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"I
can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so
little of it."
2nd Guinness World-1st Record, November 2006 set by Joe Defries, the Sudokuholic
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Clinton Combo Kitchen Tool Set
Michael Phelps - In The Beginning
Camel Herders of the 21st
Century
Keyboard Technology - Old Meets
New
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"The
Feudal World: the rise of the Manurial System."
"American
History: The replacement of the red Indian by red tape."
Historian: A prophet looking backwards.
Top 10 Sayings of Biblical Mothers
If some countries have too much history, we have too much geography.
In which period of history did nerds rule the world?
Which month in history didn't have a full moon?
Why did the Berlin Wall fall?
Dark Ages: Knight time.
Medieval: Only half bad.
History: The version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
1st Guinness World-1st Record, July 2005 set by Joe Defries and The Possibells
November 2009
2009 marks our 14th year online - THANKS to all our supporters!
here's the
November 2009 Calendar 4U...
This Day In History ![]()
November 1: All Saints Day; Daylight Saving Ends
November 1, 1945: Slinky Patent
November 2: Full Beaver Moon; All Souls Day
November 2, 1947: Spruce Goose
November 3: Culture Day (Japan)
November 3, 1903: Independence of Panama from Columbia
November 3, 1896: Portable Weighing Scales Patent
November 4, 1952: 1st use of Compter to Predict Election Night Winners
November 4, 1939: 1st Air Conditioned Car
November 4, 1879: 1st Cash Register Patent
November 5: Guy Fawkes Day (U.K.)
November 5, 1895: 1st Automobile Patent
November 6, 2006: Guinness World Record Sudoku Marathon - details @ suJoku.com
November 6, 1854: (b) Sousa
November 6: Saxophone Day
November 6, 1814: (b) Adolphe Sax
November 7, 1940: Collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge
November 7, 1885: 1st Canada Transcontinental Railroad - the Last Spike
November 7, 1867: (b) Madame Curie
November 8, 1923: Beer Hall Putsch
November 8, 1895: 1st X-ray
November 9, 1989: Berlin Wall Comes Down
November 9, 1938: Kristallnacht
November 10, 1933: Black Blizzard
November 10, 1483: (b) Martin Luther
November 11, 1918: End of World War I
November 11, 1833: (b) Borodin
November 11: Remembrance Day; Veterans Day (US)
November 12, 1984: Genetic Fingerprinting Patent
November 12, 1859: 1st Flying Trapeze Act
November 13: Sadie Hawkins Day
November 13, 1850: (b) Robert Louis Stevenson
November 14: World Diabetes Day
November 14, 1911: Rawlplug Patent
November 14, 1910: 1st Time an Airplane Took Off From a Ship
November 14, 1900: (b) Copland
November 15: Slap Your Irritating Co-workers Day
November 15, 1973: Wave Energy Patent
November 15, 1971: Intel 4004 - 1st Microprocessor
November 15, 1950: Happy Birthday, Wifey!
November 16: International Day of Tolerance
November 16, 1841: Life-jacket Patent
November 17: Sierpinski Day
November 17: Homemade Bread Day
November 17, 1869: Suez Canal
November 17, 1855: Victoria Falls Discovered
November 18, 1947: (b) Steven Spielberg
November 18, 1944: Le Monde 1st Published
November 18, 1865: Slavery Abolished in U.S.
November 19, 1969: Pele's 1,000th Goal
November 19, 1954: 1st Toll Collection Machine
November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address
November 20: World Day of the Child
November 20, 1945: Nuremberg Trials
November 20, 1931: 1st Commercial Teletype
The Good Old Days


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08/08/08 - the Ultimate Lucky Day
100 Years
Ago
The 1500s
18 Holes of Golf
18th Century History by College Students
1880 Stage Coach Warning to Passengers
1907 to 2007: Century of Change
1923 Leaders
and Losers
1943 Guide to Hiring Women
1954 Prom Queen
1954 Vision of the 2004 "Home Computer"
1970 vs. 2000
1st IT Professional (3.0M)
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1st Modern Church (3.1M)
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1st Occurrence of Bad Gas in the Bible
1st Rolex
2005 Brinks Robbery
2005 British Royal Flush Wedding
2005 California State Employee Handbook (430k)
2005 Hooters Calendar
2005 Marriage Wisdom
2006 Hooters Calendar
2006 Massive Tax Refund (260k)
2007 Hooters Calendar
2008 Cereal
2008 Hooters Calendar
2009 Hooters Calendar
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2009 U.S. Economy
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2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics – Unannounced Program
2030 News Flash for the U.S.
4 Stages Of Life
40 Years In The Desert - The Real Story
42
6th Grade Misspelling
A Horse's Ass IS Important
A Three-Hour Work Day?
Airbus 2006 - A Tale of Two Pilots
American & French Revolution History by College Students
The American World
Amish
Airlines - Maiden Voyage
Ancient Japanese Proverb
Ancient Politician
Animal Life Spans
April 5, 2006: Special Hundred-Year Date
April Fools Day Quotes
Arms Race Dogfight
Ascension Day Bike
Ascent to the Papacy - The Pope Who Almost Was
Astronomy Perspective
Barry Bonds Rookie Card
Before Fast Food Came Slow Food
Bible Bar
Bible Guinessis - Old & New Testament by Kids
Blonde’s Year In Review
Brave & Eccentric Newfies
British Columbia Place Names
Camel Herders of the 21st Century
Canadian Knowledge Quiz - How Well Do You Know Canada?
Canadian Olympian & the Greek Tailor
Car For Every Age
Car of the Future
Celebrity Match
Chain Mail
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Charlottetown Fire Truck
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Cherokee Chief Wisdom
Circle Of Life
Clinton Combo Kitchen Tool Set
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Cockroach Sales
Coldest Place In The World for 2004
Commandments
The Computer Age
Computer Expert from Athens - Après Olympiad
Computer Tools
Computers of the Future Too Complicated For Women?
The Crocodiles Are Crying
The Crucifixion
Da Vinci Code Revealed
Dog Obedience Training for 2005
Double Mark of the Beast
Dubm Headlines of 2004
Dumb
Dubm Social Customs
Early Acupuncture
Early Easter Date 2008
Einstein or Monroe?
Einstein Quotes
Emergency Response for Hurricane Katrina Survivors
Evolution of
Authority
Evolution Of Man
The Evolution of Man & Woman
Evolution of Women
Exact Age of Dinosaur Bones
‘First’ Class Puns
First Computer
The First Couple
First Handheld Computer
First Man on the Moon - a Hoax?
First Picture Back
From Mars!
The
First Woman In Space
Flintstones Car
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Florida Moves Out Of Hurricane Zone
The Flour Sack
France's
Custom-ary Passport
France Weather Forecast for November 2005
Future Calorie Testing by Optical Biosensor
Future Truck
Gandhi Calluses
Garden of Eat'En
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George Burns Quotes
Golfer’s Russian Ball
The Good Old Days
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The Good Wife's Guide
Gopher's Phone Booth
Great Minds of History #1 #2
#3 #4 #5
Guinness World-1st Record - Solo Handbells Marathon
Halifax Pirate
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Halloween Costume Contest
Winners:
2004
2003
2002
Handy French Phrases If You're Traveling Abroad
Here Comes Baby - Halloween Costume for 2005
Hippy Birthday
Historical Wife
History Exam - A Dollar A Point
The History of Eggnog
Horse Mate: Triple Crown Foals
How Much Is A Billion to a Canadian Politician?
How To Use The New 1940 Dial Telephone!
Hung Out To Dry in The Good Old Days
The Immaculate Contraption by Lionized College Students
Indigestion
Recipe: Chocolate 'Chips'
Indigestion
Recipe: It's From 'CAN'ada!
Indigestion
Recipe: Molded Pork Loaf
Indigestion Recipe:
Roadkill A L'Orange
Indigestion Recipe:
TV Dinners
Invasion of the Crabs
(4.9M)
Iraq: 2000 vs. 2004
Japanese Air Force - Pearl Harbor II?
Jerusalem Obituary, 33 A.D.
Jewish Holiday
July 7, 2007: Special Wedding Date
July 8, 2009 - 12:34:56/7/8/9
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Keyboard Technology - Old Meets New
Key-o-Saurus
Land Title Process in New Orleans
Laus Deo
Leaving A Good Impression
Leonardo da Vinci's Unfinished Portrait
Little Known Maritime Facts
Living in 2006
Louvre Paintings
Mad Magazine Guy (1.3M)
March 4th: the Most Progressive Day of
the Year
Mariner's New World Watch
May 4, 2006: Special Hundred-Year Date
May 6, 2007: Special Date
Medieval History by College Students
Men of the Year Awards for 2003:
#1
#2
#3
Michael Phelps - In The Beginning
Middle Ages History by College Students
Middle East History by College Students
Mona Lisa - Behind The Scenes
Monastery Life
Morse Code vs. Text Messaging
(4.0M)
Moses Parting the Ice Field
March 4th: the Most Progressive Day of
the Year
Mummy’s
Heart Attack
Napoleon's Secret To Success
Neanderthal Food Fight
Neanderthal Technology
The 'New'
Economy (from the early 1900's)
New Fuel Gauge for 2005
New Fuel Gauge for 2006 Vehicles
New Year's
Resolution For The Disillusioned
Newfie Cell Phone Accessory
Noah's
2005 Ark
Noah’s Holey Ark – One Woodpecker Two Many
Old Gas
Station with Special Ladies Restroom
Old Testament Hooker
The Origin Of Order: Assumed Work Plans
The Original Homeland Security
Original SUV
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Pacman Skeleton
Parting of the Red Sea
Pen Computing - Future Technology Now
Pill Man
Post World War II History by College Students
Prehistoric Transporation
Experiment
Prince Charles - Marriage Warning
Proof of Global Warming
Psychiatrist Therapy Turns Back Clock
Reading Chair
Redneck 2006
Redneck Genealogy Lesson (5.0M)
Regulations for the Operation of
Aircraft (1920)
Reorganization in the First Century - Sound Familiar?
Revenue Canada Simplified 2009 Tax Form
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Roe vs. Wade - 2005
Roman Slave Ship
Royal Stamp Change (400k)
Rubik's 1st Cube
Secret
Behind the "Twelve Days of Christmas" Song
Secret Of A Long Marriage
Shanty Town, New Zealand - 1870 Potty Pic
Signal Hill Wireless
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Slow Train
Ride To Town
Smooth Leaning Shoes
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Spot The Clock
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Star Wars Day
State Mottos
The Stoned Age & Judyism by College Students
Swiss vs.
Russian Army Knives
Table Head Wireless
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Teaching Math
Telephone Technology History – Dig It!
Thailand 2005 Model Truck - With Air Conditioner
Thanksgiving During Biblical Times
Things Said in 1959
Thomas Jefferson Quotes
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Time-Takers Quiz - Everything Takes Time!
Tobacco Smoke Enema
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Tombstone Epitaphs
Top 10 Sayings of Biblical Mothers
Tribute to our Catholic Friends - List of Popes
Triple Filter Test
Trivia
Tulip Fields of Holland (2.9M)
Ukraine Dictatorship - Country Renamed
Washing Clothes Recipe
Weird Lincoln and Kennedy Similarities
What The Stone Age Was Like
Whiskey Lurks Good
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Who Said History Was Boring?
"Who’s On First?" for 2005 Computers
Why Neanderthals Became Extinct
Why Stick People Are Extinct
World's First Boomerang
World's First Hard Hat
World's First Horse Power Vehicle
World's First Mobile Camper
World's First Pool Car
World's
First Remote Control
World's First Tradesman - The Electrician
World's First Wireless Communications System
Would You Have Invested In Microsoft in 1978?