History Schmistory: November 2. The Perfect Cheer!
Sunday, November 2, 2025
1898: Cheerleading is born at a University of Minnesota football game. Here’
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Early_women_cheerleaders_at_UW_Madison_%282246608893%29.jpg
s what some of the fist cheerleaders looked like…
MarcoWord: Elezione
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Yesterday’s MarcoWord (Italian): “elezione.” Election. “Whoa, dude that tea partier totally messed up the elezione.”
History Schmistory: November 1. “Is that all we’ve got?”
Saturday, November 1, 2025
1861: In the early stages of the American Civil war, US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army. Proof that even histories greatest leaders can make huge mistakes. Sometimes even twice.
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