Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

January 17th: National Bootlegger's Day! During WWII, a bootlegger set up a still on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands and ran a booming business selling moonshine for $10 a bottle to the crews stationed at the PT boat base. He recycled 26 fl oz beer bottles discarded by the nearby Australian army base.




January 18, 1788: A total of 800 convicted British criminals landed at Botany Bay, Australia. They had committed various crimes and were sentenced to suffer hard labour (among other deadly things) in Australia. The "19 Crimes" that sent your ass to Australia:


19 Crimes Wine - Ironically, a modern wine brand named "19 Crimes" has popularized this list by associating each crime with a type of wine. While not an academic source, their website and marketing materials provide a popularized version of these crimes with historical context. Cheers!


January 18, 1879: The Boy’s Own Paper was published for the 1st time. A British weekly paper containing stories, sports-related stories (especially cricket), craft instructions, games, nature articles, historical and biographical pieces, puzzles, etc. and inspirational features, aimed at young and teenage boys. Editor was Samuel Beeton, husband of cookery writer, Mrs. Beeton. It was published until 1967.


The Boy's Own Paper Vol. 1 1879


I first became aware of atomic patent clerk Lt Col Paul Prosser Stoutenburgh [1901-1946] via A Nuclear history blog. As a veteran of WW II, I suppose he was *still* entitled to an Arlington National burial? His murder victims are buried there, too.


Death of a patent clerk

Don't know what the rules were back in 1946, but it looks like the "current" House Rules disqualify in most cases based on "conviction" for crimes, but makes exception where the likely perp was dead.


38 USC 2411: Prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery of persons committing certain Federal or State crimes.


Instant Mil-Ko for your Canadian fallout shelter. "Mil-Ko - the only brand 100% owned and operated by Canadians."



When I was in the Navy and we been out to sea for weeks & months there were a few times we were unable to get a supply ship to replenish us. One of the food items they'd bring out of reserves was powdered milk. That was the most disgusting crap you can imagine. Absolute sh!t. Make a billy goat puke. Most us preferred Kool-aid mixed with a shot of JP5.


January 18, 1958: The 1st issue of the British comic Bunty was launched. It was hugely popular with its under 15 female readership. A total of 2,249 issues were published before it ceased publication in 2001. The most popular story was “The Four Marys” who all attended a public school. Of the four main teen characters, two were middle class, one was the aristocratic daughter of an Earl, and one was a working-class girl, attending the school on a scholarship.




Jan 18, 1991: FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER premiered. The film was based on the novel by former A-6 pilot Stephen Coonts, published by Naval Institute Press. The novel became a bestseller after Fortune Magazine ran a photograph of President Ronald Reagan sitting in the Oval Office with a copy on his desk. Reagan also had helped launch the career of then-unknown author Tom Clancy when he told reporters that he was reading an "unputdownable" book titled "The Hunt for Red October".







Jan 18, 2003: Aesir Pharmaceuticals conducted a testimonial interview on Sergeant Jack Lupino, a test subject for Valkyr, a combat enhancement drug they had developed.




Jan 18, 2010: Cult leader Pastor Calvin Meyer gave a sermon which included numbers sent via encoded satellite transmissions. He tells the FBI during questioning, the numbers were given to him by his adoptive son, who was speaking in tongues.