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Entries for January, 2012 in UNCLE HISTORY
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
January 25, 1881: Cackling maniacally while twirling their Fu Manchu moustaches, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison form the Oriental Telephone Company, the most evil telephone company in the world - until AT&T, that is.
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
January 19, 1809: Writer Edgar Allan Poe is born. While no one is certain from where Poe developed his macabre style, literary historians generally point to Poe’s fifth birthday, when his parents hired Usher the Split Personality Clown, who traveled ...
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
January 17, 1873: United States soldiers lose at the First Battle of the Stronghold during the Modoc War. The Modoc were a tribe of evil giant brains. American soldiers were killed if they refused to be "absorbed into the Modoc."
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Why? For the love of God, why?
By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
January 13, 1854: Anthony Foss patents the accordion. He has a lot to answer for
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
January 11, 1770: London's first shipment of rhubarb to the American colonies arrives. Americans ask, "What the hell are we supposed to do with this?"
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
January 10, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes “Common Sense,” with its famous opening sentence, “People whats does bad mess makes me mad.”
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
January 4, 1885: Dr. William "Whoops" Grant successfully performs the first appendectomy on Mary Gartside. Grant, the worst physician in the world, was actually treating Mrs. Gartside's hemorrhoids.
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
January 3, 2004: Just three hours after landing, NASA's Spirit was able to send back images from Mars. Scientists find a barren, rocky planet covered in red soil. Except for Elvis, there were no visible signs of life.