Curt's Basement » History http://www.curtsbasement.com By geeks. For geeks. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:35:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration http://www.curtsbasement.com/2010/02/too-late-to-apologize-a-declaration/ http://www.curtsbasement.com/2010/02/too-late-to-apologize-a-declaration/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:30:46 +0000 Curt http://www.curtsbasement.com/?p=1706 It’s President’s Day in the US today. I thought this was  funny little spoof of Timbaland’s song Apologize.

]]> http://www.curtsbasement.com/2010/02/too-late-to-apologize-a-declaration/feed/ 1 The Open Road London 1927 http://www.curtsbasement.com/2010/02/the-open-road-london-1927/ http://www.curtsbasement.com/2010/02/the-open-road-london-1927/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:04:05 +0000 Curt http://www.curtsbasement.com/?p=1689 Here’s a video of London in 1927 in colour. Not colourized, but it in colour.

]]> http://www.curtsbasement.com/2010/02/the-open-road-london-1927/feed/ 0 Alexander Graham Bell and the Garfield Assassination http://www.curtsbasement.com/2009/07/alexander-graham-bell-and-the-garfield-assassination/ http://www.curtsbasement.com/2009/07/alexander-graham-bell-and-the-garfield-assassination/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:24:09 +0000 Curt http://www.curtsbasement.com/?p=1315

Some people ask me “Why bother to collect old newspapers? If I want to read dry, boring history, I can just get a history book.” My answer to this is that even the best of history books leave out some mighty interesting aspects of historical events. The only way they can be re-discovered, is through reading original newspapers published during the time of the event. The assassination of president James Garfield in 1881 is a prime example of this.

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