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This Day In History: May 5th, 1862 CE
On which the Mexican Army defeats French forces at the Battle of Puebla, giving future generations of historically-ignorant Americans an opportunity to party in celebration of Mexican Independence.
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Tagged Americans, Battle of Puebla, brought to you by Corona, don't know much about history, Grito de Dolores, Hallmark Holidays, historical ignorance, Mexican Independence Day, Mexico, September 16h, Smaktakula's decades-old vendetta against the French, the French, this day in history, Waterloo
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This Day In History: May 4th, 1970 CE
On which the simmering combination of angry anti-war protesters and nervous Ohio National Guardsmen reaches a violent boil, inspiring a great Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song. Four dead in O-Hi-O. ∞T.
This Day In History: May 2, 2011 CE
On which reclusive dick and all-around nastyman Osama bin Laden is shot down like a filthy animal among his voluminous porn collection. Below are a few of Promethean Times‘ original stories about this happy event: Bin Laden: The Final Hours … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged al Qaeda, death by Navy Seal, Ding Dong the Dick is Dead!, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, pr0n, this day in history
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This Day In History: April 19, 1775 CE
On which, with the help of British Redcoats who wish to seize a cache of gunpowder, the nascent nation of America invents the bumper-sticker slogan, “You’ll Take My Gun When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Hands.” Just the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1775, American Revolution, April 19, bumper sticker mentality, Redcoats, this day in history, United States of America, Vietnam
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This Day In History: April 15-16, 1912 CE
On which the world sees the first meeting of the Polar Bear Club as 1,500+ men, women and children take an impromptu dip in the North Sea.
Posted in History, News
Tagged 1912, April 15, April 16, death by drowning, famous disasters, iceberg, oops!, this day in history, Titanic
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This Day In History: March 5, 1770 CE
On which British Redcoats fire into a mob of colonial yahoos, slaying five. The incident, later known in America as the Boston Massacre, drives a further wedge in the growing schism between the colonists and the mother country, which in … Continue reading
This Day In History: December 8th, 1980 CE
By Smaktakula On which Mark David Chapman silences one of history’s most distinct voices.
This Day In History: December 7th, 1941 CE
By Smaktakula On which the Japanese imitation of American culture and technology reaches its zenith, when the Japanese government, eager to benefit from Western knowledge, sets off a chain of events which results in its learning a very big lesson.
This Day In History: October 28, 1886 CE
By Smaktakula On which the French and American people make a trade, with the French bequeathing to the United States the majestic Statue of Liberty, and the Americans in turn promising that France would never find herself abruptly forced to … Continue reading
This Day In History: August 1st, 1981 CE
On which begins the assault upon America’s already-attenuated attention span.
Posted in Culture, History, Music
Tagged 1981, August 1, back in the day, MTV, old people, people with short attention spans, this day in history
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