The Chevy Corvette on This Day in History

The Corvette Song by George Jones

This Day In History: The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan on this day in 1953. The cost of that Vette was about $3500.00 in 1953, In 2006 that same 1953 model sold for $1,100,000.00 in 2006. The first production C8 Corvette went for an impressive $3 million at Barrett Jackson’s 2020 Scottsdale Auction, and the 2020 Chevy Corvette Coupe runs for $103,615. While the Corvette is a fan favorite, the heavy price tag keeps it from being one of the top 5 selling Chevy models of all time. Those honors go to the Silverado, Camaro, Cavalier, Impala and the Caprice.

Economist Frederic Bastiat on This Day in History

The Law, by Bastiat

This Day In History: Economist Frederic Bastiat was born on this day in 1801. I actually have a Bastiat T-shirt. Economics is often called the "Dismal Science" but this became less so with Bastiat often injecting humor into it. Robert Heilbroner writes in his "Worldly Philosophers": "There was...a man who has been almost forgotten in the march of economic ideas. He is Frederic Bastiat, an eccentric Frenchman, who lived from 1801 to 1850, and who in that short space of time and an even shorter space of literary life—six years—brought to bear on economics that most devastating of all weapons: ridicule...Bastiat had a gift for pointing out absurdities; his little book Economic Sophisms is as close to humor as economics has ever come." For instance, in his Candlemakers’ Petition he wrote of candlemakers petitioning the Government to help them combat their enemy the sun, as sunlight was hurting their business.

He was also one of the earliest opponents of Socialism.

Bastiat- The Broken Window Fallacy

TOP 20 Frédéric Bastiat Quotes

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The Treaty of Versailles on This Day in History

This Day In History: The Treaty of Versailles was signed on this day in 1919, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I. While we say World War II started in 1939, you can argue, as many do, that it really starting at the signing of the Treaty Of Versailles, which forced harsh penalties and enormous reparations on Germany. This angered the Germans so much that and it laid the groundwork for Hitler and World War II. British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote that the reparations that were imposed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles were "impossible" to pay.

Listen to Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War by Pat Buchanan
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"It had been a war that was brought on by inept bureaucrats and it was 'The Treaty of Versailles' that concluded the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. This treaty required Germany to disarm, make extensive territorial concessions, and pay reparations to the Allies. The fact that Germany was required to pay unrealistic reparations during difficult times was the primary reason that the Second World War was fought a little over twenty years later by bringing Adolf Hitler onto the world stage!”~Captain Hank Bracker

Without the Treaty of Versailles, World War II may never have happened.

Controversial Author Warren Farrell on This Day in History

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This Day in History: Author Warren Farrell was born on this day in 1943. He wrote one of the first "red pill" books I have read, "The Myth of Male Power." In it he discusses male powerlessness, like male-only draft registration where men are conditioned to view fighting and dying as "glory" and "power." Men die sooner, men commit suicide in far greater numbers, and men are told to earn money that someone else will spend. Men are victims of violent crime twice as often as women and are three times more likely to be murder victims. The phrase "women and children first" on lifeboats aboard a sinking ship illustrates that men are the disposable sex.

He concludes that "men's weakness is their facade of strength; women's strength is their facade of weakness."

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Custer's Last Stand on This Day in History

This Day in History: Civil War General George Armstrong Custer was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory on this day in 1876, an action that came to be known as "Custer's Last Stand." His two brothers, Boston Custer and Thomas Custer were killed alongside him at Little Bighorn. Custer was German-American. His paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany. More than 200,000 native Germans served in the Union Army in the Civil War, mostly from New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio.

He graduated last in his class at West Point, and he had contracted gonorrhea, possibly from a prostitute in New York City. He may have also fathered a child by a Cheyenne woman.

Despite often being seen as a negative, controversial figure, monuments, places and at least one statue are named in his honor. The Battle of Little Bighorn was one of 45 battles won by indigenous peoples of the Americas.

See also: George Armstrong Custer & the American Wild West, 200 Books on DVDrom
https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2015/09/buffalo-bill-american-wild-west-200.html

The Dancing Mania on This Day in History

This Day in History: A sudden outbreak of the Dancing Mania happened on the streets of Aachen, Germany, on this day in 1374. (I was born in the Aachen area). The Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St. John's Dance and St. Vitus's Dance) was a social phenomenon that involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time. It's hard to explain what caused this mass hysteria. Perhaps some sort of poisoning, others claim demon possession, or high levels of psychological distress. Whatever the cause, people would dance, often to the point of death.

See also The Dancing Mania and the Black Death by JFC Hecker 1859
https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-dancing-mania-and-black-death-by.html

The SAT Test on This Day in History

This Day in History: The College Board administered the first SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test or Scholastic Assessment Test) exam on this day in 1926. The test is intended to assess students' readiness for college, however, lately the College Board has been under scrutiny. You see, Asian students score better than other groups, so they are held back and penalized to make way for students from other demographics with lower scores. This has led to lawsuits, and one attorney, Adam Mortara states that “Harvard has engaged in, and continues to engage in, intentional discrimination against Asian-Americans.”

"On average, Asian students need SAT scores 140 points higher than whites, 270 points higher than Hispanics, and 450 points higher than blacks to get into highly selective private colleges." ~Fewer Asians Need Apply: How the Ivy League discriminates against top-achieving students by Dennis Saffran
https://www.city-journal.org/html/fewer-asians-need-apply-14180.html

"Today, I see a systematic attempt to discredit high GPAs and SAT/ACT scores from Asian-American students as somehow tainted and the result of 'privileged' upbringing. The truth is their high scores are because they worked hard and not by virtue of legacy or political power. This bias has left many Asian-Americans red-faced despite their communities’ having championed and supported diversity in all walks of life."~The Problem for Asian-American Children: Too Successful, Not Diverse Enough By Prabhudev Konana
https://news.utexas.edu/2018/12/18/the-problem-for-asian-american-children-too-successful-not-diverse-enough/

Actor Bruce Campbell on This Day in History

HP Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time

This Day In History: Actor Bruce Campbell was born on this day in 1958. I know him best for his The Evil Dead horror movie series...movies so entertaining I've watched them many times over. The theme of the movies draws upon my favorite horror author, H.P. Lovecraft, and his idea of the Book of the Dead (the dreaded Necronomicon).

According to legend, the Necronomicon was penned by a mad Arabian poet named Abdul Alhazred who spent ten years roaming the ruins of Babylon and Memphis. Having completed what he called the Al Azif, Alhazred descended into insanity, before being devoured by a monster. After this, this unholy manuscript was translated into Greek by scholars 1000 years ago, burned in the middle ages, before the last few remaining copies were hidden in dusty old libraries, only to be discovered in the modern age by an accursed few.

The movies were so low-budget that Campbell figured he made about $93,000 (once everyone else got their cut) for a movie that took 2 years to film.

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Necronomicon

Lizzie Borden on This Day in History

Lizzie Borden by the Chad Mitchell Trio 1962

This Day In History: Lizzie Borden was acquitted on this day in 1893 of the murders of her father and stepmother. You may have heard the poem:

Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty-one.

In reality, her mother received 19 whacks, and her father only 11.

Lizzie is quite popular, but another woman who was born only a few months before Borden, Belle Gunness, killed anywhere up to 40 people in Illinois and Indiana. The 1800's actually had its fair share of female serial killers: Delphine LaLaurie, Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh, Hélène Jégado, Hannah Hanson Kinney, Sarah Dazley, Mary Ann Cotton, Catherine Wilson, Lydia Sherman, Margaret Waters, Amelia Dyer, Catherine Flannagan and Margaret Higgins, Maria Swanenburg, Mary Bateman, Anna Maria Zwanziger, Jane Toppan, Mary Ann Britland, Lizzie Halliday, Louise Vermilya and Frances Knorr, and most of these were poisoners.

See also Poison Mysteries in History by C.J.S. Thompson 1899
https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2018/06/poison-mysteries-in-history-by-cjs.html

Juneteenth & the Hidden Side of Slavery

This Day In History: Today is Juneteenth, an unofficial American holiday that commemorates the freedom of slaves in the South. While African slavery was tragic, there is a lot of misinformation about slavery. The other day Senator Tim Kaine said that the United States created Slavery. Clearly he's never cracked open a Bible or a history book. Slavery has been around for thousands of years, and we are all descendants of slaves. All sorts of people owned slaves. Most of the slaves brought here from Africa were purchased from black slave owners in Africa. One of the very first slave owners in America was Anthony Johnson, a black man from Angola. Thousands of blacks owned slaves in America. Even native Americans owned black slaves. The first slaves in America were white, and the word "Slave" comes from "Slav"...Slavs were white Europeans heavily targeted by Slavers. The white slaves in early America are often labelled "indentured servants" to give them some sense of privilege, but their limited contracts meant they were worked harder, often to the point of death.

"Who wants to be reminded that half—perhaps as many as thirds—of the original American colonists came here, not of their own free will, but kidnapped, shanghaied, impressed, duped, beguiled, and yes, in chains?... we tend to gloss over it... we’d prefer to forget the whole sorry chapter...“(Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 1, 1985).

Don Cheadle finds out Native Americans owned his ancestors

When Blacks Owned Slaves, by Calvin Dill Wilson 1905
https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-blacks-owned-slaves-by-calvin-dill.html

See also: A History of White Slavery by Charles Sumner 1853 and When the Irish were Slaves, article in The Month 1890

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The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America

Barry Manilow on This Day in History

This Day in History: American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow was born on this day in 1943. Manilow had a very successful career with 46 Top 40 singles, including 13 that hit number one and 28 of which appeared within the top ten, and he has had 13 platinum and six multi-platinum albums. However, Barry Manilow was always overshadowed by more trendy artists at the time. This is unfortunate because it creates a false impression of what was really going on at the time in music. Percy Faith, Abba, The Carpenters, Herb Alpert, Kenny G, etc., were some of the biggest selling artists of their time, selling far more than their edgier rock counterparts that got more press, and their music was great. People bought their albums and just didn't tell anyone. For instance, at one time, Bob Dylan stopped Manilow at a party, hugged him and said, "Don't stop what you're doing, man. We're all inspired by you."

Enoch Powell on This Day in History

This Day in History: English politician Enoch Powell was born on this day in 1912. All of these decades later, Enoch Powell is mainly known for one thing: his "Rivers of Blood" speech he made in 1968. He made the speech in reference to the dangers of immigration and multi-culturalism, and it is now remembered and mentioned as a Trojan Horse warning after each race riot. It was widely regarded in his own time, and for many it is prophetic. This speech was not the only mainstream attempt to bring this topic to the fore. Others are "The Death of the West" by Pat Buchanan, "The Strange Death of Europe" by Douglas Murray, "Submission" by Michel Houellebecq and "The Diversity Delusion" by Heather Macdonald.

Read the full transcript here

Listen to "The Diversity Delusion" by Heather Macdonald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqEHYh6Mfvo

Listen to "The Strange Death of Europe"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwMH6uwpSTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujvl7talVfo

The Witch Margaret Jones on This Day in History

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This Day in History: Margaret Jones became the first person to be executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay Colony on this day in 1648, decades before the Salem Witch Trials. Jones, who resided in Charlestown, now a section of Boston, was a midwife who practiced medicine. "Witches," much like the Alchemists of old, made useful contributions to medicine. The foxglove plant used by Witches contains digoxin and is still used as the active ingredient in some heart and blood pressure medications. Witches used willow bark, and aspirin today contains a chemical found in the willow tree. Witches promoted garlic which is now widely known for its medicinal value. Henbane contains hyoscine, which is now used to treat motion sickness and stomach cramps (Native Americans used a hyoscine-rich plant called thorn apple as a local anesthetic). Nightshade contains atropine, a muscle relaxant that is sometimes used to calm patients going into surgery. While Hemlock is a very poisonous plant, hemlock leaves, root, and seeds are used to make medicine. It is used for breathing problems including bronchitis, whooping cough, and asthma; and for painful conditions including teething in children, swollen and painful joints, and cramps.

Che Guevara on This Day in History

Joe Rogan on Che Guevara T-Shirts "He's a Mass Murderer"

This Day in History: Revolutionary Che Guevara was born on this date in 1928. I know that it's trendy to wear Che apparel...but you probably shouldn't. Che Guevara helped establish the first Cuban concentration camp, where he housed people he didn't like: Gays, Jehovah's Witnesses and anyone else that didn't match up to his Socialist Ideal Man. He was a mass murderer that enjoyed torturing animals, and he was a white supremacist who maintained that Africans held their racial purity because they wouldn't bathe. He also described Mexicans as “a band of illiterate Indians.” But none of that matters as Che's likeness has been known as "the face that launched a thousand T-shirts." And there is a certain irony in BUYING a Che shirt, because in doing so you are engaging in the very economic system he sought to overthrow. Jay-Z has been seen wearing Che shirts with BLING (again, a contradiction of the anti-capitalism Che stood for). Even Prince Harry has been seen wearing a Che shirt, but then in the past he has also been seen wearing Nazi outfits so at least he's consistent. Converse used the image of Che Guevara in one of their shoe ad campaigns. In Peru you can BUY "El Che" cigarettes. In France you can BUY "El Ché-Cola." Taco Bell, Leica and many others have used his image. It's delicious that he is being exploited by the Capitalist system he hated.

"Let’s say that all you knew about Adolf Hitler was that he painted scenic pictures, postcards, and houses in Vienna, loved dogs and named his adorable German Shepard 'Blondie,' and frequently expressed solidarity with 'the people.' You might sport a T-shirt adorned with his image if you thought such a charismatic chap was also good-looking in a beret. But your education would be widely regarded as incomplete." Lawrence W Reed

Removing Statues of Violent Bigots? Start with Che
https://fee.org/articles/removing-statues-of-violent-bigots-start-with-che/

Inventor's Day on This Day in History

This Day in History: Today is Inventor's Day in Hungary in memoriam of Albert Szent-Györgyi in regards to his patent on synthesized Vitamin C. I like the idea of a day in honor of inventors and innovators, to honor those that have made life easier and longer-lasting. The top five countries in this regard are Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United States. Germany ranks at the top also because of patent creation, and strong technology output, especially in automobile technology. Did you know that early Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr was quite the inventor. She made significant contributions to radio and technology, and she invented a radio-guidance system for torpedoes. Her frequency-hopping technology has been used to develop Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

In Defense of Child Labor on This Day in History

This Day in History: Today is World Day Against Child Labour. I am actually FOR child labor so I will not be celebrating World Day Against Child Labour. No one likes the image of children working in factories, but no one ever asked what the alternative was, or is. It may make some bleeding heart feel good to shut down a sweat shop, but we never see the negative effects of doing so. The people, and children who worked there are now out of a much needed job in an area where poverty is already rampant. They now fall victim to child traffickers, the sex trade and or a life of crime. It was this way in the West as well. In 1697 John Locke urged families to put their children to work at age three or else they would have only “bread and water, and that very scantily too.” "These children were destitute...Their only refuge was the factory,” which “saved them from death by starvation.”~Ludwig von Mises

When the factories in the West were shut down, children were forced to look for usually lower-paying and more dangerous jobs in the countryside. Over time, conditions improved to where children did not have to work so hard. I however appreciate the work my parents made me do when I was a child. I hated it at the time, but in looking back I am glad they did it. To this day, I think less of someone who has never picked up a hammer or a shovel. Oh, and keep the above picture handy for the next time someone wants to talk to you about "white privilege."

Scream Queen Adrienne Barbeau on This Day in History

The Top 10 Scream Queens

This Day in History: Actress Adrienne Barbeau was born on this day in 1945. Though she got her start in the 1970's TV show Maude, she later shined on her own in horror movies, such as The Fog, Creepshow, Swamp Thing, The Thing (voice), Two Evil Eyes, Death House, Escape From New York etc. According to the accompanying video she is considered one of the top ten Scream Queens, and it was nice to see her again in the first episode of the new Creepshow on the Shudder channel.

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The Witch Bridget Bishop on This Day in History

This Day in History: Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries" on this day in 1692. She was in fact the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. Altogether, about 200 people would be tried, and 18 others were executed, including 5 men and a 6 year old girl.

An examination during sentencing discovered a third nipple on Bridget Bishop's body (a sure sign of witchcraft). If you have such a mark on your body, please turn yourself into the proper authorities. Moles, scars, birthmarks, sores and tattoos also quality as marks of witchery. Please do the proper thing...we're all in this together.

Exodus 22:18

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Comedian Jackie Mason on This Day in History

This Day in History: Jewish comedian Jackie Mason was born on this day in 1931. Mason, 88 years old, has never shied away from controversy. A few years back he stated, "There is only free speech now in this country for black people and homosexuals and any other minority ... But if you are a white Protestant American gentile you can't say a word" which is basically true. He is ranked #63 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all-time. I had no idea about this list so I had to check it out. There are very few women on the list, which seems to support Christopher Hitchen's refrain that women simply aren't funny. That might be an overstatement, unless of course you've seen a Samantha Bee commercial. Martin Lawrence made the list (#37) but I was surprised to read that he is German. I'm not sure about Richard Pryor as #1, but a list that includes Sandra Bernhard & Janeane Garofalo and excludes Jim Gaffican is bound to have some faults.

George Orwell's 1984 on This Day in History

This Day in History: George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was published on this day in 1949. Few books have had a greater cultural impact than this one book. For instance, it gave added terms to the English language such as Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Room 101, telescreen, 2 + 2 = 5, prole, memory hole and Orwellian. It also had one of the greatest opening lines of any novel, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." 1984 remains one of my favorite works of fiction, alongside Atlas Shrugged, the Fountainhead, Anthem, Kane and Abel, Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, The Count of Monte Cristo, Master of the Game, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Great Expectations, etc.

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Great audio, I listened to this years ago and I never forgot it. Christopher Hitchens talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about George Orwell. Drawing on his book Why Orwell Matters, Hitchens talks about Orwell's opposition to imperialism, fascism, and Stalinism, his moral courage, and his devotion to language. Along the way, Hitchens makes the case for why Orwell matters.
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2009/08/hitchens_on_orw.html

Listen to the entire audiobook of Orwell's 1984, something I recommend everyone read, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scqLliarGpM

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Watch Christopher Hitchens on Why Orwell Matters at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5Ste5xRAA

Read: 1984 The Book That Killed George Orwell By Robert McCrum

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/10/1984-george-orwell

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Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell by Jeff Riggenbach (1903–1950) Audio at https://mises.org/library/eric-arthur-blair-aka-george-orwell-1903%E2%80%931950

(George Orwell presents us with yet another case of a writer who was not himself a libertarian as we understand the term today, but whose last two novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four, have earned him a place in the libertarian tradition.)

Read transcript at https://mises.org/library/brilliant-confused-radicalism-george-orwell

Orwell’s Big Brother: Merely Fiction? by Murray N. Rothbard

https://mises.org/library/orwell’s-big-brother-merely-fiction

What was Ayn Rand’s stance on George Orwell’s famous novel 1984? by Leonard Peikoff (podcast)

http://www.peikoff.com/2010/09/20/what-was-ayn-rands-stance-on-george-orwells-famous-novel-1984/

My hero: George Orwell by John Carey

Orwell was a truth-teller whose courage and sense of social justice made him a secular saint By John Carey 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/28/my-hero-george-orwell-john-carey

The Connection Between George Orwell and Friedrich Hayek-A tale of two anti-authoritarians by Sheldon Richman 

http://reason.com/archives/2011/12/21/george-orwell-and-friedrich-hayek

Orwell's 1984 Still Matters, Though Not in the Way You Might Think

A Washington, D.C., readathon reminds us that the left once hated this anti-totalitarian classic. by Charles Paul Freund

http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/15/orwells-1984-still-matters-though-not-in

From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984 by Henry Hazlitt

https://mises.org/library/spencers-1884-orwells-1984

John Stossel: Orwell's Animal Farm & The Political Class

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rHHHz9lERc

5 Ways George Orwell's 1984 Has Come True Since It Was Published 67 Years Ago by Tyler Durden

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-09/5-ways-george-orwells-1984-has-come-true-it-was-published-67-years-ago

From 1944 to Nineteen Eighty-Four by Sheldon Richman

https://fee.org/articles/from-1944-to-nineteen-eighty-four/

From ‘1984’ to ‘Atlas Shrugged’: When the News Boosts Book Sales By Emily Temple

http://flavorwire.com/397422/from-1984-to-atlas-shrugged-when-the-news-boosts-book-sales

Ayn Rand and "1984"

http://rebirthofreason.com/Forum/ObjectivismQ&A/0037.shtml

Discussion: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell with Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5FHCzsn44

The genius of George Orwell by Jeremy Paxman 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/5453633/The-genius-of-George-Orwell.html

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English Writer E. M. Forster on This Day in History

A Room With a View

This Day in History: English writer E. M. Forster died on this day in 1970. He wrote "A Room with a View" and "Howard's End" which became two of my favorite movies. I simply find myself comforted when I watch these films, like hot tea on a cold winter day. I love the Edwardian time period. It's a snapshot of time before the hell that became the 20th century. I'm not alone. I know people that flew to Italy to try and recreate "A Room With a View." "A Room with a View" won three Academy Awards. "It is an intellectual film, but intellectual about emotions: It encourages us to think about how we feel, instead of simply acting on our feelings." Roger Ebert. Ebert also included Howard's End in his list of Great Films, calling it a film about the art of conversation. It also won three Academy Awards.

Howard's End

The Year Without a Summer on This Day in History

This Day in History: There was 10 inches of snowfall in New England on this day in 1816 in what came to be called the "year without a summer." At the Church Family of Shakers near New Lebanon, New York, Nicholas Bennet wrote in May 1816, "all was froze" and the hills were "barren like winter". Temperatures went below freezing almost every day in May. The ground froze on June 9. On June 12, the Shakers had to replant crops destroyed by the cold. On July 7, it was so cold, everything had stopped growing. The Berkshire Hills had frost again on August 23, as did much of the upper northeast.

In July and August, lakes and rivers froze over ice as far south as Pennsylvania with frost reported as far south as Virginia in late August. Dramatic temperature swings were common, with temperatures sometimes reverting from normal or above-normal summer temperatures as high as 95 °F (35 °C) to near-freezing within hours.

Ex-president Thomas Jefferson also experienced crop failure which sent him further into debt.

It is believed that this phenomenon was caused by the massive 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in April in the Dutch East Indies (which is now Indonesia).

Sir Isaac Newton on This Day in History

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This Day in History: English mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton was admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge on this day in 1661. While known as the "greatest scientific genius the world has ever known" Newton actually wrote more on the subject of Theology rather than Science. In fact, Newton believed that God had chosen him specifically to interpret the Bible — and concluded that the world would end no sooner than 2060. Even though he is buried in Westminster Abbey, he actually rejected many doctrines of the Church including its central doctrine, the Trinity (which he could not reconcile with reason.) Had he been more open with his beliefs he would have been denounced as a heretic.

Isaac Newton's Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture by Henry Green 1856
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2017/11/isaac-newtons-two-notable-corruptions.html

Isaac Newton's Rejection of the Trinity Doctrine
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2018/07/isaac-newtons-rejection-of-trinity.html

Unitarians in History by Minot Savage 1898
https://newworldtranslation.blogspot.com/2019/02/unitarians-in-history-by-minot-savage.html

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Today is National Cheese Day

This Day in History: Today is National Cheese Day. Cheese is so old it is hard to figure out who came up with the idea first. It could be Egypt, Greece or Rome. In 2004 researchers determined that the Vieux Boulogne cheese is the stinkiest, even more pungent than the Epoisses de Bourgogne which is banned from public transportation throughout France. The holes in Swiss cheese is caused by the fermentation process. The most popular cheese dish in the US is macaroni and cheese. There are only 2 locations that provide all of the cheesecakes for the Cheesecake Factory, and one of them is in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

“A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality.” Clifton Fadiman

Suzi Quatro on This Day in History

Rocker Suzi Quatro was born on this day in 1950. She was the first female bass player to become a major rock star. Despite having a recurring role as Leather Tuscadero on the popular American sitcom Happy Days, her rock music was more popular in Europe and Australia. Her biggest hit, "Stumblin' In" was her only US Top 40 hit.

Quatro has sold over 50 million albums and continues to perform live worldwide.

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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on This Day in History

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This Day in History: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II happened on this in 1953, and it was the first major international event to be televised. During the service, Elizabeth took an oath, was anointed with holy oil, and was invested with robes and regalia. Millions across Britain watched the coronation live on the BBC Television Service, and many purchased or rented television sets for the event. The Queen Mother wore a crown that bore the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g). 

Did you know: She doesn't need a passport to travel, nor a driver's license to drive. Her husband, Prince Philip is her third cousin and they've known each other since childhood. She is famously fond of the tailless corgi dogs since she was a small child, and has owned more than 30 corgis since she became Queen.

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Bankruptcies on This Day in History

Top 10 Companies That Went Bankrupt

This Day in History: General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on this day in 2009, making it the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. The largest was Lehman Brothers in 2008 with total assets pre-bankruptcy in the amount of $691,063,000,000. The second largest was Washington Mutual with $327,913,000,000 in assets. The third largest was Worldcom in 2002, and rounding out the top 5 was CIT Group in 2009.

On an interesting sidenote, the American Journal of Medicine says over 3 out of 5 personal bankruptcies are due to medical debt.