https://linkatopia.com/rob215/history The 22 latest links tagged, "History" by Robert Giordano https://abcnews.go.com/US/untold-story-real-aunt-jemima-fight-preserve-legacy/story?id=72293603 2022-07-16T17:25:04Z From ABC News, an unbiased story about the stupidity (my own opinion) of getting rid of the Aunt Jemima brand https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/playlist/the-secrets-of-the-templars?vpid=p08q45rn 2022-02-18T20:49:27Z Pretty cool video showing how the Templars used symbolism from multiple religions and attempted to harness magnetic fields https://www.dpreview.com/articles/2622488571/sandisk1gbsdcard 2022-02-12T14:30:53Z Back in 2004, 1GB cards were a brand new thing and you could get one for $499.99 MSRP https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-ancient-greek-astronomical-calculation-machine-reveals-new-secrets/ 2022-01-05T00:32:11Z New info about the Antikythera mechanism http://www.cracked.com/article_19864_6-ridiculous-lies-you-believe-about-founding-america.html/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=new article& 2013-10-07T14:34:04Z Wow, an interesting article about history on Cracked! http://www.famguardian.org/Subjects/Politics/ThomasJefferson/jeff1350.htm 2012-09-05T09:59:30Z http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library 2011-09-30T03:32:28Z http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/thunder.html 2011-09-30T03:37:56Z http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk 2011-09-25T04:03:40Z Interesting guy. Turned the former Ottoman Empire into the Republic of Turkey. Changed the county's official alphabet and brought raised literacy from 10 to 70 percent in 2 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_Tepe 2011-07-18T04:10:57Z The structures not only predate pottery, metallurgy, and the invention of writing or the wheel; they were built before the so-called Neolithic Revolution... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b011pwms/Egypts_Lost_Cities/ 2011-06-03T16:25:47Z http://www.malleusmaleficarum.org/?p=14 2010-09-09T14:19:59Z "Whether the belief that there are such beings as witches is so essential a part of the Catholic faith that obstinately to maintain the opposite opinion manifestly savours of heresy..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO 2010-01-18T18:47:47Z ...a series of covert, and often illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Báthory 2010-01-01T02:47:21Z Tortured and killed hundreds of young girls. Legend has it that she bathed in their blood to preserve her youth. Her birthday was August 7, Leo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Female_serial_killers 2010-01-01T02:50:07Z A fairly comprehensive list of female serial killers http://www.oldfortlauderdale.org/galleries/aerial/pages/H9738-3.html 2009-07-26T03:02:08Z An amazing photo. If only I had bought some land then. Oh wait, I think my mom was still in pre-school. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno 2008-10-29T16:10:40Z Ha! He was burned at the stake for practising "magic". He believed the Sun was at the center of the solar system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Scott 2008-10-21T03:56:33Z A 12 year old's school project results in a Congressional resolution to clear the name of a World War II Captain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlatelolco_massacre 2008-08-05T03:13:06Z As we get ready for the 2008 Olympics, we should read about what happened days before the 1968 Olympics in Mexico. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012#Apocalyptic_predictions 2007-06-10T01:55:26Z - Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world on Dec 21.- NASA says our sun's magnetic poles will reverse.- Charles Manson is eligible for a parole hearing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat 2007-05-01T03:38:56Z 12th century temple in Cambodia. See also Angkor Thom http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/cooper.htm 2007-01-10T02:19:59Z Awesome! If only there were ANY Republicans today like Lincoln. *sigh*