The End is Coming
History meets current events in this bazaar of cynical wit where past mistakes are doomed to occur again.
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- 20-Nov-09 – History Links of the Day on Nov 20, 2009 in Uncategorized Cracked Hitler internet history Mengele mussolini National Geographic Nuremburg Trials Soviet Afghanistan Tetris Unknown inventor Welsh castle
Looking for Mengele, Mussolini's antisemitism and Goering's cyanide fetish, it's History Links of the Day!
- Russia Tampers with Time: A History of the Time Zone on Nov 19, 2009 in Uncategorized Beijing Time Chinese communist party Daylight Savings Time Dmitry Medvedev Greenwich Hugo Chavez Magadan Russia Sarah Palin Tibet Time zones Venezuela
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev recently announced at a conference that his country had too many time zones. From their current 11, Medvedev would like to standardize them all into 4 accessible time zones for the benefit of the Russian people, busi...
- 18-Nov-09 – History Links of the Day on Nov 18, 2009 in Uncategorized Cambyses II Charles Darwin Guilty Nazi James Barry Jim Jones Jonestown Living a lie Muslim academics Nazi Christmas Obamao Vanishing Persian army
A CNN reporter jailed in China for a Mao T-Shirt and how the Nazis stole Christmas. It's History Links of the Day!
- 17-Nov-09 – History Links of the Day on Nov 17, 2009 in Uncategorized caricature computer critics Elizabeth I great depression Henry VIII History online fads smell preservation time magazine Vikings worst inventions
7 badass Vikings and more Great Depression caricatures, it's History Links of the Day!
- On HNN: Secretary Clinton – Leader or Figurehead? on Nov 16, 2009 in Uncategorized Hillary Clinton Kenneth Wisebrode US Secretary of State
historian Kenneth Weisbrode wonder whether the American secretry of state has a historical prerogative to be a proactive leader on the international scene. The History News Network and History News Service bring us: "Secretary Clinton: Leader or Figu...
- 13-Nov-09 – History Links of the Day on Nov 13, 2009 in Uncategorized berlin wall charles manson Encyclopedia Britannica Kamikaze New words Nicolas Sarkozy Prison escape Supersubmarines
Weird facts from the first Encyclopedia Britannica and why Charles Mason is more dangerous now than ever. It's History Links of the Day!
- From the archives: Soft Cells – A History of Patients Given Tainted Blood on Nov 12, 2009 in Uncategorized Nicolas Sarkozy scandal Tainted blood
In 2007, the Canadian tainted blood scandal ended with the blamelessness of all parties, much like in France in 2003 but unlike the 1991 Libyan example. In all cases however, the victims remain infected with AIDS...
