Tag Archives: Twentieth Century

1924: Vladimir Lenin dies

As awful as he was, Lenin was like all humans…complicated. A couple things I will say in his defense: compared to Stalin, he was an amateur dictator and although many morons put him incorrectly in the company of Stalin, Hitler, … Continue reading

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1922: USSR founded

And it only last 69 years. You never heard much about this date, they more often celebrated the revolution that went down in October/November 1917 as the foundation of their state, a predominantly Russian-dominated one. Even with my Left-leaning politics, … Continue reading

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1922: Carter and Carnarvon find King Tut’s Tomb

The discovery of a lifetime was found a century ago today! For once, a Pharaoh’s tomb intact and not looted by all the civilizations that followed, namely the Hellenic Greeks, Romans, early Christians, Arab invaders, Napoleon’s forces and everyone else … Continue reading

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Bully! It’s Lego President Teddy Roosevelt!

Sunday was our first visit to the Lego Store in weeks; had to get the Women of NASA set! In many ways I missed going, especially when it comes their kiosk for building minifigs! I can’t remember what Somara was … Continue reading

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Italian #46: Marchesa Luisa Casati

Luisa Casati is another Italian figure who is best remembered ambivalently. Her primary claim to fame is being a pre-cursor to today’s Fame Hags: Madonna, Paris Hilton, Lady Gaga and the nouveau-riche trash Kardashians. However, she was quite the a celebrity … Continue reading

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Italian #42: Dr. Camillo Golgi

In the spirit of all those Nobel prizes being awarded, I decided to look up who was the first Italian to receive one and it was this gentleman; it was for Medicine. Golgi was considered the greatest neuroscientist and biologist of … Continue reading

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