Famous First Words
(Social Media)
(Social Media)
March 21, 2006: "just setting up my ____" from @jack
twittr
This Philadelphia 76er scored an incredible 100 points in a single game in March of 1962
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain
This explosive film won best picture at the 2024 Academy Awards
Oppenheimer
Twenty of the 45 unique US presidents were/are at least 6ft tall
Facts! The tallest was Abraham Lincoln at 6'4"
YOU HAVE 3 SECONDS TO NAME A WOMAN
good choice
The very first YouTube video is titled "Me at the _____"
zoo
Before 1896, this combat sport was illegal in the USA, but became one of the nation's favorite with the advent of radio
Boxing
The United Kingdom elected a new Prime Minister: this man
Keir Starmer
The First Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain on July 4th, 1776
Double Cap! The Second Continental Congress declared independence on July 2nd
In 1979, this European country was the first to elect a female prime minister
United Kingdom (Margaret Thatcher)
While the first post on this website has been lost to time, it's probably something like "she's a 6"
Facebook (+6 bonus points for The Facebook)
In March, this tech company briefly and surprisingly surpassed Microsoft as the most valuable company in the world
NVIDIA
Women were printed on federal currency before men were
Facts! Many of the first minted coins featured a woman representing liberty, but no presidents had died yet
Netting $70 million from Gravity (2013), she holds the record of highest paid actress for a single film
Sandra Bullock
The first ever video on this app was six seconds of footage from the New York Subway
Vine
This football team was temporarily formed as a result of two other teams losing too many players during WWII
The Steagles
This athlete became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA basketball history in March of 2024
Caitlin Clark
America's first movie studio opened in Los Angeles, CA in the late 19th century
Cap! Thomas Edison's Black Maria was founded in West Orange, NJ in 1892
This New York artist and musician debatably put out the very first punk rock record with "Horses" in 1975
Patti Smith
"Lorem ipsum dolor" are the first words of user "demo," testing out this website in 2006 before its public launch in 2007.
tumblr
In 1981, Lenny Randle famously tried to blow a baseball over the foul line while playing for this team. It worked, but the batter still got to first
Seattle Mariners
The costliest hurricane in US history devastated Florida and North Carolina; what was its name?
Hurricane Helene
The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves in America shall be freed
Cap! The EP declared slaves in the rebel states shall be freed, allowing Union-allied states and counties to continue enslavement
This Victorian author of "The Mill on the Floss" and many other works wrote under a male pseudonym to protect her identity
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)