Historical Blunders, by Christopher Elwood

Historic blunders of the last 200 years …

1812: Napoleon invades Russia

1919: Boston Red Sox “sell” Babe Ruth to NY Yankees

1871: Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and that lantern

1912: Titanic—unsinkable!

1989: Exxon Valdez and its captain DWI

2002: George W. Bush invades Iraq to keep the world safe from WMDs and prevent the spread of Al-Qaeda

Mid-2000s: subprime mortgages!

2011: LPTS loses Prof. Cláudio Carvalhaes

 

Thank you Chris, this was a superb gift!

 

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