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Hitler tamed by prison
Epic prison board fail: This guy, Hitler. Prison has changed his ways. He won't cause any trouble now!
From The New York Times - Dec 21, 1924.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 13, 2014 -
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Category: Predictions, Prisons, 1920s
An engineer in 1964 looks to the future
From the Hattiesburg American - Feb 18, 1964
Many of the engineers' dreams are soon to become realities. Plans are now under way for twin 110-story towers in New York City which will dwarf the Empire State Building. The tunnel under the English Channel now seems assured. Covered, air-conditioned baseball stadiums are being built to do away with the need for rain checks. And the engineers soon hope to place a man on the moon, the first major step toward the exploration of our own galaxy and the galaxies beyond.
He got all this correct!
Fifty years from now some writer will look back and reflect that the in the 60's an engineer who dreamed of the weekend trip to Mars, the University of Space located on Jupiter, the completely automated home where housework consisted of pushing buttons, the aerial highways and helicars, and other commplace things in the year 2014 was considered a "screwball" by his fellow citizens.
An automated home is the closest to being a reality. The rest of it—not even close.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 06, 2014 -
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Category: Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, 1960s
1980s style
A prediction from 1956 of how people would be dressing in the 1980s.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 27, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Predictions, Yesterday’s Tomorrows, 1950s
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