Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a formal of the history lesson is purely coincidental.

A quick content warning, the following episode, contains a reference to a very specific,

radical, logical procedure, several suicide attempts, and alcohol, lots of alcohol, the

latter of which you probably know about coming into this episode.

Nothing really to trouble the average adult listener, however, if you're listening with children,

you might want to put on your headphones.

Now on with the show.

And here's your 30-second summary.

What fresh hell is this?

The Fett.

Let's talk about Dorothy Parker.

But first, let's drop her into history.

In 1893, Queen Isabella is the first woman to be pictured on a US Postage stamp.

Thomas Edison not only completes his first movie studio, but the first movie is made.

It's a close-up of a sneeze.

The Biscoff Foods invent cream of wheat.

Lizzy Warden was acquitted of the axiomers of her father and stepmother.

New Zealand becomes the first country to grant women the vote.

Our Favour World's Bear, the Colombian Exposition in Chicago, opens in May and closes in October.

Rutherford B. Hayes, Lucy Stone, and Peter Tekopski, die.

Edselford, Lilian Gish, and Honey McDaniel were born.

And on August 22nd, 1893, Dorothy Rothschild Parker was also born.

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