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[July 6 1926] Amee Semple McPherson re-enacts "kidnapping" for press and Grand Jury.
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[July 6 1926] Amee Semple McPherson re-enacts "kidnapping" for press and Grand Jury.

From Boston Evening American, July 6th 1926

u/Neuralclone2 — 10 hours ago
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[October 3, 1926] Harry Houdini’s wildest year: From surviving 91 minutes sealed in an underwater coffin to his tragic, mysterious death (1926)

In the summer of 1926, the world's greatest escape artist pulled off his most dangerous survival stunt ever—staying sealed inside an airtight coffin underwater for over an hour just to prove a point. A few months later on Halloween night, he was dead.

u/spicelullaby — 17 hours ago
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[July 5th, 1926] President Coolidge delivers a major address to an estimated 200,000 people at the Sesquicentennial celebration in Philadelphia

u/MonsieurA — 1 day ago
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[July 4th, 1926] The fascist Illustrated Observer begins publication in Germany

u/MonsieurA — 1 day ago
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[June 28, 1914] A Single Wrong Turn in 1914 Triggered 37 Million Casualties

On June 28, 1914, a literal wrong turn by a chauffeur in Sarajevo placed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria directly in front of his assassin, Gavrilo Princip. This single mistake set off a domino effect of secret alliances that dragged the globe into World War I, fundamentally rewriting human history and reshaping modern warfare.

u/spicelullaby — 1 day ago
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Why doesn't r/100years ago show up on my feed? [Meta]

I only have my feed showing the subs I follow. I used to see the posts from here show up at least daily if not more. Now I don't see them unless I come over here to look. I actually forgot this sub existed which is sad, y'all post such great stuff and I love the cartoons. My feed is set to sort by "Best". Maybe I need to change it to "New"? Thanks in advance for your help.

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u/GrizzledBelter — 2 days ago
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[4 July 1926] Jersey: Lady Houston recovers her civil rights, after temporary deprivation following the death of her husband on 14 April.

u/erinoco — 2 days ago
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[3 July 1926] Women march in London, demanding votes for women at 21, as opposed to the current age of 30.

u/erinoco — 3 days ago
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[3 July 1926] Dean Welldon of Durham rebukes the conduct of Labour MPs in the House of Commons (letter published 6th July).

u/erinoco — 3 days ago
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[July 1, 1926] United States physicist and computer scientist Fernando José Corbató is born. He became a principal figure in the development of MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System and later Multics, through which he pioneered many features now taken for granted in modern operating systems.

He is also credited with the first implementation of the computer password, funnily enough.

u/GrantExploit — 5 days ago