History Schmistory: October 17. Flow this way!
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The manor house of Toten Hall, where the flood began http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/The_manor_house_of_Toten_Hall_-_1813.gif
1814: The London Beer  Flood occurs in, you guessed it, London, killing nine and inebriating several others.
History Schmistory: October 14. Poor Steve.
Monday, October 14, 2024
2003: 95 years (to the day) after the Chicago Cubs won their last World Series title, fan Steve Bartman does his part to make sure it doesn’t happen again, in what has become known as the Steve Bartman incident. Should be a holiday in Florida. Though, in all fairness, he was really just the unfortunate scapegoat for the Cubbies monumental choke-fest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bartman_seat_heckler.jpg
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History Schmistory: October 13. Speaking of Galaxies…
Sunday, October 13, 2024
1773: The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier (‘s awesome telescopes.)
![By NASA and European Space Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/800px-Messier51_sRGB.jpg)
By NASA and European Space Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: October 12. Do you know where your towel is?
Saturday, October 12, 2024
1979: The greatest book in the history of the galaxy is published. Within its pages lies the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything…
![By User:Drozd (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hitchhikers_gesture.jpg)
By User:Drozd (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Common5
History Schmistory: October 11. “Doing It Right”
Saturday, October 12, 2024
1929: JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware. But this was not just any ordinary JC Penney, this was THE JC Penney that officially put them in every state in the US, a first for any American chain store. Many Delaware state officials later confessed that they were just tired of doing it wrong.
By the way, did you know the C in JC Penney stands for Cash? As in founder, James Cash Penney… That was his real name. Seriously, this was the Great Depression, pennies could get you a lot back then. Today, he would be the equivalent of Donald Trump being named Donald Cash Money.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/James_Cash_Penney_%28ca._1902%29.jpg
History Schmistory: October 10. What about Spaceland Security?
Thursday, October 10, 2024
1967: The Outer Space Treaty, signed by over sixty nations including the US, the UK and the Soviet Union, becomes official. It serves as a binding promise to keep space open for everyone to explore, and to not use it to store and/or fire weapons of mass destruction. Many feel the agreement only makes it easier for outside forces to take advantage of the opportunity.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Astronaut-EVA.jpg
History Schmistory: October 9. “Nice shirt! I love reggae!”
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
1967: Only a day after his capture, Argentine-Cuban Revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, is executed in Bolivia for attempting to start a revolution there. T-shirt prices skyrocket.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/CheHigh.jpg
History Schmistory: October 8. Today never happened.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
1582: Italy, Portugal, Poland and Spain adopt the Gregorian calendar, officially eliminating this day from existence.
History Schmistory: October 7. A Painful “Memory”
Monday, October 7, 2024
1982: Cats, the musical opens on Broadway and runs for almost 18 years, just above the average life-span of your typical household cat.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Koty_musical.jpg
History Schmistory: October 6. Around the World in 4,833 days.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
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2007: Modern day adventurer, Jason Lewis completes his human-powered circumnavigation of the globe, having hiked, biked, roller bladed, kayaked, swam and pedaloed his way around the entire planet! The trip was supposed to take around 3-4 years, but he had a few hang ups, like capsizing in two oceans, going to jail, being robbed at machete point, breaking both of his legs, dodging the bullets of a civil war, and being attacked by malaria, blood poisoning, altitude sickness and a crocodile, just to name a few. All told, when reaching his original starting point, Jason Lewis had traveled nearly 46,000 miles in 13 years. As far as we’re concerned he deserves a lifetime lazy-pass. Though he probably wouldn’t even use it.
