Aug 14 2012VideoThis Week In History8/14/12 VideoThis Week In History8/14/12Pol Pot Conceived On Romantic Summer EveningThe Onion looks back at the romantic summer evening Pol Pot was conceived, the Panama Canal going over budget by…
Jul 31 2012VideoThis Week In History7/31/12 VideoThis Week In History7/31/12Construction Workers Realize They Put Erie Canal In Wrong PlaceThe Onion looks back at the admission of Ant Colony 000082567KLN00067X into the Union, Nelson Mandela becoming fully…
Jul 18 2012VideoThis Week In History7/18/12 VideoThis Week In History7/18/12Reagan Accepts Republican Nomination, Vows Andre The Giant Will Be Body Slammed If ElectedThe Onion looks back at on the day man first walked on the moon—the fucking moon for Christ's sake; the creation of…
Jun 19 2012VideoThis Week In History6/19/12 VideoThis Week In History6/19/1213-Year-Old Becomes First American To Take Hot Air Balloon Flight, Urinate On A Crowd From 100 Feet In The AirThe Onion looks at the discovery of a group of North Dakotan coal miners that would become the cast of 'Happy Days,'…
Jun 12 2012VideoThis Week In History6/12/12 VideoThis Week In History6/12/12Release Of ‘The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust’ Popularizes Glam Rock, Glam Education, Glam PoliticsThe Onion looks back at the release of David Bowie's 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust,' which popularized Glam…
Jun 6 2012VideoThis Week In History6/6/12 VideoThis Week In History6/6/12Scopes Trial: Teacher Indicted After Monkey Called To Testify Fails To Turn Into A HumanThe Onion reflects on the Johnny Carson’s final Tonight Show with special guest Saddam Hussein, the opening of the…
May 22 2012VideoThis Week In History5/22/12 VideoThis Week In History5/22/12First McDonald's Opens With A Young Grimace Just Starting Out As A CashierThe Onion reflects on Bette Davis’s film debut as a piece of chocolate cake, Lindbergh’s historic flight across the…
May 15 2012VideoThis Week In History5/15/12 VideoThis Week In History5/15/12Alabama Hosts First Desegregated Mass SuicideThe Onion looks back at Alabama's first desegregated mass suicide, the historic V.E. Day Speech from FDR's rotting…
May 8 2012VideoThis Week In History5/8/12 VideoThis Week In History5/8/12This Week In History: Sears Tower Constructed With Bold Challenge To God Engraved On Roof (1972)The Onion reflects on the discovery of the first lesbian, the joyous Hindenburg explosion, and the Sears Tower's…