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11th Annual(?) Year in Review (100 Years Later)

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By Aaron Boyes and Sean Graham We ask ourselves this question every year: how has another year passed and we get to write this 100 Years Later Year in Review? And, more importantly, why do the good people at ActiveHistory.ca continue to allow us to do it? This annual tradition is something that we look forward to completing every year,… Read more »

10th Annual(?) Year in Review (100 Years Later): And the Winner Is…

By Aaron Boyes and Sean Graham Four rounds. Sixteen events. Hundreds of votes across multiple platforms. And it all comes down to this. We are pleased to announce the result of the Enrico Palazzo Pre-Memorial Championship: Ottoman Empire Collapses defeats TV Receiver Patented (23-18) With that win, Ottoman Empire Collapses is crowned the Most Important Event of 1922 and joins… Read more »

10th Annual Year in Review (100 Years Later): Final Four

By Aaron Boyes and Sean Graham After two rounds of intense voting, we have our Final Four. And, much like in Round One, we are (mostly) in agreement with how the people have thus far voted. Elite Eight Results:  TV Receiver Patented over Nosferatu Released (29-5) Japan Launches Purpose Built First Aircraft Carrier over Canadian Tire (21-11) Vitamin D Isolated… Read more »

10th Annual (?) Year in Review (100 Years Later): Round 1

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By Aaron Boyes and Sean Graham It’s hard to believe that this year marks our 10th year of the Year in Review (100 Years later) bracket. We could not have imagined back in 2013 when we wrote the first bracket that this would actually become an annual event (hence the question mark in each year’s title), but that little joke… Read more »

8th Annual(?) Year in Review (100 Years Later)

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By Aaron Boyes and Sean Graham In last year’s edition of our Year in Review, we said that 2019 was at times a slog. We miss 2019. 2020 has been a dumpster fire of a year. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down most of the world, infected (as of writing) more than 73 million people, and killed 1.6 million – with almost… Read more »