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Share Your World – Week 230

Posted on June 1, 2023 by evilsquirrel13

While Robert Peary is well known as the first man to (allegedly) reach the North Pole in 1909, a somewhat lesser remembered feat occurred many years earlier on June 1, 1831 when British Admiral James Clark Ross became the first … Continue reading →

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Share Your World – Week 229

Posted on May 25, 2023 by evilsquirrel13

May 25, 1986 will go down in history as the day the most ridiculous charity fundraiser in human history was attempted as Hands Across America decided that the best way to raise money to feed hungry people was to try … Continue reading →

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Share Your World – Week 228

Posted on May 18, 2023 by evilsquirrel13

On May 18, 1980 the most spectacular, frightening, devastating and deadly volcanic eruption in U.S. history happened when an earthquake loosened the north face of Mount St. Helens in Washington state and unleashed an explosion of ash and magma that … Continue reading →

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Share Your World – Week 227

Posted on May 11, 2023 by evilsquirrel13

Almost a year and a half into my This Day in History series, I have yet to see a date as barren of noteworthy events as May 11th.  There was the Lubbock super tornado in 1970 (of which one of … Continue reading →

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Share Your World – Week 226

Posted on May 4, 2023 by evilsquirrel13

Columbus never did discover that western route to Asia, largely because those pesky American continents were in the way, running nearly from pole to pole.  On May 4, 1904, the US took a big step towards rectifying that problem when … Continue reading →

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