Monthly Archives: July 2020

HISTORIC PUB: BRITAIN’S FIRST AND LAST INN

https://thirdeyetraveller.com/secrets-of-the-famous-first-and-last-inn-at-sennen-smugglers-murder-ghosts-at-lands-end/

HISTORY SHARE: THE ANTONINE PLAGUE

The Roman Empire eventually fell – but not because of the Antonine Plague. It got over that. https://tinyurl.com/y2o39nzy

HISTORIC FIRST: FIRST HOVERCRAFT

HISTORY SHARE: THE REAL LONE RANGER

https://tinyurl.com/y4pj3v2s

TRIVIA TRAIL: DISNEYLAND

Happy 65th Disneyland! Although it would doubtless be happier if you could be open! I was there with the next generation for the 40th in 1995. Question: What other names were considered for Disneyland before it became Disneyland? Answer: Mickey Mouse Park & Disneylandia. https://www.adayinlatours.com/the-history-of-disneyland/ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/celebrate-disneylands-65th-anniversary-at-home/2397679/

HISTORY TIDBIT: ‘SPANISH’ INFLUENZA MISNOMER

The 1918 pandemic did not get the name ‘Spanish Influenza’ because it originated in Spain, or, as was thought at the time, because Spain was the country hardest hit by it.  Spanish Influenza was called Spanish Influenza because it started during WW I, when most countries were censoring information about a lot of things, including […]

HISTORIC CELEBRATION: ST. SWITHIN’S DAY

Happy St. Swithin’s Day. If it’s raining where you live – Beware! Because: “St. Swithin’s Day if thou dost rain, for forty days it will remain, St. Swithin’s Day if thou be fair, for forty days will rain na mair.” https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1309500/st-swithins-day-meaning-what-is-st-swithins-day-why-is-it-celebrated

HISTORIC CURRENCY: WOODEN MONEY

A modern return to an old system. https://thehustle.co/covid19-local-currency-tenino-washington/?fbclid=IwAR1GAXFrnPuR8r4ZWLgoQgawpgb4_73486gx4Mf4SUuUoOR1Js3fY8FKuYo

HISTORIC NATURE PRESERVE: FONTAINEBLEAU FOREST

https://tinyurl.com/2g9bn2s9

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, U.S.A. 2020

 

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