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Here is Today in History for January 2, 2009.

Here it is in 100 seconds.


Here are the top social questions, one of them is related to the great YellowStone Supervolcano, I found lots of videos about this and posted them here, one that I posted was a two hour long docu-drama from the BBC that just made my morning. But here is a shorter clip from something else.

• Mahalo Answers: Who has the fastest data network in Los Angeles? (455 Views)
• Reddit: Is Yellowstone about to blow? (651 Score)
• Digg: Why Bush should be tried for war crimes (3457 Diggs)
• Fark: Army recalls 50-year-old vet, who separated over 15 years ago... (15536 Clicks)
• VideoSift: Best Blooper of 2009 so far (60 Sifts)
• YouTube: Fox News allows 'magic negro' New Year's message to be broadcast (110,802 Views)

Other historical videos for this day include footage from Sid Vicious arrest/trial/death - today in history was the beginning of his trial.



Also archived the Ibrox stadium collapse that killed 65 people in Glasgow on this day in 1971. I found this tribute video for the archive

December 30 as reported on Mahalo, I shaving this one in close to midnight. Tomorrows will be up much earlier as I am planning to get shit faced.

Here is the AP Today in History Video


Here is the TPM Day in 100 Seconds


Here are the top Social Stories

• Mahalo Answers: Anyone know how the car in this video flies? (125 Views)
• Reddit: Israel takes down an entire apt building of civilians... we call that terrorism (1747 Score)
• Digg: Digg this if your sick of power users stealing stories (17942 Diggs)
• Fark: Israeli navy rams Cynthia McKinney's boat (338 Comments)
• VideoSift: Most Innovative Videogame of 2008 (43 Sifts)
• YouTube Video: Republican Leader - "Barack The Magic Negro" (23,616 Views)

The one video I found related to a historical event was from last years Election in Kenya. Which were held on this day, it was the rioting that ensued that made for good video...oh rioting.. how you always provide good video.

Today in History for December 29, as seen on Mahalo


I've always used the AP video above, but maybe I should start using these TPM Media ones too.


Here are the Top Social Stories of the day, just as I was contemplating yesterday what do about Answers (archive by views or by answers) this guy's question must have got hit somewhere on the web because a vary rare 7332 hits, for the question below.

• Mahalo Answers: ...company is responsible for the death of a pet what...? (7332 Views)
• Reddit: Text Messages Cost Carriers Nothing (2125)
• Digg: Man Runs For Life As Polar Bear Chases Him Round Car (3197 Diggs)
• Fark: Atheist soldier sues US military over Christian bias (513 Comments)
• YouTube: The More you know Caroline Kennedy (64,623 Views)
• VideoSift: The greatest movie cell phone PSA ever (60 Sifts)

Some of the videos I've archived related to today include this firebombing of London footage from WWII


And I found this documentary snippet about the Wounded Knee Massacre..


So Check out Today in History for Today and if there are any events missing submit a link to the page and I'll see it.

Today in History for December 28.



The Top Social Stories and the Mahalo Answers question that got the most views... I noticed the most popular isn't necessarily the one that has the most responses, I am starting to wonder if I should archive the other way around, but there are no filtering options for most responses, so for now I'll stick with whatever is at the top of the Most Popular tab.

• Mahalo Answers: What's so special about using an onion to clean your grill? (113 Views)
• Reddit: Dan Rather's $70m lawsuit... Bush legacy a new blow (December 28, 2008)
• Digg: Now This Is How You Sell Bambi
• Fark: Knock, knock. Who's there? Owen. Owen who? Owen Sixteen (134 Comments)
• VideoSift: Weatherman w/ green tie in front of green screen (55 Sifts)
• YouTube Video: Israel launches missile attacks on Gaza (Time: 3:23)

The Archived video that I found for today was an interesting one, in 1895 on this day, was when the first commercial movie was screened for an audience, in Paris, of course, the movie was nothing special, just Frenchmen, being frenchmen...here it is for your entertain..ment?


Please check it out and submit links at the bottom for anything that i've missed.

Just completed Today in History for December 27. Here are the top Social Stories from various networks...

• Mahalo Answers: What brand makes the best men's jeans for under $100?
• Reddit: Who in their right mind lives here (zoom out) (1581 Score)
• Digg: Please Don't Divorce Us (3762 Diggs)
• Fark: Israel faithfully celebrates one of their lesser-known holidays, "Bomb the crap out of Palestine"... (708 Comments)
• YouTube: Santa Baby Eartha Kitt dies at 81 (6871 Clicks)
• VideoSift: Kid pushes Mascot out of the way, starts breakdancing (45 Sifts)

Some videos that I was able to dig up from Historical events include last years Assassination of Benazir Bhutto.


One great find was the entire Charles Darwin Voyage BBC Series Documentary. Darwin started his voyage on this day in 1831.

I've really been slaggin on the blogging the last couple weeks, things have been pretty busy with the who Mahalo Answers launch, and the holidays. But I have gotten back into the Today in History groove and will be adding the most popular Question to the "Top Social Stories" section on the TiH pages. Here is December 26.

Today's most popular question is a 5$, this fella wants to know how he can get his mitts on some schwag from bankrupt companies, if you can help, by all means answer, you might get 5$ for your trouble.

Here are Todays Top Social Stories...

• Mahalo Answers: I'm want to buy the interior signs of this years bankrupt company's... (164 Views)
• Reddit: Landing in NY from HK is like going from the Jetsons to the Flintstones (1936 Score)
• Digg: Boobs on Things That Don't Normally Have Boobs (2087 Diggs)
• Fark: Pakistan moving 20,000 troops to Indian border... (5551 Clicks)
• YouTube: Compare Liberal and Conservative Talk Show Hosts (7,800 Views)
• VideoSift: Bill Maher's final comment from Religulous (Spoiler) (41 Sifts)

The other videos I found for Historical events from this day, were the 2004 Tsunami... Cept for the predictable music, this clip seems to be the best mashup of events from that day that I could find. Sucks because way back in the day there was a full length documentary about it, seems to be done now.


The other video event was Winston Churchill speaking to congress about WWII Unity.

Well TDS is on vacation so I'll go back updating this blog with the top stories on around the social web. These are archived under the Today in History page on Mahalo.

• Reddit: MPAA to Obama: censor the Internet, kick people off the Internet... (1094 Score)
• Digg: Attention: To all the Lunatic Atheists in America (4191 Diggs)
• Fark: Hero dog takes three bullets, one in the head defending family from intruder... (13575 Clicks)
• VideoSift: Watchmen - International Trailer (42 Sifts)
• YouTube: Awesome 1930s (29,507 Views)

The big story today in history is that in 2000 the Supreme Court handed George W. Bush the presidency...how did that work out for America? Here is Al Gore conceding.

Here are Today in History results for December 1. Most important event was Rosa Parks defying the law back in 1955 and starting the Civil Rights movement.


Here are the Top Social stories for This day in 2008

• Reddit: Core Mormon belief scientifically disproven.... (898 Score)
• Digg: Facebook Connect Has Arrived (1005 Diggs)
• Fark: Pentagon to deploy 20,000 uniformed military...inside the United States... (11280 Clicks)
• VideoSift: husband tests bullet proof glass with his wife (87 Sifts)
• YouTube: Fox News Closets Harvey Milk? (10, 323 Views)

And here it is your moment of Zen

• The Daily Show: The White Stripes (2005)
• The Daily Show: Bush Surprise (2003)
• The Daily Show: Power Condom (1999)
• The Daily Show: A Christian Nation (2004)

One of the stories I included in the events section for November 30 was the Brady Bill, which President Clinton signed into law on this day in 1993 and requires people who buy a gun to wait 5 days, I was happy to find this video to represent the story.


Here are the Top Social News Stories.

• Reddit: Dr. Phil Is a Pseudoscience-Promoting A-hole (947 Score)
• Digg: 8 YO who vowed 1000th spanking would be his last, kills dad (2171 Diggs)
• VideoSift: Barclaycard waterslide ad (38 Sifts)
• Fark: American company sold... employees got a thank you that will boggle your mind (32914 Clicks)
• YouTube: Charges Possible in Black Friday Wal-Mart Death (23,408 Views)

And here are today's historical Moments of Zen

• The Daily Show: Domino Record (2006)
• The Daily Show: Arnold and Jackie against Piracy (2005)
• The Daily Show: Diana Tape exploration (2004)
• The Daily Show: David Blaine Disoriented (2000)
• The Daily Show: WTO Protest (1999)

For the complete Today in History information check out the Mahalo Page for November 28

• Reddit: Worker dies at Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede (655 Score)
• Digg: U.S. war on drugs has failed, report says (1849 Diggs)
• Fark: Walmart employee killed in annual American Running of the Bulls (9416 Clicks)
• YouTube Video: Your Weekly Address from the President-Elect (93,766 Views)
• VideoSift: A President who cares about the little guy (26 Sifts)

And today's Moment of Zen:
November 28, 2006: Moment of Zen - Day After Tomorrow

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Moment of Zen - Day After Tomorrow

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

November 28, 2005: Moment of Zen - Police Training

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Moment of Zen - Police Training

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

November 28, 2001: Owl Gift

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Owl Gift

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

November 28, 2000: Moment of Zen - Every Vote Counts

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Moment of Zen - Every Vote Counts

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Here are today's top Social news stories, for complete TiH information check out the Mahalo page for November 27.

• Digg: Financial Bailout Balloons to the Trillions (November 25, 20080
• Fark: Completely unaware of irony, CNN breathlessly reports... (3795 Clicks)
• VideoSift: Lucky Penguin (167 Sifts)
• YouTube: Mumbai Terrorist Attacks (57,889 Views)
• Reddit: Macy's Rick Rolls the entire country on Thanksgiving (553 Score)

Mahalo page for Today in History

Top Social Stories

• Reddit: Irony Truck(1280)
• Digg: Seven Opposites You'll Find in a Bar... (2902 Diggs)
• Fark: Strip club to start selling advertising space on dancers' bottoms... (5155 Clicks)
• YouTube: Starbucks Red (144,638 Views)
• VideoSift: Todays Tech Is Wasted On The Crappiest Generation (198 Sifts)

Here are the top social News stories for November 22, but the big moment in history for today was the JFK assassination.

• Fark: Former porn star Crystal Gunns now a cafeteria and playground aide... (21445 Clicks)
• Digg: Best Princess Leia Costume Ever (4954 Diggs)
• YouTube: Sarah Palin Turkey Slaughter (1,683,897 Views)
• Reddit: I love it when The Onion gets existential (434 Score)
• VideoSift: Dick Cheney Indicted by Texas Grand Jury (111 Sifts)

Read Today in History for November 22 on Mahalo.com

November 19: Ron Artest and other members of the Indiana Pacers jump into the crowd in Detroit and begin a brawl with fans and members of the Detroit Pistons.

Everyday I check out the major social websites and find the most popular links, I then document them in the Today in History pages on Mahalo, here are the top links for November 16.

• Digg: Obama's First Weekly YouTube Address (4473 Diggs)
• Fark: Has Obama taken away your gun yet? (22630 Clicks)
• Reddit: Why You Should Never Try to Steal a Law Student's Laptop (1670 Score)
• VideoSift: Future of Hidden Camera Shows (56 Sifts)
• YouTube: Sarah Palin and the "You've Got To Be Kidding" Tour (48,936 Views)

Here are Today's Top Social News Stories Archived under October 18. The Grandma Video attached is Laugh out Loud Funny!

• Reddit: Iraqis stage mass anti-US rally (510 Score)
• YouTube: Obama Roasts McCain at Al Smith Dinner (681,092 Views)
• Propeller: Cindy McCain Attacks Michelle Obama's Patriotism Again (6.2 Prop Score)
• VideoSift: SNL Crazy McCain Lady (56 Sifts)
• Fark: Man tells his family he got a Purple Heart in Vietnam.. (13543 Clicks)
• Digg: Are old people ready for the digital conversion? (2580 Diggs)

Archived Today in History for October 14.

• Fark: Canadians trudge off to the polls today to choose between a douche, a turd sandwich, a clown, a tree-hugger and a Frenchie as a leader (1765 Clicks)
• Propeller: ACORN Thrown Under the Bus By Historic Supporter, John McCain (9.6 Prop Score)
• YouTube: Gotcha! Former McCain Attacks Current McCain (54,492 Views)
• VideoSift: Nobel prize winner Paul Krugman slapping Bill O'reilly (104 Sifts)
• Digg: Stone (40,000 BC) vs iPhone (2008) (6688 Diggs)
• Reddit: John Cleese on Sarah Palin (1157 Score)

The Top Social News stories have been posted for October 6.

• Propeller: McCain: "Look, is this guy, Laden... (9.6 Prop Score)
• Fark: Dow drops 800 points, possibly to infinity and beyond (12281 Clicks)
• Digg: This is the kind of man Barack Obama is... (9152 Diggs)
• YouTube: Keating Economics Preview (530,291 Views)
• VideoSift: Family Guy meets Office Space! (57 Sifts)
• Reddit: The entire Keating Economics documentary... (1000 Score)

However I feel the most interesting portion of the October 6 page is the video I was able to embed into the "Historical Events" section, it was concluded exactly four years ago today that a report found there were no WMD's in Iraq. That's why America went to war, and four years later after that fact they are still at war. Incredible.



Bush thinks it's funny.

October 2 2008

• Propeller: Improving Propeller Through Member Feedback (8.9 Prop Score)
• Digg: The Worst Sarah Palin Clip Yet (6228 Diggs)
• Fark: Michigan's Macomb County Commissioner voted Hottest Politician (21119 Clicks)
• YouTube: Nearly unanimous vote for Obama = "split" on FOX (461,931 Views)
• VideoSift: Palin Explains Why Raped Women Should Bear child (77 Sifts)
• Reddit: Homer tries to vote for Obama (1264 Score)