++This Tweet in History: November 25, 2009++

WRLD: 1971 – DB Cooper and his $200,000 ransom money parachute over Washington state; neither to be seen again

SPRT: 1980 – It’s No Mas for Duran as taunting Sugar Ray reclaims title

OTHR: 1970 – Mishima, unable to rally troops behind call to the ways of old Japan, dies Japan’s old way

BDAY: Christina Applegate; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Ricardo Montalban; Carry Nation

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++This Tweet in History: November 24, 2009++

WRLD: 1859 – Darwin publishes his opus on origins

SPRT: 1960 – Wilt the Stilt grabs 55 boards

ENTR: 1991 – Mercury, Queen’s Champion of the world, falls from orbit

BDAY: “Lucky” Luciano; Dale Carnegie; Scott Joplin; Zachary Taylor

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++This Tweet in History: November 23, 2009++

WRLD: 1980 – Italy’s Irpinia quake, its 90 aftershocks, claim thousands of lives

SPRT: 1976 – Mayol makes it 100 meters under the sea without breathing equipment

HUH?: 1993 – Whiteread’s the best of artists, Whiteread’s he worst of artists

BDAY: Miley Cyrus; Harpo Marx; Boris Karloff; Franklin Pierce

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++This Tweet in History: November 22, 2009++

WRLD: 1963 – Turmoil in Camelot as Kennedy is assassinated

SPRT: 1986 – Tyson, future ear-munching chump, becomes youngest heavyweight champ

OTHR: 1718 – Blackbeard dies by the sword, off Carolina coast

BDAY: Billie Jean King; Benjamin Britten; Charles de Gaulle; Abigail Adams

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Histortweet Week in Review - W/E November 21, 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 November 21, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE Poland, November 16, 1382 – Jadwiga becomes female king of Poland. http://bit.ly/2Tflbf

The Back-Story: [SFX: Poland Whole; This is a man's world; It’s good to be king]Jadwiga of Poland was born to dynastic, royal stock. She was betrothed at age 8, for the perpetuation of the kingdom, but ended up acceding to the throne herself after the death of her father, king Louis the Great. Because the term "Queen" referred to the wife of a ruler, she was proclaimed King of Poland by the archbishop of Krakow. Before her death in childbirth, 17 years after she ascended to the throne, she endowed the University of Krakow and founded the Bishopric of Vilnius. Beatified in 1987, she was canonized in 1999 by Pope John Paul II, the former archbishop of Krakow. [SFX: When the saints go marching in]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE California, November 17, 1968 – Fantastic football finish preempted for Heidi: http://bit.ly/4yeJsW
The Back-Story: [SFX: Have you got any castles? We all love football: TV Party] There were 65 seconds left on the game clock, the Jets led the Raiders 32-29, and it was time for Heidi, a new, made-for TV movie, to air. Network execs were unable to contact their affiliates,who went ahead and switched over to the movie, as scheduled, costing fans, except on the west coast, in an earlier time zone, the opportunity to see an exciting finish, with Oakland scoring 14 points in a matter of seconds and sealing the victory. NBC scrolled the final score during the movie, but that was not enough to spare them the wrath of a disappointed viewing public. [SFX:I missed again; Are you out of your mind?]

[SFX: SOUND827]: In Other News: DATELINE South America, November 20, 1820 – 80-ton whale sinks the Essex, inspiring Moby Dick: http://www.slangon.com/blog/?p=185
The Back-Story: [SFX:the Warrior(who's the hunter);Hit me with your best shot] The Essex was hunting in a whale pod off the South American coast when a giant sperm whale from the pod rammed them, swam off to gather momentum, turned, and rammed them again, sinking their ship.[ISFX: I’m going down] The crew grabbed what provisions they could before abandoning ship to the life boats, but neither those provisions nor the vegetation thay found when they made ground on Henderson Island was enough to sustain them in the ordeal that lay ahead of them. Ultimately, eight crewmen survived, most near dead and having had to resort to cannibalism. [SFX: Reba; Sole Survivor; Down the Dolce Vita]

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

November 15: Artist Georgia O’Keeffe
November 16:Actor Burgess Meredith
November 17: Pitching great Tom Seaver
November 18: Composer William Gilbert, of Gilbert and Sullivan
November 19: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
November 20: US Vice President Joe Biden
And November 21: Artist Rene Magritte

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WRLD: 1953 – Missing Link exposed as Piltdown Hoax

SPRT: 1783 – de Rozier, Laurent go up, up, and away in their untethered balloon

HUH?: 1980 – Texaco’s drilling error pulls the plug in Lake Peigneur; away goes the whole shebang down the drain

BDAY: Bjork; Coleman Hawkins; Rene Magritte; Voltaire

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++This Tweet in History: November 20, 2009++

WRLD: 1945 – Nuremberg war crime trials begin

SPRT: 1982 – The players tried to take the field, but the marching band refused to yield

OTHR: 1820 – 80-ton whale sinks the Essex, inspiring Moby Dick

BDAY: Bo Derek; Joe Biden; Robert F. Kennedy; Alistair Cooke

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++This Tweet in History: November 19, 2009++

WRLD: 1977 – Sadat is first Arab head of state to make official visit to Israel

SPRT: 1969 – O Milésimo! Pelé nets 1000

ENTR: 1990 – Milli Vanilli’s singing is shammy; stripped of Grammy

BDAY: Calvin Klein; Indira Gandhi; Tommy Dorsey; James Garfield

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++This Tweet in History: November 18, 2009++

WRLD: 1978 – Hundreds drink the kool-aid in Jonestown massacre

SPRT: 1982 – Deuk-Koo Kim dies from injuries suffered in bout with Mancini

OTHR: 1925 – Shaw to Nobel: No thanks. Okay, then, yes, please, but keep the money

BDAY: Alan Shepard, Jr; Imogene Coca; Eugene Ormandy; William Gilbert

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++This Tweet in History: November 17, 2009++

WRLD: 1989 – On 50th anniversary of Opletal’s death, Velvet Revolution launches in Czechoslovakia

SPRT: 1968 – Fantastic football finish pre-empted for Heidi

TECH: Engelbart catches mouse-patent

BDAY: RuPaul; Tom Seaver; Gordon Lightfoot; Rock Hudson

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++This Tweet in History: November 16, 2009++

WRLD: 1382 – Jadwiga becomes female king of Poland. http

SPRT: 1983 – Brit soccer fans erupt in hooliganism in Luxembourg. Again

HUH?: Hofman whips up LSD for Sandoz labs

BDAY: Oksana Baiul; Lisa Bonet; Dwight Gooden; Burgess Meredith

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++This Tweet in History: November 15, 2009++

WRLD: 1976 – Lévesque & Parti Québecois sweep into power on separatist platform

SPRT: 1965 – Breedlove pilots first land vehicle to crack the 600 mph barrier

OTHR: 1977 – It’s a. . . commoner! Princess Anne spawns non-royal son

BDAY: Petula Clark; Ed Asner; Judge Wapner; Georgia O’Keeffe

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Histortweet Week in Review - W/E November 14, 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 November 14, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE Soviet Union, November 10, 1982 – Rumors of Brezhnev’s death are not exaggerated: http://bit.ly/25KB4g

The Back-Story: [SFX: Rumors; I heard a rumor; Ashes to ashes; Kalinika; ]Leonid Brezhnev had ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist. Because of the paranoia rife among the leadership in the Communist nation, plans for a successor were not explicit. For some years, western observers thought that the appearance and demeanor of the premier, who had been absent several public events, suggested grave physical danger. When Mr. Brezhnev failed to sign a public message of congratulations to Angola on its national day, suspicions rose that he had died, a fact confirmed by an official announcement the following day.[SFX: Sheer Heart Attack; People who diedKenny’s Dead]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE West Virginia, November 14, 1970 – Plane crash devastates Marshall U. football squad: http://bit.ly/JIZxB
The Back-Story: [SFX: Gymnopedie No 1] On a rainy night, following a narrow loss to the East Carolina Pirates, small-town college, Marshall University’s, Thundering Herd football squad, along with their coaches and select fans, were on an uneventful flight, headed home. In the poor weather conditions, Flight 932 approached Huntington Airport in West Virginia and, for reasons undetermined by an investigative board, descended too early, striking trees, crashing, and burning. The victims are memorialized at the Memorial Student Center Fountain each year on the anniversary of the crash where, following the laying of a wreath, the water is turned off until the following spring.[SFX:Wallflower]

[SFX: SOUND827]: Things that make you go HUH?: DATELINE Oregon, November 12, HUH?: 1970 – Hey, ho, blow the whale down. Or up. Exploding whale blows up in OHD’s face: http://www.theexplodingwhale.com/
The Back-Story: [SFX:Jonah and the whale; Blow the Man Down]A large sperm whale, which beached itself and died in Oregon, left officials with a problem: What to do with its 8 tons of rotting flesh. It was too big to bury, so officials of the Oregon Highway Division, which had jurisdiction, decided to treat it like a boulder and blow it up, with 20 tons of dynamite [SFX: Dy-no-mite!]. The hope was that the carcass would be largely disintegrated, with the remainder eaten by seagulls and crabs. Although the dynamite was positioned in an attempt to direct the blubber to the sea, large chunks flew in all direction, even destroying a car parked a quarter of a mile away. The remainder of the carcass, too big for scavengers, was buried [SFX: Good Advice]

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

November 8: Author Margaret Mitchell
November 9:Astronomer Carl Sagan
November 10: Father of the Reformation Martin Luther
November 11: US General George Patton
November 12: Sculptor Auguste Rodin
November 13: Author Robert Louis Stevenson
And November 14: Charles, Prince of Wales

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WRLD: 1985 – Nevado del Ruiz eruption melts glacier, burying towns; 20K dead

SPRT: 1970 – Plane crash devastates Marshall U. football squad

OTHR: 1889 – Nelly Bly beats her goal by 10%, around the world in 72 days

BDAY: Prince Charles; Aaron Copland; Jawaharlal Nehru; Claude Monet

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++This Tweet in History: November 14, 2009++

WRLD: 1985 – Nevado del Ruiz eruption melts glacier, burying towns; 20K dead

SPRT: 1970 – Plane crash devastates Marshall U. football squad

OTHR: 1889 – Nelly Bly beats her goal by 10%, around the world in 72 days

BDAY: Prince Charles; Aaron Copland; Jawaharlal Nehru; Claude Monet

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++This Tweet in History: November 12, 2009++

WRLD: 1933 – Grey snaps shot of camera shy Nessie

SPRT: 1892 – Allegheny Athletic Association hires Pudge “the Ringer” Heffelfinger

HUH?: 1970 – Hey, ho, blow the whale down. Or up. Exploding whale blows up in OHD’s face

BDAY: Tonya Harding; Nadia Comaneci; Neil Young; Auguste Rodin

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++This Tweet in History: November 11, 2009++

WRLD: 1918 – War to End all Wars ends in Versaille. All wars yet to be ended

SPRT: 1973 – Soviets decline match in Santiago after anti-Marxist coup in Chile

HUH?: 1911 – Midwest US cities hit record high, low temperatures on the same day

BDAY: Leonardo DiCaprio; Jonahtan Winters; Kurt Vonnegut, Jr; George Patton

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++This Tweet in History: November 10, 2009++

WRLD: 1982 – Rumors of Brezhnev’s death are not exaggerated

OTHR: 1871 – Dr. Livingstone, he (correctly) presumes

ENTR: 1969 – Educational TV finds builds a home at 123 Sesame Street

BDAY: MacKenzie Phillips; Roy Scheider; Richard Burton; Martin Luther

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++This Tweet in History: November 9, 2009++

WRLD: 1989 – East meets West in Berlin as the floodgates are open and The Wall is symbolically down

SPRT: 1946 – Pointless end to year’s most anticipated college clash

HUH?: 1993 – Princess of Wales, all exercised over pics in gym suit, files suit

BDAY: Lou Ferrigno; Mary Travers; Carl Sagan; Spiro Agnew

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++This Tweet in History: November 8, 2009++

WRLD: 1520 – Executions begin in the Stockholm Bloodbath, leading to animosity, separation of Sweden and Denmark

SPRT: 1966 – LBJ signs law clearing AFL/NFL to merge into new NFL

TECH: 1895 – X-phile Röntgen sees what lies beneath the surface

BDAY: Leif Garrett; Morley Safer; Patti Page; Margaret Mitchell

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Histortweet Week in Review - W/E November 7, 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 November 7, 2009:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE Central America, November 3, 1903 – Panama trades canal to US for independence from Colombia: http://bit.ly/3peOx3

The Back-Story: [SFX:Panama] It was a marriage of convenience. France had spent five years trying to build a canal across Panama, but gave up the effort after losing 22,000 workers to yellow fever.[SFX: Fever] Over the objection of Colombia, of which Panama was still a part, the French made a deal for the United States to complte the canal. The US didn’t want to pay the prrice that Colombia was demanding, so it struck a deal – with Panama. Panama, which was in thein the midst of its independence movement, needed the financial and military backing the the US could provide and, in exchange for these, agreed to give the United States to the canal zone in perpetuity. [SFX: For God’s Sake, John, Sit Down]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE Tipperary, November 1, 1884 – Hurlers, camogiers, and rounders rejoice! There’s a GAA for that: http://bit.ly/28E7zb
The Back-Story: [SFX: Shades of a blue orphanage; It’s a long way to tipperary] The Gaelic Athletic Association was formed by a spirited group of Irishmen who had the foresight to realize the importance of establishing a national organization to review and nurture traditional, indigenous pastimes. The group’s original charter called out the sports Gaelic Football, Hurling, Handball, and Rounders. This year, the Association marked their 125th anniversary with 125 celebrations. [SFX:Holiday]

[SFX: SOUND827]: In other news: DATELINE Tacoma, November 7, 1940 – Galloping Gertie, resonating with 42 mph wind, collapses: http://bit.ly/V9YQz (video)
The Back-Story: [SFX:Love Rollercoaster; Blowing in the wind] The Tacoma Narrows bridge opened to traffic on July 1940 and collapsed spectacularly just four months later. It was nicknamed Galloping Gertie because of the way that it contorted in the wind. Although the bridge was built to withstand winds of up to 120 miles per hour, it collapsed in winds of just 42 mph as the wind resonated with the harmonic frequency of the bridge, amplifying its movements. Spectacular footage of the collapse, now preserved in the Library of Congress, shows a reporter whose car was the last to attempt a crossing on that fateful day, abandoning his car and escaping just in time. His daughter’s dog, who snapped at him when he tried to help her out of the vehicle, was the only casualty of the collapse.. [SFX:Rip it up; How much is that doggie in the window]

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

November 1: Author Stephen Crane
November 2:Queen of France Marie Antoinette
November 3:Politician Michael Dukakis
November 4: Folk humorist Will Rogers
November 5: Actor Roy Rogers
November 6: Composer John Philip Sousa
And November 7: Chemist Madame Curie

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++This Tweet in History: November 7, 2009++

WRLD: 1907 – Jesus saves. . . Nacozari

SPRT: 1991 – Magical hoops careers ends with a whimper as he announces he’s HIV positive

OTHR: 1940 – Galloping Gertie, resonating with 42 mph wind, collapses

BDAY: Joan Sutherland; Billy Graham; Leon Trotsky; Madame Curie

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++This Tweet in History: November 6, 2009++

WRLD: 1999 – God save the the Queen! Aussies reject republic, stick with Brit monarchy

SPRT: 1869 – Rutgers 6, Princeton 4 in first official college football game

OTHR: 1917 – 250,000 casualties later, Canadians lead allies to victory at Ypres, gaining 5 miles of turf

BDAY: Rebecca Romijn; Maria Shriver; James Naismith; John Philip Sousa

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++This Tweet in History: November 6, 2009++

WRLD: 1999 – God save the the Queen! Aussies reject republic, stick with Brit monarchy

SPRT: 1869 – Rutgers 6, Princeton 4 in first official college football game

OTHR: 1917 – 250,000 casualties later, Canadians lead allies to victory at Ypres, gaining 5 miles of turf

BDAY: Rebecca Romijn; Maria Shriver; James Naismith; John Philip Sousa

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++This Tweet in History: November 5, 2009++

WRLD: 1916 – Austro-Hungarian-German emperors need recruits for Russian war, Act on November 5th giving birth to Poland

SPRT: 1994 – After 10 year hiatus, Foreman, 45, KOs Moorer, 26, becoming oldest heavyweight champ

OTHR: 1872 – Suffragette Susan B. suffers jail sentence for voting attempt

BDAY: Tatum O’Neal; Peter Noone; Ike Turner; Roy Rogers

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++This Tweet in History: November 4, 2009++

WRLD: 1956 – Soviet tanks put brutal end to Hungarians’ dreams of freedom

SPRT: 1928 – Rothstein, figure in Black Sox scandal, gunned down over welched poker debt

OTHR: 1922 – Tut, tut, tut! Boy King’s tomb, spared desecration by grave robbers, is unearthed by Brit explorers

BDAY: Kathy Griffin; Laura W. Bush; Walter Cronkite; Will Rogers

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++This Tweet in History: November 3, 2009++

WRLD: 1903 – Panama trades canal to US for independence from Colombia

SPRT: 1998 – The Body, after forsaking wrestling ring and throwing hat in the ring, lands in the Governor’s mansion

TECH: 1957 – Laika’s the first living being launched into space, but doesn’t live long

BDAY: Dolph Lundgren; Adam Ant; Michael Dukakis; Charles Bronson

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++This Tweet in History: November 2, 2009++

WRLD: 1963 – Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated following coup in S. Vietnam, drawing US deeper into the conflict

SPRT: 1986 – Waitz wins her 8th NYC marathon by a mile

HUH?: 1948 – Dewey Defeats Truman. Not! You can’t believe everything you read

BDAY: k.d. Lang; James K. Polk; Marie Antoinette; Daniel Boone

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++This Tweet in History: November 1, 2009++

WRLD: 1986 – Rhine runs red after fire at Swiss chemical plant

SPRT: 1884 – Hurlers, camogiers, and rounders rejoice! There’s a GAA for that

OTHR: 1896 – Long before Playboy & Penthouse, Nat Geo bares the bewbs

BDAY: Jenny McCarthy; Lyle Lovett; Gary Player; Stephen Crane

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