This Day in History
1792
The cornerstone is laid for this residence in a newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C.
What is the White House?
What you might ask to find out the specific female sorcerer who cast the spell
What is WHICH WITCH?
An overfed feline
What is a FAT CAT?
After the Greeks convinced their foes that this structure was a peace offering, their enemies happily accepted it and brought it within their fortified city. That night, as the they slept, Greeks hidden inside snuck out the trapdoor. Then, they proceeded to slaughter and decisively defeat their enemies
What is the TROJAN HORSE?
Due to being rich in potassium, every one of this kind of fruit is actually slightly radioactive, thanks to containing the natural isotope potassium-40.
What are bananas?
1999
The Colorado grand jury investigating the case of this child beauty queen, who was murdered in December 1996 is dismissed and the Boulder County district attorney announces no indictments will be made due to insufficient evidence.
Who is JonBenét Ramsey?
A fantastic top of a sewer
What is a GREAT GRATE?
A frozen hammer or screwdriver
What is a COOL TOOL?
In 2008, he confessed to having conned about $50 billion from investors who trusted him with their savings, using the formula of a Ponzi scheme to keep up the fraud for more than a decade
Who is Bernie Madoff?
This "sea-cow" or "river-horse" can even sleep underwater, thanks to a built-in reflex that allows them to bob up, take a breath, and sink back down without waking.
What are HIPPOS?
2021
Best known for his iconic “Star Trek” role as Captain Kirk, he boards Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space shuttle with three other people, and becomes the oldest living person to travel into space at age 90.
Who is William Shatner?
A religious messenger whose only messages from God are about making more money
What is a PROFIT PROPHET?
A polished tv monitor
What is a CLEAN SCREEN?
As recently as 1994, James W. Johnson of R.J. Reynolds said this "...is no more 'addictive' than coffee, tea or Twinkies"
What is cigarette smoking?
There are more cells of this microbial form of life in your body than human cells. (56%, in fact)
What are bacteria?
1975
Country star Charlie Rich shocks audiences at the Grand Ole Opry's Country Music Awards event by dramatically protesting a win by this fellow artist.
Who is John Denver?
A funky drum track laid down by a red, earthy, sweet root vegetable
What is a BEET BEAT?
A grizzly that plays by the rules
What is a FAIR BEAR?
Andrew Wakefield didn't get the necessary clearances to work with/examine the child subjects and even falsified the data he included liking this condition with the commonly given measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
What is AUTISM?
A lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of this celestial object.
What is the Sun?
(The charge carried by a bolt of lightning is so intense that it has a temperature of 30,000°C (54,000°F).
1972
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 begins its descent toward Santiago, Chile, too early and crashes high in this mountain range.
What are the Andes Mountains?
Where people line up for pool sticks
An artificial small horse
What is a PHONY PONY?
The minister of propaganda for Hitler, he launched a massive campaign to convince the German people that the Jews were their enemies, blaming Jews for all of Germany's problems, including the loss of World War I. One outrageous lie, known today as "blood libel," dating back to the Middle Ages claimed that Jews engaged in the ritual killings of Christian children and used their blood in the unleavened bread eaten at Passover
Who is Joseph Goebbels?
Two people sharing the same birthday? Have more than this many people in a room, chances are better than 50% there will be!
What is 23?