Over at Jim Hill Media today Wade Sampson has an article listing Disneyland factoids from 1957, two years after the park opened. The one that really opened my eyes was this one:
The average cost of a visit to Disneyland is $2.29, which includes admission to the Park, rides, amusements, souvenirs and parking.
According to the What [...]
March 15th: Today in 44BC Julius Caeser was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate. The account of the stabbing from Shakespear isn’t that far off, Brutus was there and part of the gang causing Caeser to say ‘You to Brutus my son!’ which Shakespear turned to the famous ‘Et Tu, Brute’. In the end [...]
I missed this story in yesterday’s news, it is a USA Today story about a short film made to tell the story about how a pancake breakfast delayed the end of World War II. A brilliant little story about the chaos that makes the world work.
March 14th: Today in 1757 Admiral John Byng was executed by firing squad for ‘failing to do his utmost‘ in a naval battle with the French. Voltaire later satirized his execution by saying that the British executed an Admiral now and again to encourage the others (pour encourager les autres), it seems to have been [...]
The most popular search query bringing people to my site for March so far is Rolling Bomber Special. You may remember I linked to it awhile ago. Don’t remember? Here, have a look, I will wait
That refresh your memory? Anyway the number two was Hagar the Horrible’s Dog again. I am thinking I may [...]
March 13th: Today in 1921 Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg announces to the world that he now rules Mongolia. Called the Mad Baron or the Bloodly Baron he set the model for the mad adventuring villain of pulp fiction. He was a former officer in the Russian Army who was driven to the Asian frontier [...]
This is the best sales pitch for nuclear power ever.
March 12th: Today in 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started his Salt March to Dandi, the non-violent protest march against the British salt tax. This protest is largely viewed as one of the major tipping points leading to Indian Independence. The salt tax was viewed as particularly onerous as anyone living on the coast could freely get [...]
Apparently feudalism is dead. Well in Sark anyways, I suspect you can still find much rawer versions around if you are willing to look. Amusingly this is all due to the new breed of lord, the billionare moving in who wants things run his way or he will sue. The same as the old boss.
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March 11th: Today in 1708 Queen Anne witheld royal assent from a militia bill effectively vetoing it. This is the last time an English Monarch did this, although they have other means to show displeasure such as wearing awkward looking hats and marrying badly.