This Day in History

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Or the Oil industry because Mr. Bite Me has the delusion that we will all be driving electric cars in the next ten years.

[Fizzby2233]

Or the Oil industry because Mr. Bite Me has the delusion that we will all be driving electric cars in the next ten years.

This thread has been hijacked and I will not follow it as it fills with slanted misinformation and not historical fact.

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This thread has been hijacked and I will not follow it as it fills with slanted misinformation and not historical fact.

It's a shame, really, and embarrassing.

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Back on track. On January 21, 1959, Carl Dean Switzer, best known as the actor who played Alfalfa in the Our Gang comedy film series, died at the age of 31 in a fight that was allegedly about money.

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Using 41 different child actors, Hal Roach created 220 short Our Gang films for MGM between the 1920s and the 1940s. After purchasing the rights to the film shorts from MGM, Roach repackaged 79 of the Our Gang films for television and renamed them The Little Rascals. That bold move made much-loved characters such as Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, and Froggy household names for generations of children to come.

Who can forget Petey, the adorable and long-suffering dog that accompanied the gang on their madcap adventures? It turns out that the makeup legend Max Factor added the ring around the eye of Pete. Maksymilian Faktorowicz, better known as the founder of Max Factor, drew the iconic circle around Petey's eye that gave him his signature look.

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On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its famous Roe v. Wade decision, which protected a woman’s ability to choose whether or not to give birth.

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On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down the watershed ruling that a woman's right to make her own medical decisions, including the choice to have an abortion, is protected under the 14th Amendment. After the decision, SCOTUS had to work on consent issues, both parental and spousal, as well as struggling with appropriate waiting periods for women hoping to get an abortion

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On January 23, 1957, the Wham-O toy company produced their aerodynamic flying disks that would soon become known as the Frisbee.

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The early origins of Frisbee tossing began in the 1920s when, for fun, students at Ivy League colleges began to toss around the empty tins of the pies and cookies that were delivered to their schools by the Frisbie Baking Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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On January 23, 1957, the Wham-O toy company produced their aerodynamic flying disks that would soon become known as the Frisbee.

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The early origins of Frisbee tossing began in the 1920s when, for fun, students at Ivy League colleges began to toss around the empty tins of the pies and cookies that were delivered to their schools by the Frisbie Baking Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Wait a minute. Frisbee was a pie tin company over 150 years ago. I saw it in Back To The Future 3.

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On January 24, 1965, British statesman Winston Churchill died in his London home at Hyde Park Gate at the age of 90.

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Churchill claimed that he saw the spirit of Abraham Lincoln during an overnight stay in the White House. It happened one late night after he climbed out of the bath tub naked, and walked into the adjoining bedroom. He was startled to see Lincoln standing by the fireplace in the room, leaning on the mantle. Churchill, always quick on the uptake, and said "Good evening, Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage." Lincoln smiled softly, as if laughing and disappeared. Churchill smiled in embarrassment. Churchill is in good company, though, as others—including Theodore Roosevelt and the daughter of Ronald Reagan—have also claimed to have seen Lincoln's ghost.

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On January 24, 1965, British statesman Winston Churchill died in his London home at Hyde Park Gate at the age of 90.

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Churchill claimed that he saw the spirit of Abraham Lincoln during an overnight stay in the White House. It happened one late night after he climbed out of the bath tub naked, and walked into the adjoining bedroom. He was startled to see Lincoln standing by the fireplace in the room, leaning on the mantle. Churchill, always quick on the uptake, and said "Good evening, Mr. President. You seem to have me at a disadvantage." Lincoln smiled softly, as if laughing and disappeared. Churchill smiled in embarrassment. Churchill is in good company, though, as others—including Theodore Roosevelt and the daughter of Ronald Reagan—have also claimed to have seen Lincoln's ghost.

Hmm. Interesting. I believe Lincoln’s beloved son Tad died while he was in office. I wonder if it was in that room?

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Hmm. Interesting. I believe Lincoln’s beloved son Tad died while he was in office. I wonder if it was in that room?

The world is better off without Churchill