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🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Monday, January 5. Today we're looking at the Nazi Party's birth, Babe Ruth's New York way, the Golden Gate Bridge's first day, the Prague Spring, and much more—all packed into a fast-paced, sharp, and insightful adventure!
ICYM: Last week’s Strange Times story, Fake Princess, you can read it here.
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🚀 Time Machine
-1477
René II leads the Swiss Confederacy in defeating Burgundy, killing over 7,000, including Duke Charles the Bold, at the Battle of Nancy.
-1781
Benedict Arnold's British naval expedition burns Richmond, Virginia.
-1919
German Workers’ Party founded, precursor to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party).
-1920
The New York Yankees announce the purchase of outfielder Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000.
-1930
Mao Zedong wrote "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" to criticize cadres not building rural revolutionary base areas.
-1933
Construction on the Golden Gate Bridge begins as workers dig 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for its anchorages.
-1949
President Harry S. Truman declared in his State of the Union address that every American has the right to expect a “fair deal.”
-1953
Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" premieres in Paris to mixed reviews but becomes a landmark of modern theater.
-1968
Alexander Dubček's effort for "communism with a human face" led to the Prague Spring, a celebrated period of freedom in Czechoslovakia.
-1972
President Richard Nixon signed a bill authorizing $5.5 million for the development of a space shuttle.
-2025
New York becomes the first US city to introduce a congestion charge in its central business district.
📸 Snapshot
Teddy Roosevelt's diary entry from the day his wife and mother died, 1984
🗨️ Final Words
“I have not told half of what I saw.”