Reunification of Germany On the 3rd of October, 1990 German re-unification became official. The date was designated as a national holiday by Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In 1989, a re-unified Germany seemed a long way off, although demonstrations were already taking…[...]
Archive for October 3rd, 2013
Repost of “When Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Prize”
(As we celebrate the annual approach of ) the fresh Nobel Peace Prize winners, let us remember for a minute about a great loser of the Nobel Peace Prize, too. “You probably know” – said in 1995 Gustav Hendrikssen, emeritus professor of the University of Uppsala – “that immediately after th[...]
Slur of the Day
Sooty a black person [originated in the U.S. in the 1950s][173][...]
Red Sox Bring Religion Back to Boston
The cult of the Red Sox Mark Silk | Oct 31, 2013 This year’s Red Sox season proved again that the team is New England’s premier religious cult. Read more at Religion Digest[...]