On this day in
1260, the extremely
witchy Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King
Louis IX of France. It is now an official
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Of course it is.
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On this day in
1857,
Sheffield FC, the world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England, giving rise to the question… who the heck did they play against?!
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On this day in
1861, the First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old
Pony Express.
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"Black Thursday" takes place on this day in
1929, when the
New York Stock Exchange collapses in on itself.
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On this day in
1945, the
United Nations is founded.
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On this day in
1947, showbiz bigshot
Walt Disney testifies before the
House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists. What an asshole.
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On this day in
1989, PTL Club founder
Jim Baker is sentenced to 50 years in jail for fleecing his flock by selling them bogus time-shares to his Pentecostal vacation-community/theme-park, among other scams. The former protege of one-time presidential candidate
Pat "Hurricane" Robertson, the always ambitious Baker was born
James Orson, and took his wife
Tammy Faye's maiden name when they got married, because it sounded more authoritative. Baker was released from prison in 1994. Most of his victims - including many little old ladies who gave him all their money because they wanted to guarantee themselves a window seat on the airplane to Heaven - are still flat broke.
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On this day in
1990, Italian prime minister
Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of
GLADIO, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army, which was implicated in
false flag terrorist attacks implicating communists and anarchists as part of the strategy of tension from the late 1960's to early 1980's. This is
still one of the least understood, most important aspects of our collective secret/hidden history here in the West, and we NEED to learn all we can about it before the documentation and witnesses all disappear down the Memory Hole.
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On this day in
1992, the
Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
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On this day in
2002, police arrest spree killers
John Allen Muhammad and
Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the
Beltway Sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC. To this day, there is still something
very freakin' fishy about this case... in particular the use of very MK-Ultra sounding "key phrases" by the authorities addressing
Muhammad and Malvo through the media. I mean, what the hell is a
"duck in a noose" anyway?!
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"Bloody Friday" takes place on this day in
2008, seeing many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
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