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November 1922 continues with a new Caliph in Constantinople, an old Pharoah in Luxor, an absent Emperor in the bridal suite, and a lot of dead prime ministers in Greece.
Also on today's show:
~Racist Democrats and Republicans reaching across the aisle.
~Broadway's boffo dance team.
~And the execution of a bestselling novelist...
Plus all the other headlines from Dublin to Dolomite - and the sounds of the era from Irving Berlin to Al Jolson. Click above to listen.
Thank you for your kind comments on The Hundred Years Ago Show. Josh Passell, a First Weekend Founding Member of The Mark Steyn Club, writes of last week's Sultan Mehmet VI, reduced to fleeing Constantinople with just two of his eunuchs:
I wondered why the Sultan/Caliph needed eunuchs in his retinue of refugees, until I remembered the White House Press Corps, and it made all the sense in the world.
Indeed - although Washington's seems a somewhat ostentatious retinue of eunuchs, Josh.
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