1913

Als je het hebt over de Nederlandse abstracte kunst, dan denk je misschien aan Gerrit Rietveld of Piet Mondriaan, maar eigenlijk moet dat Jan van Deene zijn. Samen met vrienden ontwikkelde hij aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw een absolute schilderstijl. En dat nog voor de kunstbeweging van De Stijl zijn intrede had gedaan. Janine Abbring spreekt erover met conservator beeldende kunst 20ste eeuw, Ludo van Halem.

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With the new currency BRICS coming online soon and being backed by gold Fantom facts looks back to the day in 1933 when the freest country in the world.... banned its citizens from owning gold! 

On this day in 1913, Georgia “Tiny” Broadwick became the first woman to skydive from an airplane.

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On this day in 1913, German monarch Kaiser Wilhelm II forbade his officers from dancing the tango while in uniform.

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The Time: 1911 to 1913
Some of the highlights in this edition covering news items between 1911 to 1913 include:  
The launching of the unsinkable and unburnable Titanic,  
Recommended schooling for girls to focus on needlework,  
The coronation of King George V,  
Racism of Indian students in London,  
The fight for women’s right to vote,  
And so much more!

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Dr. Dan talks with Richard Rahn, an American economist, syndicated columnist, and entrepreneur. He is chairman of Improbable Success Productions and the Institute for Global Economic Growth. Rahn writes a syndicated weekly economic column which is published in The Washington Times, Real Clear Markets, and elsewhere. He was the vice president and chief economist of the United States Chamber of Commerce during the Reagan administration and remains a staunch advocate of supply-side economics, small government, and classical liberalism.

Discussions will include private property ownership and individual rights.

This week we discuss the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.

Recommended reading:

Schumacher, Michael. November's Fury: The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913. (2013)


*Originally released 9/26/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/15/22