History Schmistory: January 27. Telegrams Stop.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
January 27, 2006. Western Union discontinues telegram services. Finally.
History Schmistory: January 26. Did you sea that?
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
1911: Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane, executing a flawless landing, a feat that remains much more difficult than it looks.
![By MoD Photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/800px-Curtiss_America_001.jpg)
And here it is…..By MoD Photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: January 26. ROCK!
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
January 26, 1905. History’s largest diamond discovered!
History Schmistory: January 25. She’s Baaaaaack!
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Nellie Bly, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Nellie_Bly_journalist.jpg [public domain]
Before she set out, her goal was to complete the journey in 75 days. In their brief meeting, Jules Verne himself was quoted as saying “If you do it in 79 days, I shall applaud with both hands. But 75 days -mon Dieu- that would be a miracle.” Try 72, Jules! Phileas Fogg was a pansy! …That’s totally what she said when she got back 🙂
History Schmistory: January 25. Free McCartney!
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
January 25, 1980. Paul McCartney deported from Japan. Avoids prison.
History Schmistory: January 24. The Mac Daddy.
Monday, January 24, 2022
Dave Winer ‘Macworld 1,’ October 21 2006 via Flickr, creative commons attribution.
1984: The Apple Macintosh computer is unleashed into the world, and in less than 30 years, manages to drastically change it. We here at TMP stare at iMacs for hours daily, but tonight, to celebrate, we might just take them out to the Cheesecake Factory or something…
History Schmistory: January 24. An Emerging Sport!
Monday, January 24, 2022
January 24, 1900. World’s oldest Badminton club established in England.
Culture Buzz: “Lotus pray…”
Sunday, January 23, 2022
To say the lotus flower is an important symbol in India would really be an understatement. The potent and resilient plant, which has no trouble thriving in the muddiest of swamps without breaking a sweat, or even getting dirty, has become the supreme icon of beauty, strength, longevity and fertility in Indian culture. In Hinduism, the lotus is also a symbol of divinity that seems to turn up everywhere, even growing from Vishnu’s belly-button! In fact, they believe the spirit of the Lotus itself exists within every human being. That’s a lot of lotuses… Loti?
Anyhoo, it is only fitting that there is a temple in New Delhi bearing semblance to a giant lotus flower preparing to bloom. Pretty sweet.
Also looks a bit like a citrus juicer.
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History Schmistory: January 23. Last day in the China shop.
Sunday, January 23, 2022
![Engraving of the Battle of Zama by Cornelis Cort, 1567 [public domaine]](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Slaget_ved_Zama_-_Cornelis_Cort_1567.jpg)
Engraving of the Battle of Zama by Cornelis Cort, 1567 [public domain]
