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All the Greatest Fighters Love December 26

Twitter Historian — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:58:58 +0000

Winners: Che Guevara’s Tweet in the Blank

Twitter Historian — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:31:37 +0000

Congratulations to Anthony and Kate! Their Che tweets won the vote last week and now they’re the winners of an autographed copy of Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

Anthony’s Tweet:

Kate’s Tweet:

Tweet in the Blank for a Free Autographed Book: Che Guevara

Twitter Historian — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:00:36 +0000

What would Che tweet?

Give your best guess in the comments below — your tweet could win you a free autographed 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

Winner: Elvis Presley’s Tweet in the Blank

Twitter Historian — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:02:48 +0000

Congratulations to Eve Lee of Louisville, Kentucky! Her Elvis tweet won the vote last week and now she’s the winner of an autographed copy of Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World.

Her tweet:

PRETWEET: The Beatles (+1)

Twitter Historian — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:09:42 +0000

John Lennon (@Imaginer): New girlfiend. Bandmates are going to love her.

Page 101 in Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World

When Liz Taylor Tweets “Forever,” She Means It

Twitter Historian — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000

LizTaylor (Elizabeth Taylor): RT RT RT RT RT RT RT ’til death do us part

RT @historicaltweet Black History Month: MLK

Twitter Historian — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:10:26 +0000

This tweet is from our forthcoming book Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World, hitting shelves on April 27 (but you can pre-order online now!).

martinlkjr: Bought a sleep journal. I keep having dreams but forget to write them down.
Happy Black History Month!

Retweet: Neil Armstrong’s Small Step for Twitter

Twitter Historian — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:00:30 +0000

@BuzzAldrin headed to the set… i mean moon. LOL. You been practicing slow motion “no gravity” walk?
[originally posted November 2008]

Putting the MAN in MANdela!!

Twitter Historian — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:55:15 +0000

Nelson Mandela: Day #1,648: still sticking it to the man. And by that, I mean I just shivved a honky.

Retweet: Marilyn Monroe’s Tweets

Twitter Historian — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:00:30 +0000

@jfkennedy happy bday, mr. pres! let’s get together l8r.
[originally posted October 30, 2008]

Muhammad Ali: The Twitta in Manitta (What?)

Twitter Historian — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:27:49 +0000

Muhammad Ali: First draft: float like a boat, sting like a well-constructed insult. Thoughts?

Ted Kennedy’s Tweetup

Twitter Historian — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:44:05 +0000

TedKen (Senator Ted Kennedy): anyone seen my date?

Retweet: Neil Armstrong’s Small Step for Twitter

Twitter Historian — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:50:51 +0000

Posting this one again for the 40-year anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission…

Neil Armstrong: @BuzzAldrin headed to the set… i mean moon. LOL. You been practicing slow motion “no gravity” walk?

Michael Jackson Tweets from 1969

Twitter Historian — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:43:03 +0000

In honor of MJ…
See also: The ‘King of Tweets’

Michael J: I love pepsi-cola. can’t drink enough. if i could, i’d be the king of pop.

Michael Jackson & the Jackson 5 photo courtesy of Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.

Howdy, Little Tweeter

Twitter Historian — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:00:50 +0000

John Wayne: Launching new start-up. Looking for pardners.

A Bridge Over Tweeted Water

Twitter Historian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:44:04 +0000

Jackie Robinson: @garfunkel one more word about my wife and it’s on. also, cut that afro.

Martin Luther King Jr. Prepares for a Trek

Twitter Historian — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:00:57 +0000

@memphisTN Can I borrow some hiking shoes? Headed to the mountaintop.

So You’re Saying You’re Famous…

Twitter Historian — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:30:33 +0000

Special thanks to Twitter-Historian and Beatles Enthusiast David Haber, who writes the Beatles News blog and discovered this latest Tweet from Imagineer John Lennon.

Apparently, the Beatles star once said they were more famous than some other historical figure.

And hey, as we’ve heard, “Diamonds are not bigger than the Beatles or Jesus but could help get the one you love.”

@eppy I said we were bigger than WHO?

Neil Armstrong’s Small Step for Twitter

Twitter Historian — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:00:02 +0000

@BuzzAldrin headed to the set… i mean moon. LOL. You been practicing slow motion “no gravity” walk?

Malcolm X Twitters Wrong Slogan

Twitter Historian — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:00:22 +0000

Buy any jeans necessary. No, wait. That’s not quite right.

Marilyn Monroe Twitters Birthday Wishes to JFK

Twitter Historian — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:26 +0000

@jfkennedy happy bday, mr. pres! let’s get together l8r.

JFK is a 140-Character Jelly Donut

Twitter Historian — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:16:57 +0000

Ich bin ein berliner.

John Lennon Twitters His New Love

Twitter Historian — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:30:55 +0000

Met new girlfriend. Bandmates love her.

Martin Luther King Jr. Twittering

Twitter Historian — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:51 +0000

Bought a sleep journal. I keep having dreams but forget to write them down.