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Oct 17, 2010
Vatican newspaper
decided that the
cartoon characters
"The Simpsons"
are Catholic family. 🤔
reuters.com/article/us-simps…
Oct 17, 1814
London Beer Flood; Meux's Brewery's 1-million liter fermentaion tank burst & floods West-End killing 8 people. (A 9th later died from excessive alcohol consumption)
historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Hi…
Oct 15, 1959
The TV show
"The Untouchables"
premiered;
Agent Eliot Ness
fights bootleggers
& criminals in
1930s Chicago
imdb.com/title/tt0737802/
Oct 14, 1894
e.e.cummings
(Ed Estlin) born
Cambridge, MA
poets.org/poet/e-e-cummings
"Snug and Warm Inside McSorley’s"
Sept 1, 1922
No more
"Pool Halls"
in New York;
new law required
name: "Billiards"
books.google.com/books?id=oi…
Aug 28, 2009
US Forest Service,
Colorado, issues
offensive warning:
"...beware of campers
in national forests
who eat tortillas,
drink Tecate beer &
play Spanish music..."
Later retracts and
apologizes for the
moronic statement.
victoriaadvocate.com/news/na…
Aug 27, 2000
🍺 🐟 😳
Coors Brewing Company
Golden, Colorado, employee
hit wrong switch and sent
77,500 gallons of beer into
nearby Clear Creek, killing
thousands of fish as well as
prompting health warnings
for residents downstream.
bangla2000.com/news/archive/…
Aug 26, 1928
May Donoghue
purportedly
drank beer with
snail in bottle;
lawsuit created
legal precedent
of assigning liability
without a party
directly entering
into a contract.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business…
Aug 25, 1830
Belgium rebelled
against Netherlands;
among reasons were
hefty taxes on beer.
amp.economist.com/christmas-…
Aug 8, 1972
“IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME,
WE'VE GOT THE BEER”
...registered as trademark
@millerhighlife
trademarks.justia.com/723/92…
molsoncoorsblog.com/av?url=h…
Aug 3, 2010
“…to rid the state of immorality,"
Nigerian Islamic police smashed
80,000 bottles of beer;
enforcing sharia law alcohol ban.
freerepublic.com/focus/f-new…
Aug 2, 1904
US Patent issued for
"glass shaping machine";
allowed for mass production
of jars & (beer!) bottles.
patents.google.com/patent/US…
July 26, 1961
@MarilynMonroe
sent a bucket of beer
with note to reporters
(nka..."paparazzi")
outside her hotel:
"Dear fellas, I know
it's been a long, hot
vigil so have a beer
on me. I swear I'm not
leaving, I'm staying
--- single."
gettyimages.com/detail/news-…
July 25, 1912
US Department of
Agriculture issued
Food Inspection
Decision #147,
which banned
absinthe in USA.
absinth.com/links/history.ht…
July 24, 1956
"Die Fischerin vom Bodensee"
German movie was released;
original movie score was…
"In Heaven There Is No Beer"
.
imdb.com/title/tt0049213/
July 24, 1928
United Press reported
Prohibition era sale of
malt extracts were
declared to be legal by
Michigan Supreme Court.
metnews.com/articles/2005/re…
July 24, 1758
With the assistance of providing 46 gallons of beer, 35 gallons of wine, and a few gallons of other alcohol (to quench voters' thirst) George Washington was elected to House of Burgesses for Frederick County, Virginia.
@MountVernon:
mountvernon.org/george-washi…
July 24, 1487
The citizens of
Leeuwarden Netherlands
reportedly rebelled against
ban on foreign beer.
history.stackexchange.com/qu…
July 23, 1907
@AnheuserBusch’s
"BUDWEISER"
recieved
US trademark
registration
#0064125
trademarks.justia.com/710/09…
Worldwide trademark
legal disputes over
the name have been
ongoing...
namewarden.com/budweiser-tra…
July 21, 1972
George Carlin arrested in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin for saying
"7 Words You Can't Say on TV"
onmilwaukee.com/articles/sum…
