Sunday, November 22, 2009
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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