History Schmistory: October 5. Think of a wonderful thought…
Sunday, October 5, 2025
1857: The city of Anaheim is founded. Nearly 100 years later it is the happiest place on Earth.
![By mydisneyadventures (Flickr: Kiss!) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Disneyland_Mickey_and_Minnie_kiss_as_cowboys.jpg)
By mydisneyadventures (Flickr: Kiss!) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: October 4. Don’t rush-more than you have to…
Saturday, October 4, 2025
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Dean_Franklin_-_06.04.03_Mount_Rushmore_Monument_(by-sa)-3_new.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tom-margie/3769389582/
American-born Danish sculptor, Gutzon Borglum begins carving Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Naturally, he started from the rear and worked his way forward…
History Schmistory: October 3. “Eat… these broken wings…”
Friday, October 3, 2025
1964: The first plate of Buffalo Wings is served up at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, a city once brimming with swarms of flying buffalo. Now, sadly there are only a few left 🙁
![By Coast Guard photo/ Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/398px-Coast_Guard_buffalo_chicken_wings.jpg)
By Coast Guard photo/ Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Art by Alexis Trice
History Schmistory: October 2. Fifth Dimensional TV!
Thursday, October 2, 2025
1959: Televisions legendary sci-fi anthology series, The Twilight Zone, premiers on CBS. It receives numerous rave reviews, but ratings land in the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge… …
![By Bureau of Industrial Service. This was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam and was widely used by those in the television industry for distributing publicity material. (eBay front back) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Burgess_Meredith_Twilight_Zone_1960.jpg)
By Bureau of Industrial Service. This was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam and was widely used by those in the television industry for distributing publicity material. (eBay front back) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: October 1. Back off, sound!!
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
1969: A Concorde turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner breaks the sound barrier for the first time. Sound barrier calls shenanigans and demands a rematch.
![U.S. Navy F/A-18 within the sound barrier By Ensign John Gay, U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/800px-FA-18_Hornet_breaking_sound_barrier_7_July_1999_-_filtered.jpg)
U.S. Navy F/A-18 within the sound barrier
By Ensign John Gay, U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: September 30. Too soon?
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
1955: After starring in only 3 movies, legendary actor James Dean dies in an auto collision, forever distinguishing him as the rebel without a seatbelt.
![By Trailer screenshot (Rebel Without a Cause trailer) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Ann_Doran_James_Dean_and_Jim_Backus_in_Rebel_Without_a_Cause_trailer.jpg)
By Trailer screenshot (Rebel Without a Cause trailer) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: September 29. Stool ka-Boom!
Monday, September 29, 2025
1911: Italy declares war on the Ottomans. All they ever wanted was to be comfortable.
![By Wikipedia Loves Art participant "VeronikaB" [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/800px-WLA_vanda_Ottoman_marquetry_and_tile-top_table_2.jpg)
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History Schmistory: September 28. Perhaps we should have waited…
Sunday, September 28, 2025
1951: CBS makes the first color television available to the public, only to see it discontinued a few weeks later.
![By McCann-Erickson advertising agency for the Columbia Broadcasting System. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CBS_Eye_Ad_Dec_1951.jpg)
By McCann-Erickson advertising agency for the Columbia Broadcasting System. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: September 27. A good old-fashioned Polish whuppin!
Saturday, September 27, 2025
1605: The Polish-Swedish War: The Swedish army, in a matter of minutes, is utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian calvary in the Battle of Kircholm, while in the kitchen the Swedish meatball miraculously holds ground against the Polish sausage. All was not lost.
![wedish army bombarding the fortress of Dunamunde. A 17th-century etchingSee page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Ustdvinsk2.jpg)
wedish army bombarding the fortress of Dunamunde. A 17th-century etchingSee page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: September 26. I’m a Rocket Maaaaaan!
Friday, September 26, 2025
2008: Swiss Pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes the first person to fly across the English Channel in a winged jetpack of his own invention. Soon after, he flies over the Swiss Alps. Lucky he didn’t burn out his fuse up there alone…
His next mission? “To infinity and beyond!”
![By Rama (Own work) [CeCILL (http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2-en.html) or CC BY-SA 2.0 fr (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/800px-Yves_Rossi_mg_4627.jpg)
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