History Schmistory: June 15. Other than that, how was the flight?
Saturday, June 15, 2013
1785: Francois de Rozier becomes the first air ballooning fatality. No truth to the to rumor he was texting while ballooning.
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History Schmistory: June 14. Bad Day for the British Monarchy.
Friday, June 14, 2013
1645: Battle of Naseby; Parliamentarians defeat Charles I. Based on the photo, it should have been called the Battle of Noseby.
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Ludicrous Latin: Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Don’t applaud. Just throw money.
History Schmistory: June 13. The Peasants are Revolting.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
1381: The Peasants Revolt begins in England. Wat Tyler leads a crowd of peasants who spend two glorious days killing the Archbishop of Canterbury and drinking in London. Then Wat Tyler was killed and the revolt ended. They got to keep their swag.
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History Schmistory: June 12. Baaaad Blood.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
1667: The first successful blood transfusion: Jean-Baptiste Denys transfuses a fifteen year old boy with sheep’s blood.
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History Schmistory: June 11. Hank 8 gets Hitched.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
1509: Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon, wife number one. Guests who attend five subsequent weddings begin buying gifts in bulk at Costco.
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Ludicrous Latin: Fac me cocleario vomere
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Gag me with a spoon!
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History Schmistory, May 24: Yo, Crusades!
Friday, May 24, 2013
1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
Ludicrous Latin: Noster populus facit discrepantiam!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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