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- Celebrities , Crackpot!
- June 22, 1633
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GALILEO APOLOGIZES FOR SILLY THEORY
EARTH-AND-SUN THING A MISUNDERSTANDING June 22, 1633 Rome Scientific instrument salesman and part-time professor Galileo Galilei has a hard time keeping his opinions to himself. We can’t quite blame him.…
- Celebrities , Women, stay in the kitchen!
- February 18, 0106
- 168 views
BAN ZHAO SETS BACK WOMENS RIGHTS WITH NEW BOOK
OUTDATED CONFUCIAN IDEAS 106 A.D. Luoyang, China Ban Zhao, the feminist hero who once championed the teaching of girls, has set back women’s rights a thousand years. Worse, she has…
- Celebrities , Go get them!
- March 15, 1493
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ABSENT-MINDED COLUMBUS FORGETS HIS FRIENDS IN THE INDIES
HAD A LOT ON HIS MIND March 15, 1493 Palos, Spain Fast-talking salesman and part-time sailor Christopher Columbus returned today from his hugely hyped “journey of discovery” to the East…
- Celebrities , How romantic!
- April 19, 1824
- 134 views
LORD BYRON DIES MOST ROMANTIC POSSIBLE DEATH
EXPIRES IN THE ARMS OF HIS GONDOLIER April 19, 1824 Missolonghi, Greece Lord Byron died like a poet. The man who scandalized a nation; who took Europe by storm; who…
- Celebrities , Wanton woman!
- September 10, 1829
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SAUCY PEGGY EATON STARTS CAT FIGHT IN CABINET
PRESIDENT DEFENDS LOOSE WOMAN September 10, 1829 Washington, D.C. Peggy Eaton, daughter of an Irish tavern-keeper- and a notorious social climber- has been causing mayhem in the Jackson presidency for…
