July 5, 1937 — Spam is first released
Spam didn’t used to have anything to do with enlarging your penis or getting cheap medicines of dubious quality. It...
April 4, 2019
The Past
April 12, 1937 — Dennis Banks born
The co-founder of the American Indian Movement – a major ‘Red Power’ group in the civil rights struggles of native...
April 14, 2019
September 7, 1936 — The last thylacine dies in captivity
The Thylacine, often called the Tasmanian Tiger, was perhaps the only marsupial apex predator. By the time Australia was colonised,...
April 19, 2019
December 26, 1935 — “Captain Blood” premieres
The 1935 adaptation of Rafael Sabatini’s 1922 novel, “Captain Blood” was the second film version of the story, after a...
April 24, 2019
January 16, 1935 — Kate ‘Ma’ Barker is killed in a shootout with the FBI
The Barker-Karpis gang was, in its time, one of the most feared and deadly gangs of criminals in the United...
May 6, 2019
April 19, 1934 — The “Surgeon’s Photograph” of the Loch Ness Monster is taken
The so-called “Surgeon’s Photograph” is the best known image of the cryptid called the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie to her...
May 11, 2019
February 23, 1934 — Edward Elgar dies
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO was one of the greatest English composers of the pre-WWII era. He...
May 12, 2019
September 29, 1933 — Samora Machel born
The son of farmers, Samora Machel was born in the village of Madragoa (now Chilembene), in Portuguese East Africa (now...
May 16, 2019
March 2, 1933 — “King Kong” premieres
One of the most famous films of all time, the original King Kong is famed for its storyline (a sympathetic...
May 18, 2019
January 30, 1933 — Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
It’s often overlooked, what the enormity of his crimes afterwards, but Hitler came to power more or less legally, elected...
May 20, 2019
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