Wannaskan Almanac for Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Fractured Again

It is that time again.  That special day when facts are thrown to the wind and my brain sinks to the depths of my bowels.  Here you are with another edition of fractured history.

1305 French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge.  The French entourage showed up with a box of condoms after mis-translating as "at this sure orgy".  Their faces were indeed sacred blue.

1713 The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.  Nova Scotians were outraged at the possiblity of having to live without French Toast.  

Nova Scotia...known for a lack of French Toast but a lot of Sidney Crosby

1724 Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople.  If it had happened in October, the ringers of the signing would have been constant in opal.  

A constant in opal ring

1757 Battle of Plassey: British East India Company led by Robert Clive defeats the army of the Nawab of Bengal, wining control of Bengal.  Sadly, the Bengals have never won a superbowl.  Maybe someday...

1775 First rowing regatta is held on the River Thames in London.  Prime Minister Lori Loughlin encouraged the rowers to go right up the college creek.

1860 US Congress establishes Government Printing Office in order to print money even faster than they could pry it from the taxpayer.

1931 American pilot Wiley Post and Australian navigator Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, NY, to attempt to set a new record circumnavigating the Earth - successfully complete in 8 days, 15 hrs, 51 mins...which would have been doubled if they'd had TSA agents to deal with.

I should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque.  

1942 World War II: Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.  The confused German pilot was quoted as saying "Vas Der Focke?"

1959 Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany, where he resumed a scientific career.  Officials said they were glad to send Fuchs off.