Histortweet Week in Review - W/E July 25, 2009

[SFX: CHURCHBELL] Greetings, History Lovers! Welcome to This Tweet in History, the Week In Review, podcasting to you on tape delay from our North American Studios.

Here are your top stories for the week ending July 25, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE England, July 19, 1553: 1553 – [SFXGirls just want to have fun]Fun while it lasted: Queen Mary ends Lady Jane’s 9 days of reign:
The Back-Story:
[SFX: Everybody wants to rule the world]Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Lady Jane Grey had no pretentions to the throne; rather, it was her father-in-law, seeking high standing for his son, who maneuvered her into the throne. But when your rival is “Bloody Mary,” you’d better watch your back – or your neck! Sadly, Lady Jane lost first her title and then her life, being deposed after 9 days and executed shortly later.
[SFX Everybody wants to rule the world]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE New York, July 24, 1983: [SFX: Kansas City]His homer taken away, Brett rages, then pines away; laughs in the end as the Goose loses win.
The Back-Story:
[SFX: I’m So Bored with the USA]In a moment of triumph, George Brett hit the go-ahead home run for the Kansas City Royals against the Yankees in American League play-offs, only to have it taken away because of an excessive amount of pine tar on his bat. [SFX: Rapper’s Delight]Brett went ballistic, charging the umpire in a scene that went viral on video long before there was a YouTube. After the league reviewed the incident, Brett’s homer was restored, the final inning was played, and the Yankees victory disappeared. [SFX: I’m So Bored with the USA]

[SFX: SOUND827]Other: DATELINE Great Britain, July 23,1986– [SFX: The Farmer in the Dell]The Prince takes a wife. . . and she’s Fergalicious!: [SFX: Fergalicious]
The young royals were growing up and coming into their own. Not long after Prince Charles wed the People’s Princess, Diana Spencer, Brother Andrew wed the even-more-down-to-earth Sarah Ferguson. [SFX: Fergalicious] Sadly, their marriage ended as had Charles and Di’s before them, in divorce.

[SFX: SOUND827]This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]
July 19: Painter Edgar Degas
July 20: Mountain Climber Sir Edmund Hillary
July 21: Warrior King Alexander the Great
July 22: Sculptor Alexander Calder
July 23: Writer Raymond Chandler
July 24: Aviator Amelia Earhart
And July 25: Test-Tube Baby Louise Brown

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