Cracked my ball

From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)14 Jan 2005 13:05
To: andy 1929 of 2579
Which would cause lots of boredom and apathy and such, and might explain why The Great Depression started in 1929.
From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)14 Jan 2005 13:09
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) 1930 of 2579
In this year, the first documented case of time travel occurred; a Mr Daniel Herman materialised in Chicago, stealing Luigi "Knuckles" Marionetti's fedora hat, before padlocking the gates to Mr Marionetti's mansion shut and vanishing.
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From: MrTrent14 Jan 2005 13:38
To: Mr (M00RL0CK) 1932 of 2579
It's been rather cold recently hasn't it. BUt, i think we can safely say that it wasn't as cold as 1932 when Niagra Falls actually froze solid.
From: Rowan14 Jan 2005 14:53
To: MrTrent 1933 of 2579

January 30th, 1933, and President Hindenburg has a chat with leading politician/businessman Von Papen, and decides Hitler's probably 'not that bad', and gives him the Chancellorship. Less than a month later, and the Reichstag's on fire. Coo. A fitted-up Socialist is found nearby, and the Enabling Act is passed as the result. Hindenburg wonders if, perhaps, he might have been mistaken.

 

On the other side of the Atlantic, though, FDR's being all warm and fuzzy, and broadcasts his first Fireside Chat, shortly before doing his whole New Deal thing. (hug) 

 

The international media's attention is directed to Scotland, however, where the first modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster has just occured.

 

A little more subtly, however, our world changes for the better, as the revered Ruth Wakefield invents the chocolate chip cookie.

From: koswix14 Jan 2005 15:13
To: Rowan 1934 of 2579
Then in 1934, Harold Clayton Urey won a Noble Prize for Chemistry after discovering heavy hydrogen, or Deuterium as it's also known.

The isotope of hydrogen in which the nucleus contains one proton and one neutron, sometimes called heavy hydrogen. The deuterium atom (called the deuteron) is denoted either 2H or D.
From: Manthorp14 Jan 2005 16:41
To: koswix 1935 of 2579
Deuterium may be pretty heavy, but it wasn't as heavy as the great flood of July 7, 1935, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in New York.
From: koswix14 Jan 2005 17:47
To: Manthorp 1936 of 2579
Which might explain why, in 1936, Culligan started selling water treatment produces.
From: Manthorp14 Jan 2005 18:17
To: koswix 1937 of 2579
No wonder Mrs. Not Afraid Bear, a Lower Yanktonian Sioux, believes that 1936 was the driest and hottest summer of all her lifetime.
From: SMD14 Jan 2005 18:54
To: ALL1938 of 2579
Italy win the World Cup for the second time. Rumours that a Russian linesman was born in this year go unconfirmed.
From: Rowan14 Jan 2005 19:57
To: ALL1939 of 2579

1939, and the Spanish Civil War is drawing to an end, with the Falange (founded by Primo de Rivera's son) as a dominant force within the nationalists. Spain then leaves the League of Nations. Again.

 

Elsewhere, in Tales-Of-Right-Wing-Nutcases, Hitler helps himself to a bit of Poland, and is upset to find the Western allies slightly peeved. The USSR is kicked out of the League of Nations for helping itself to the rest of Poland. The League of Nations is rapidly becoming the League of Nation.

 

Over the pond, Canada joins in and declares war on Germany, but the US says it's not touching /that/ mess with a barge pole, and busies itself making nuclear bombs.

 

Apparently, though, nothing nice happens, at all. Well, Mussolini's Italy invades Albania, forcing a King called Zog into exile. Not that nice in itself, but Zog is a pretty funny name. Also, Batman was created. Oh, and there was another Pius pope. But then, they all were, weren't they?

From: Rowan14 Jan 2005 20:19
To: Rowan 1940 of 2579

1940 starts with a bang when transposons, or 'jumping genes', are found in the DNA of /maize/, of all things.

 

On a roll, 1940 carries on it's big plans by opening the first McDonalds and putting the first nylon stockings up for sale on the very same day.

 

Furthermore, some French kids stumble across Lascaux caves. Whilst Britain was blowing up the French fleet and breaking diplomatic relations with Vichy France, though, so I guess 1940 wasn't all fun and games.

 

A few other war-type things, like the Battle of Britain happened, but Leon Trotsky was assasinated in Mexico City on Stalin's orders, which is a shame, because he had a cool name. Mussolini gets told off by Hitler (who Mussolini expected to be revered by as the father of Fascism) for fucking up the invasion of Greece (in that he ended up going backwards).

 

There's a bit of a high at the end of the year, though, when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge does that hilarious bendy thing and falls apart when the wind blows. Engineers are quoted as saying they "didn't think of that."

From: Rowan14 Jan 2005 20:41
To: Rowan 1941 of 2579

Maize makes another effort in 1941, when General Mills introduce CheeriOats (now Cheerios), which quite possibly contain maize. I dunno. Do I look like some kind of cereal expert?

 

Citizen Kane premiers, the House of Commons is damaged, and Rudolf Hess makes a prat of himself and becomes the last prisoner to be detained in the Tower of London. That whole Hood/Bismark/Ark Royal thing happens, which just pisses off both sides. A chap called Takeo Yoshikawa turns up in Hawaii, and starts asking pertinent questions about Pearl Harbour. The US finally joins in just at the end of the year.

 

As a little portent of things to come, the Vietminh has now formed, whilst nobody was looking. Oh, and the first quiz show is aired on TV. And TV ads are legalised. Best of all, though, some nutcases claim that bits of Oregan and California are now the State of Jefferson, and hand out leaflets to that effect, saying they are in "patriotic rebellion against the States of California and Oregon" and would continue to "secede every Thursday until further notice." :'D 

From: af (CAER)14 Jan 2005 21:10
To: Rowan 1942 of 2579

Or Pearl Harbor, as it's more correctly known.

 

I do so enjoy your history nanolessons. Do continue.

 

edit: just so I keep my end up (no John):

 

In nineteen hundred and forty-two, the Declaration of United Nations was signed by 26 Allied nations. Out east a bit, Russians and Germans start a bit of a punch-up in Stalingrad, while in America Enrico Fermi makes nuclear headway by setting up the world's first atomic reactor in Chicago.

EDITED: 14 Jan 2005 22:18 by CAER
From: JonCooper14 Jan 2005 21:41
To: ALL1943 of 2579
1943 began and ended on a Friday
From: SMD14 Jan 2005 21:50
To: ALL1944 of 2579
Boom.
From: SMD14 Jan 2005 21:51
To: ALL1945 of 2579

Big booms then no more booms.

 

For a bit.

From: Rowan14 Jan 2005 22:23
To: af (CAER) 1946 of 2579

Bah and humbug. There should be a 'u' in it. The UN should pass a resolution forcing the issue, and all others like it. In fact, I think they should have done so at their inaugural session, Januray 10th, 1946. Instead they seemed more interested in ensuring independance and autonomy for nation states, and that. Whilst Tito set up Yugoslavia like he wanted it.

 

Much changing of governments occurs elsewhere, too: Charles de Gaulle resigns, Hungary ditches it's monarchy, Peron becomes leader of Argentina, Mr Minh is doing well in French Indochina, we get nice Mr Attlee and his splendid 'tache, Victor Emanuel III [the chap who believed Mussolini when he said he has 300,000 well armed troops just outside Rome (he had 30,000, largely arrested, peasants)] adbicates in favour of his son Humbert II, who rules for a month before Italy exiles him and becomes a republic. Elsewhere, Transjordan is founded, and they elect a King, and Greece's referendum restores the monarchy, thus restoring the karma of the world.

 

With Benito and Adolf both slightly on the dead side of things, Franco finds himself distinctly out of favour, when the UN severs relations, and tells everyone else to do the same thing. His staunch anti-socialist stance might stand him in good stead soon, though, as Jiang Jieshi [or whatever] isn't doing so well against Mao Zedong over in the Chinese Civil War.

 

And, huzzah! Bikinis are introduced.

From: af (CAER)14 Jan 2005 22:32
To: Rowan 1947 of 2579
Bikinis! Hurrah!

And it's "independence" :@ 
From: Rowan15 Jan 2005 12:15
To: af (CAER) 1948 of 2579

Calm down. And: 1947 sees a new meteor crater (thanks to a meteor) in the Soviet Union, the ISO is founded, Truman Doctrine gets up to speed, Liz marries Phil, women go to Cambridge Uni as full students, the frisbee and the AK-47 are both invented (but possibly not by the same person), and the first microwave oven is produced. Shame on you for forgetting.

 

1948 is full of interesting bits of history, like when the Deutsche Mark made the grade as the currency of West Germany, but the Soviets were having none of it, and stuck to the Ostmark leaving Stalin to go mental and do the Berlin Blockade thing, so Truman, tactically brilliant as ever, transported goods via 'planes' (at great expense, but it pissed of Joe, so he thought it was funny). Harry also decides that a peace-time draft sounds good, and then recognises the South Korean government, just so everyone gets the message. Also, the Hell's Angels form, whilst just next door Porsche does the same thing.