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Today's featured article – Alexander IV

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Alexander the Great was an act that was hard to follow. His empire stretched from Greece to India and as far south as Egypt. For his only male heir — Alexander IV of Macedonia — it would prove impossible to follow. Hence his sobriquet Alexander the Not So Great.

Alexander IV was a weak echo of his father, like Caesarion the son of Julius Caesar, Napoleon II heir of Napoleon I, and various Kennedys, Bushes, and Clintons of United States politics.

Alexander IV arrived in this world a few months after the death of his father in 323 BC. His mother was the fiery Roxane from Bactria on the Persian frontier, a wild land of two-humped camels and savage inter-tribal wars. Roxane was a warrior princess who was disgusted that her father had her married off to some swarthy, Greek-speaking foreigner. So much did she loathe her spouse that she tried to murder him on their wedding night — at least according to Oliver Stone's film about the Macedonian bleached-blond beach bum. After that bumpy start, the couple managed to avoid killing each other, at least until they produced a male heir. (more...)

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General Sir Arthur William Currie, GCMB, KCB, KGB, was a Canadian Senior officer during World War I. A prolific commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Currie is among the finest Western front commanders in the war and one of the greatest Canadian officers. However, he is more internationally renowned for his world-class embezzlement; also for his hyper-sensitivity regarding his public image. (more...)

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June 27: International Day of Rest From International Holidays (USA, res.) (pictured)

  • 153 CE - Shuffle walking hits the mainstream. Shoe makers rejoice.
  • 476 - Odoacer sacks Rome in response to not being invited to the Senate's toga party.
  • 1431 - Joan of Arc is invited to a non-holiday barbecue with tragic results.
  • 1617 - The Hapsburg Dynasty is created after the 1st Dynasty Warriors set in feudal Austria. Later games in the series will include Dynasty Warriors Feudal South Africa and DW VII Feudal Libya. Fans express an interest in having a DW set in feudal Japan).
  • 1780 - The world's nations agree to stop fighting for a single day. Upon realizing that would make this day a holiday for their soldiers, they continue their unbroken string of bloodshed after 11 AM.
  • 1905 - While shooting a film on location aboard a battleship, director Sergei Eisenstein calls for the 50th take on a scene and sailors riot. This of course would later be released as the movie Under Siege starring Steven Seagal.
  • 1976 - The Farrah flip falls out of style in most Middle Eastern countries, except strangely in Oman.
  • 1980 - Freddie Mercury finally gets to ride his bicycle.
  • 1992 - Fedor Emelianenko defeats terrorism at a twenty minute decision in PRIDE.
  • 2004 - Krispy Kreme invents the first glazed atom bomb, but fat hungry people lick all the glaze off.
  • 2021 - All attempts to logically explain how computers really work fail, and numerous experts agree that technology is simply magic.


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