History Schmistory, July 8: Bonjour, Paris!
Thursday, July 10, 2025
951 – Paris was founded. At the time, it was occupied by the Germanic Franks. Thankfully they came up with an awesome name for the city — it could have been a bratwurst.
Paris sure used to occur a lot of Germs!
History Schmistory, July 2: Baffled By Baffin!
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
1578Â –Â Martin Frobisher sighted Baffin Island. This is super great, however, it is the 5th largest island in the world & would slightly hard to miss!
Where’s Baffin? I can’t seem to find it. It should be called Waldo Island.
History Schmistory, June 27: Halt Your Horses!
Friday, June 27, 2025
1652Â –Â New Amsterdam (now NYC) passed the 1st speed limit law in the U.S.A. Probably to prevent all the horse & carriage races that were taking place.
Woah! Slow it down, speed demon!
History Schmistory, June 24: Dance Dance Revolution!
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
1374Â –Â A sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance caused people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.This phenomena, know as “Dancing Mania” spread throughout Europe over the next few decades.
And still continues to effect “victims” all over the world today…
History Schmistory, June 22: Hey! That’s My Bay!
Sunday, June 22, 2025
1611Â –Â Henry Hudson was set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship, the Discovery, & was never seen again.
Mwuahahahah!
History Schmistory, June 16: Wait, She Didn’t Die?
Monday, June 16, 2025
1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison in Scotland. While we had mentioned in a previous “History Schmistory” that Monty Python says Ms. Mary dies, we were on a mission to find the REAL story. Take that Monty!
In case you missed it, here’s another clip of Mr. Python’s take on the Q of S….
History Schmistory, June 14: It’s The Middle of the Night Mister!
Saturday, June 14, 2025
1597Â –Â At 4:30 AM, Willem Barents left Novaya Zemlya for Netherlands. He wasn’t the best looking chap, mostly likely from limited beauty sleep.
Introducing Bill “the not so beautiful” Barents!
History Schmistory, June 13: Act One For Adriana.
Friday, June 13, 2025
1655Â –Â Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh became the 1st actress in Amsterdam theater. That diva was never late for dress rehearsal!
You're nailing the happy/sad bipolar thing.
History Schmistory, June 12: An (Orange) Juicy Love Story.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
1575Â –Â William of Orange married Charlotte de Bourbon (a knock-out nun!). Things may not have worked out in his first two marriages, but I guess that’s why they say third time’s a charm!
His nickname is also William the Silent. Anyone know why?
Featured Video: Ken Jennings. Maphead. MarcoNaut!
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Hey MarcoNauts! Check out this exclusive interview Marco had with MANY time Jeopardy winner, Ken Jennings!
Ken-clips will be featured here all week!
