Tag Archives: Twentieth Century

1924: Vladimir Lenin dies

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Steve

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

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Steve

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

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Steve

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!

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Steve

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

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Steve

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

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Steve

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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