Historical Tweets » 1900-1950

Sherlock Holmes Tweets to @Watson

Twitter Historian — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:00:29 +0000

The King’s Tweet #imacelebrity

Twitter Historian — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:08:28 +0000

Big radio address tomorrow. If I mess up, I’ll just play it off with “I’m a celebrity, get me out of here!” or something. (From @KingsSpeech, King George VI)

Winner: Houdini’s Tweet in the Blank

Twitter Historian — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:57:24 +0000

Congratulations to Patrick Kelly! His Houdini tweet won the vote last week and now he is the winner of a free copy of Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

Patrick’s Tweet:

Winner: Walt Disney’s Tweet in the Blank

Twitter Historian — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:33:24 +0000

Congratulations to RC! His Walt Disney tweet won the vote last week and now he is the winner of a free copy of Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

RC’s Tweet:

Tweet in the Blank: What’s Your Favorite Magic Twick?

Twitter Historian — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:30:06 +0000

This week’s tweet in blank figure is the master of illusion, Harry Houdini. What Would Houdini Tweet?

Give your best guess in the comments below — your tweet could win you a free copy of our new book Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

As always, the reasonably official rules are: we’ll select our favorite quotes from the comments below and then allow fans to vote on the best one — most votes wins the book.

Choose Your Favorite Walt Disney Tweet: Winner Gets A Free Book!

Twitter Historian — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:30:06 +0000

Last week, you offered up over 40 possible tweets for Walt Disney, making the Twitterverse the new “Happiest Place On Earth!”

We’ve chosen our favorites, and you get to choose who wins a free copy of the new Historical Tweets book!

The tweet with the most votes below by Friday (June 4) will get a free copy of Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

Next week, we’ll post our next “Tweet in the Blank” and another opportunity to vote on the best submitted tweet!

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Tweet in the Blank: The Wonderful Tweets of Walt Disney

Twitter Historian — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:00:42 +0000

What would Walt Disney tweet?

Our contest continues — give your best guess in the comments below. Your tweet could win you a free copy of our new book Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

The reasonably official rules: we’ll select the best quotes from the comments and then allow fans to vote on the best one — most votes wins the book!

Neville Chamberlain’s Parenting Techniques Backfire on @Hitler #WWII

Twitter Historian — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:05:43 +0000

Neville Chamberlain (@Appeazr): @Hitler Fine, you can have another country if you promise to just take one.

Marie Curie’s Tweet X-Ray

Twitter Historian — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Marie Curie (@UGloGirl): Just picked up my 2nd Nobel Prize. They thought I was pretty. Called me positively radiant.
Submitted by Patrick Kelly

Einstein’s Theory of Retweetability

Twitter Historian — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:00:05 +0000

Albert Einstein (Bad_Hair_Life): Mother-in-law visiting for 3 days but feels like 100 yrs. Relativity causing time dilation?
Submitted by Patrick Kelly

You Decide: Is Hitler’s Tweet Funny or Offensive?

Twitter Historian — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:55:30 +0000

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Adolf Hitler: Psychic looked into crystal ball and said I would be a big douche bag with bad facial hair. Growing mustache to prove her wrong.

PRETWEET: D-Days in History #tweetstack

Twitter Historian — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:25:28 +0000

*BRAND NEW FOR THE BOOK*
This tweet conversation spans time and space — and it’s one of over 80 never-before-seen tweets, only in Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World, hitting bookstores around the U.S. and Canada just 1 week from today!

Realtime search for D-Day: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Rock Hudson, John F. Kennedy, and Hugh Hefner
Page 89 in Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World

Al Capone’s Tax Tips #taxtweets

Twitter Historian — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:30:21 +0000

Al Capone (TommyGunLovr): My key to success: deal only in cash, off the books. It beats the taxman every time.

“Pretweets” from the Book: 1936 Olympic Motivation

Twitter Historian — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:30:01 +0000

“Pretweets” from the Book: Bonnie and Clyde

Twitter Historian — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:32:20 +0000

Starting today, we’re going to start showing off some of the best 50 Historical Tweets from the site that made it into the book.

AND, as there are over 80 “never before seen” tweets in the book, we’ll be sharing some of them as well.

Tweet, retweet, share, and email to your friends, nephews, students, teachers, grandpas, soon-to-be-graduates, and history buffs, because we guarantee Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World will be the best Twitter-based history-slash-humor book you’ll ever skim.

These Snacks Are to Die For

Twitter Historian — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:30:05 +0000

George Washington Carver: Just learned 3 million people are allergic to my inventions. So much for being a great black inventor. #depressed

Submitted by Sarah Fuller

The @USSR Moves Quickly

Twitter Historian — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:34:06 +0000

USSR: @USA FIRST!

Dali Goes Reality

Twitter Historian — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:00:25 +0000

HelloDali (Salvador Dali): Just finished watching an episode of #thesurreallife. Wasn’t exactly what I was expecting but I got hooked. That Flavor Flav is a character. Nice clock!
Submitted by Sean Tucker

Love, Retweeted

Twitter Historian — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:00:04 +0000

Earlier this week, we shared two new Valentine’s Day tweets. It reminded us of two older tweets worth of the Valentine’s Day treatment. Enjoy, and pass along to those still in the mood for historic love…

WW2_General (Dwight D. Eisenhower): @Troops Your ‘Welcome Home” kits contain scented candles and massage oils. Couldn’t afford the contraceptives, so be careful…

Mentalist (Plato): so tired of the “let’s just be friends” talk

Eisenhower’s Voice BabyBooms Over Twitter

Twitter Historian — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:19:48 +0000

WW2_General (Dwight D. Eisenhower): @Troops Your Welcome Home Kits contain candles, massage oils, and @BarryWhite CD. Couldn’t afford the contraceptives, so be careful…

Tweet in the Blank: Don’t Cry for Me, Twitter!

Twitter Historian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Last week, Eva asked Argentina to man up. It’s now time for you to Tweet in the Blank: what would Eva Peron tweet? Leave your ideas below.

Tweet in the Blank: Dr. Seuss

Twitter Historian — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:32 +0000

Last week, Twitterstorian Sean Tucker sent in a Dr. Seuss tweet, and we thought you could add to the mix.

What would Dr. Seuss tweet?
Leave your suggestions in the comments below…

Frank Lloyd Wright Ruins Another House

Twitter Historian — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:20:51 +0000

Frank Lloyd Wright (the architwect): New house keeps flooding. From now on, I will draw plans before building next to a river.

Sir Edmund’s Climbing Achievement… or WAS IT?

Twitter Historian — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:00:30 +0000

EverestSherpa1 (Tenzing Norgay): If @SirEdmund asks for a piggyback ride one more time, I will trip him and race to the top alone.

Retweet: Bonnie and Clyde

Twitter Historian — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:45:50 +0000

@bonnie we’re the rarest of breeds: heroic outlaws. no way this ends badly.
[originally posted November 2008]

Ness Cracks Down on Tweekeasies

Twitter Historian — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:30:57 +0000

Nesster25 (Elliot Ness): At my current rate of success, alcohol will be eliminated forever in no time.

Spare the tweet. Spoil the child.

Twitter Historian — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:09:12 +0000

Dr. Benjamin Spock: @babyboomers My bad.

From Wikipedia, the fount of all knowledge:

“Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children’s needs and family dynamics. His ideas about childcare influenced several generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals…”

Rock-Solid Investment Advice from 1929

Twitter Historian — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:30:55 +0000

iFish (Irving Fisher): Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. Invest away! (actual quote!)

Tweetizen Kane

Twitter Historian — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:17:32 +0000

Kane: @Rosebud!
Idea submitted by Luis Villalobos

The Great Tweetsby

Twitter Historian — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:15:23 +0000

Gatsby: @TomBuchanan Only a bathtub full of mint juleps could make this situation more awkward.
Suggested by Carol Caywood

More From @EddieIzzard – Hitler’s Secret Motivation

Twitter Historian — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:20:51 +0000

A few weeks back, we showed you an historic conversation between Noah and some fowl, as told in Eddie Izzard’s stand-up routine.

Here is another gripping historical moment, discovered by Sean Tucker, but, again, originally offered up by comedian and marathon man Eddie Izzard.

Uncle Adolf (Adolf Hitler): Could not get trees right in new painting. Thought about it and realized I kinda suck as painter. Have new plan. Will kill everyone in the world. Keep on DL plz

Taken from Eddie Izzard’s show Dress to Kill: view on YouTube (about 1:30 into the video).

Harpo Marx Tweets as Much as He Talks

Twitter Historian — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:31:46 +0000

Harpo Marx:

The Retweetable Molly Brown

Twitter Historian — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:45:45 +0000

Molly Brown: my drink’s STILL warm. what’s a girl gotta do to get some ice around here? #titanicfail

FDR Fixes the Tweet Depression

Twitter Historian — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:13:00 +0000

FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt): more inbox spam every day. attention spammers, I don’t need your “new deal” on weight loss or cialis. #spam

Fan Tweet Thursday: A Tweetiful Mind

Twitter Historian — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:00:13 +0000

Yet again, you have Sean Tucker to thank.

John Nash: Why doesn;t anyone respond to my tweets?

Jesse Owens’ Gold Medal Motivation

Twitter Historian — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:30:35 +0000

Jesse Owens: coach just assured me winner gets to kick @hitler in the balls

What’s in Joseph Stalin’s iPod?

Twitter Historian — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:30:27 +0000

JSTALIN (Joseph Stalin): I <3 Bon Jovi: “i’ve been everywhere — and I’m standing tall. I’ve seen a million faces, and I killed them all.”

PS — we wanted to title this: “Slippery When Tweet.”

The Tweets of Anne Frank

Twitter Historian — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:05:31 +0000

AnneFrank: @diary forgot to put iPhone on vibrate. tense few minutes, there.

THIS TWEET IS IN THE BOOK!

ON SALE NOW!! BOTH ONLINE AND IN STORES

Lassie Want a Tweet?

Twitter Historian — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:55:47 +0000

Lassie: Idiot child fell down the mine shaft again. That makes 3 times in one week. #bark
Written by Claire Suddath of Time Magazine

Scopes Tweets on the Wrong Side of the Law

Twitter Historian — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:55:43 +0000

@Scopes: God, this judge is such a Neanderthal.

Charlie Chaplin Stars in “Modern Tweets”

Twitter Historian — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:00:53 +0000

Another from our TIME Magazine series:

Charlie Chaplin: Really loving my new character’s look. Can’t foresee toothbrush mustaches ever going out of style.
Written by Claire Suddath (TIME Magazine)

Rosa Parks Can’t Stand Twitter

Twitter Historian — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:00:58 +0000

Another from our TIME series, written by journalist Claire Suddath:

RosaParks: @MTA2857 You want me to do what? Oh, HELL no.
Written by: Claire Suddath (TIME Magazine)

The Great Twepression

Twitter Historian — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:00:29 +0000

@FDR WEH CAN HAZ JOBZ NOW?
(if you don’t get this, go to I Can Has Cheezburger?)
Suggested by Emily Todd (thanks Emily!)

James Joyce: A Vocabulary Made for Tweeting

Twitter Historian — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:00:34 +0000

From our TIME Magazine series:

jamesjoyce: 140 characters? A sentence of such fractured length would have barely begun to scratch the thin surface of man’s vain, insignificant plight
jamesjoyce: Damn.
Written by: Claire Suddath (TIME Magazine)

Apple Week: iLife Renders Photographer’s Artistry Useless

Twitter Historian — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:45:45 +0000

This week is Apple Week at Historical Tweets: the best moments* from history.
* made better by Steve Jobs.

anseladams: Are you effing kidding me? Just picked up iLife ’27 and iPhoto has blacknwhite AND sepia feature. (Ansel Adams)

The Sultan of Tweet

Twitter Historian — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:45:39 +0000

thebabe: I just hope the world remembers me for my high IQ. (Babe Ruth)

Henry Ford’s Model T-witter

Twitter Historian — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:32 +0000

Jobs, in order: 1, Low costs. 2, Put down strikers. 3, Spend profits. 4, Advertise (maybe). 5, Lower wages. 6, Quality.

Herbert Hoover Taunted Roosevelt Using Twitter

Twitter Historian — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:00:16 +0000

Dam!

Bonnie and Clyde Take Time to Tweet

Twitter Historian — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:38 +0000

@bonnie we’re the rarest of breeds: heroic outlaws. no way this ends badly.

Gandhi Twitters the Mundane from 1933

Twitter Historian — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:57 +0000

Gandhi: Trying new diet. Attempting to fit into my skinny jeans again.

[Fixed unintentional typo: misspelled Gandhi as Ghandi. A slap on the wrist to us.]