Message 1408 of 2054

History in Practice

I just learned an interesting tidbit of useless information from the History channel, and thought this would be the perfect place for it!

When Gene Roddenberry came up with the idea for Star Trek, He developed it's main character and premise from the Historical explorer and career of James Cook. Hence. . . James Kirk.

Just thought I'd throw that in there. . . .
Baxtor's profile
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Hey - that's cool! You never know when those little tidbits will come in handy! Thanks!
duckcollector's profile

over 2 years ago
Did James Cook have sex with all of the alien women he met? Or did William Shattner just sorta ad lib that?

over 2 years ago
great great book goin further then any man the rise and fall of james cook. by ?? darn it blank
itis about his voyages to the antartic, tahiti, up t alaska When I was in Alaska I travelled to Turn around where cook hade to turn around. I ws unable to see them but people were all excited about a pair of baluga whales that were swimming along side I saw nothing.
he was an interestijng guy unlike other englisg captains he liked to limb up he riggings withhis men. mix it up with natives I forgot where he was killed.
yichel's profile

over 2 years ago
I think the only ones that Kirk had sex with were the ones that turned green.
Baxtor's profile

over 2 years ago
Yichel says,
. . . I forgot where he was killed.

I think, it was Tahiti. He got into some kind of scrap with a local tribe of natives.
Baxtor's profile

over 2 years ago
No, Cook was killed in the Sandwich Islands, now known as the State of Hawai'i, once an independent kingdom that the US overthrew and annexed as a territory.
Ghostdancer's profile

over 2 years ago
Ghostdancer says,

. . . State of Hawai'i, once an independent kingdom that the US overthrew and annexed as a territory.
Just call it "Polynesia".
Not only did we overthrow and annex them, but somebody put "KICK ME" signs on all the tribal leader's backs!! Poor devils. . . . They could have been annexed by Japan, but NOOOOO!
Now they are a suffering minority. Wasting away on Waikiki, Oahu, Kawaii and the beaches of Maui. I'll be the first to volunteer to go over there and suffer with them!! Poor fellahs!
Baxtor's profile

over 2 years ago
This a lingering sputtering movement to restore the Hawaiian Monarchy and reclaim all of the land stolen from them.
Queen Liliuokalani was held under house arrest for several years in her palace before she died.
Ghostdancer's profile

over 2 years ago

Izzy Kamonawonalaya (or something like that)

over 2 years ago
Vive royaume de Hawai'i
Ghostdancer's profile

over 2 years ago
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