A man in Park City, Utah, dreams that he is living in the year 2023, and that in the future people go on strike because they only make $125/day, and eggs cost $10/dozen.
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Live-posting as a reporter embedded in history. Curated by @MannyMarotta. Companion to @50YearsAgoLive, @25YearsAgoLive, and @250YearsAgoLive. DM for business.
- A group of bandits on a mountain in northern Greece kidnap a traveling photographer and, wearing every piece of jewelry theyโve stolen, pose for a photograph. Then they release the photographer.
- The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a new destroyer, Yaoi, from the docks in Uraga.
- Chinese warlord Hu Jingyi dies suddenly of unknown causes while visiting the Soviet Union. He was 32.
- Soviet cartoon: โa professor was upset at his handsome colleague, so he took an x-ray of the man and is showing it to the ladies.โ
- Adolf Hitler gives a speech in which he bizarrely claims that New Zealanders โlive in treesโ and โclamber around on all-fours,โ as โthey have not yet learned to walk upright.โ
- [Fourth-Wall Break] My grandfather died tonight. He was 93. There will be no posts tomorrow, December 25, to accommodate for his funeral. Thank you for understanding.
- The state of Oklahoma changes its flag. Pictured are the old flag and the new flag:
- The state of New Mexico adopts a brash new flag. Pictured are the old flag and the new flag:
- Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini introduces a bill to the Chamber of Deputies that, if passed, will grant Italian women the right to vote.
- Norwayโs capital, Christiania, is officially renamed โOsloโ as a callback to the cityโs Viking roots.
