This Tweet in Review - Video Podcast

Greetings, Mr. & Ms. Internet! 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 4, 2009:

World: DATELINE France, June 28, 1919: War to end all wars ends amid Versailles’ smoke and mirrors. Good luck with that!
The Back-Story:
Nations gather int he Palace of Versaille's Hall of Mirrors to witness Germany signing of documents accepting total responsibility for the Great War, also known as the War to end all wars. Oddly enough, it is widely believed that the humiliation forced upon Germany opened the door to Hitler and the National Socialist Party's platform of German pride, ultimately resulting in the second world war.

Sports: DATELINE Nevada, June 28, 1997: Holy-Bit! Iron Mike gives Evander an earful!
The Back-Story:
Iron Mike Tyson’s rematch with Evander Holyfield was billed as The Sound and the Fury, and it signified nothing, for Tyson’s reputation. After making little headway in the first two rounds, Tyson went for his opponent’s’ head in the third, taking a bite out of Holyfield’s ear. When that wasn’t enough to have the fight stopped, Tyson took a bite from the other side and was disqualified. In the aftermath, Tyson’s boxing license was suspended, and he was fined $3 Million, but he managed to avoid going to jail. Good job.

Things that make you go HUH?: DATELINE Scotland, July 3,1855 – Last of the late Great Auks slain in witch-hunt:
The Back-Story:
The Great Auk, a species of penguin, once estimated to have a population in the millions, was huned for food, eggs, and down for centuries, with bones indicating that even a caveman could hunt them. The last known auk in Great Britain was tied up and held for three days, finally beaten to death with a stick by its captors, who thought it was a witch. Four years later, the last known Great Auks, caring for an egg, were strangled and their egg smashed on an island off Iceland.

This week’s birthdays:
June 28: King and headhunter, Henry VIII
June 29: Author Antoine de Saint-Exupery
June 30: Boxer and chomper Mike Tyson
July 1: Princess Di
July 2: Philosopher and author Author Herman Hesse
July 3 Author Franz Kafka
And July 4: Visionary cartoonist Rube Goldberg

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