
Rent the full Christmas episode today. At $1.99, it’s barely more than a ha’penny!
History Schmistory: November 30. Jersey Shake.
Monday, November 30, 2020
1783: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes New Jersey, the largest in the state’s history. Citizens threaten to punch the earth in the face.
![Armand85 at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/415px-NewJerseyTurnpike.jpg)
Armand85 at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
