A Little historical tidbit

[terri]

As I’m making my coffee this morning, I ask Alexa:
“Alexa, tell me something important that happened today in history.”
Alexa said “An apocryphal story is that on July 4th 1776, King George wrote in his journal “nothing important happened today.”

[kacyds]

[khj]

The power of "X Files". Can re-write history through a single TV episode.

Wrong language, wrong king, wrong country, wrong year, wrong date...

In French, from diary of King Louis XVI entry for July 14, 1789 -- returning empty-handed from hunting trip while you know what was actually happening. Today, celebrated as Bastille Day in France.

Alexa did say apocryphal.

[terri]

That sneaky Alexa misled me again! I wonder what “source” she was accessing to come up with that story!

[khj]

"X Files". Who knew Alexa watched TV!!!

[kacyds]

What I get out of this is...

If it's on the internet, it has to be true. But, if Alexa says it, it's not always true. WOW!!!

Learnt something today.

[jonesy]

Nov 12, 2019 9:10:44 GMT -5 terri said:

As I’m making my coffee this morning, I ask Alexa:
“Alexa, tell me something important that happened today in history.”
Alexa said “An apocryphal story is that on July 4th 1776, King George wrote in his journal “nothing important happened today.”

Terri,

You may want to think about adding to the This Day in History Thread. I have been ill this last month and have not had the energy to add anything lately. I wanted to add a piece on Guy Fawkes for November 5th, I just couldn't get my arms and fingers to cooperate.  

Cheers.

Jonesy

[khj]

Sorry to hear you've been under the weather, jonesy. Hope you get well soon!

[jonesy]

Thanks khj, I'll be glad when I get my strength back. This has been a bad year!!! Best part about it though has been finding Stamp Bears

Cheers mate.

Jonesy

[khj]

I'm not an X-Files fan. I think I've watched maybe 5 minutes total from 2-3 episodes and was totally bored.

That being said, the incorrect attribution of the diary entry to King George III is associated with a 2-part episode, entitled, inappropriately enough "Nothing Important Happened Today".

I'm not sure where the reference appears since I've never watched either episodes (fortunately), but for those of you who like self-inflicted punishment, here are the 2 episodes (you deal with the FBI when they come knocking on your door for copyright mumbo-jumbo).


Nothing Important Happened Today, Part I (aired 11Nov2001)

Nothing Important Happened Today, Part II (aired 18Nov2001)

Note, both videos are "mirror image" (it's not your eyes)!

EDIT: I removed the 2nd embedded video because I only now noticed the screenshot was probably less than suitable for some members. It has been changed to a link, and you will need to go directly to the website to punish yourself.