Operation: Puppet Live!

A performance of my favorite "sock and roll" band

On this day in 1949, the Dutch gave sovereignty to Indonesia at the end of the Indonesian National Revolution

On this day, Dec 21 1898, Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium

On this day in 1966, the UN General Assembly endorsed the Outer Space Treaty, an international treaty binding the parties to use outer space only for peaceful purposes

On this day, 2006 Dec 06, NASA revealed photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars

There's a runaway kangaroo on the loose in Ontario, Canada

On this day in history, we had TWO famous heart transplants: first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967, and the first permanent artificial heart in 1982

On this day in 1982, Michael Jackson released Thriller, which became the best-selling album in the world and won a record-setting 8 Grammy Awards

On this day, November 29 1997, around 28,000 couples gathered at RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.), for a satellite broadcasted “wedding” conducted by Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church

Backlash over fake female speakers shuts down developer conference

On this day, November 27 1895, the Nobel Prize was established - Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, leaving much of his wealth for the prize

On this day in 1922, a team of archaeologists opened Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt

On this day, Nov 26 1917, the NHL (National Hockey League) was founded. It featured four Canadian teams, and the first American club (Boston Bruins) was added in 1924

Canadian and American Thanksgivings are held almost two months apart, and there is a mildy interesting story behind the dates that are currently used

Sox Headroom Lemmy Intrusion

Sock Trek

Darius McCollum, one of the many times he was caught impersonating a transit worker

Socko Marx

Tarrare, c. 1772-1798