OCTOBER 6, 1932

Full News Archive

• Headline: Instructors Showcase Two One-Man Shows. Impact: This humble exhibition sparked the great one-man show trend where every aspiring artist decided that they could also just stand alone in a room and call it art. Spoiler: Many of them were right.. Fact: Did you know that the term 'one-man show' was originally used to describe a particularly lonely magician?.
• Headline: Jersey Rally Committee Established. Impact: The formation of this committee ignited a chain reaction of rally committees across the nation, leading to the infamous 'Rally Wars' of the late 20th century where everyone rallied for everything. Spoiler: no one won.. Fact: In New Jersey, if you don't have a committee for something, are you even doing it right?.
• Headline: ERNEST L. VAN WAGNER, POLICE OFFICER, WEDS; Head of Staten Island Homicide Bureau Marries Miss Cora J. Bishop in Pennsylvania.. Impact: The marriage of a police officer and a schoolteacher would eventually lead to a legacy of law enforcement families, with descendants who often argue about who gets to control the remote during family movie night.. Fact: In a twist of fate, Ernest's wedding cake was made by a baker who was also a former criminal, proving love can indeed be criminal..
• Headline: M'ADOO CHALLENGES HOOVER ON TARIFF; He Says That the Democrats Do Not Intend to Lower Barriers Against Farm Products.. Impact: This challenge ignited a decades-long debate over tariffs that eventually led to the invention of the 'Tariff Calculator 3000,' which is just a fancy name for a spreadsheet.. Fact: Fun fact: W.G. McAdoo once considered running for president on a platform of 'not being Hoover.'.
• Headline: Murder Suspects Plead Not Guilty.. Impact: The not guilty plea is a classic move that has since inspired countless courtroom dramas, leading to a societal obsession with juries that ultimately results in binge-watching legal shows instead of doing actual work.. Fact: Pleading not guilty has become so popular that it’s now a standard response to any awkward social situation. 'Did you eat the last cookie?' 'Not guilty!'.
• Headline: Writers Give Dice to League To Settle the Graver Issues. Impact: This quirky gesture laid the groundwork for future negotiations being settled by games of chance, including the infamous 'Rock-Paper-Scissors Treaty' of 1967.. Fact: The League still uses dice today, primarily to figure out who has to organize the next committee meeting..
• Headline: CURTIS WINS CONTINUANCE.; Supreme Court Grants 40 Days for Filing of Repeal Briefs.. Impact: This small victory set a precedent that led to lawyers everywhere adopting the '40-day rule' for filing briefs, which is essentially a corporate 'let's procrastinate' policy.. Fact: Rumor has it that the Supreme Court has a secret stash of 40-day extensions just for their own legal shenanigans..