1220: SWEDEN IS DEFEATED BY ESTONIAN TRIBES AT THE BATTLE OF LIHULA.
Yeah, but how come I didn't see a big showing by Estonia in the recent Olympics???
1503: KING JAMES IV OF SCOTLAND MARRIES MARGARET TUDOR, DAUGHTER OF KING HENRY VII OF ENGLAND AT HOLYROOD ABBEY.
Hooray for Holyrood!
1585: JOHN DAVIS ENTERS CUMBERLAND SOUND IN SEARCH OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE.
I thought Spencer Tracy was looking for it.
1605: THE CITY OF OULU, FINLAND, IS FOUNDED BY CHARLES IX OF SWEDEN.
So that loss to Estonia wasn't the nail in the coffin.
1709: BARTOLOMEU DE GUSMAO DEMONSTRATES THE LIFTING POWER OF HOT AIR IN AN AUDIENCE BEFORE THE KING OF PORTUGAL.
I have actually so many jokes here that I can't pick just one. You think up your own.
1786: MONT BLANC ON THE FRENCH-ITALIAN BORDER IS CLIMBED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY JACQUES BALMAT AND DR. MICHEL-GABRIEL PACCARD.
And that's why we have fountain pens by the same name today.
1794: JOSEPH WHIDBEY LEADS AN EXPEDITION TO SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE.
Still looking....
1844: THE QUORUM OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES, HEADED BY BRIGHAM YOUNG, IS REAFFIRMED AS THE LEADING BODY OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
Is that the eighth day in the week? Latterday?
1863: FOLLOWING HIS DEFEAT IN THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE SENDS A LETTER OF RESIGNATION TO CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS AND IT IS REFUSED TO UPON RECEIPT.
Nobody likes a quitter.
1876: THOMAS EDISON RECEIVES A PATENT FOR HIS MIMEOGRAPH.
I love the smell of that ink.
1879: BOB SMITH, FOUNDER OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, IS BORN.
Let's have a toast.
1908: WILBUR WRIGHT MAKES HIS FIRST FLIGHT AT A RACECOURSE AT LE MANS, FRANCE.
And where was Orville? Did he have a vacation day?
1921: PRODUCER WILLIAM ASHER IS BORN.
Director of "I Love Lucy," producer of "Bewitched," and a guy who got to sleep with Elizabeth Montgomery. I'm impressed most by the latter.
1921: ACTRESS ESTHER WILLIAMS IS BORN.
Glub, glub.
1929: THE GERMAN AIRSHIP GRAF ZEPPELIN BEGINS A ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT.
When does Led Zeppelin take off?
1937: ACTOR DUSTIN HOFFMAN IS BORN.
Plastics.
1938: ACTRESS CONNIE STEVENS IS BORN.
"Actress Connie Stevens?" Who the hell am I kidding???
1945: THE SOVIET UNION DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN.
Talk about coming to the party a little late.
1952: RADIO PERSONALITY ROBIN QUIVERS IS BORN.
The very first appearance of her private parts.
1963: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY --- IN ENGLAND, A GANG OF 15 TRAIN ROBBERS STEAL 2.6 MILLION POUNDS IN BANK NOTES.
I'm not impressed. Our own politicians steal that much every week.
1974: PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON, IN A NATIONWIDE TELEVISION ADDRESS, ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION FROM THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Unlike that of General Robert E. Lee, this one we gratefully accept.
1984: ACTOR RICHARD DEACON DIES.
Shut up, Mel.
2001: PERSONALITY MAUREEN REAGAN DIES.
She once lived across the street from my old apartment. And, after that, I've got nothing.
2004: ACTRESS FAY WRAY DIES.
Now we know what killed the beauty as well.
2005: ACTRESS BARBARA BEL GEDDES DIES.
Miss Ellie really goes to "Big D" now.
2005: BASEBALL MANAGER GENE MAUCH DIES.
He once punched Met catcher Jerry Grote so he finally gets what he deserved.
2007: AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN IN QUEENS AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
Except Mr. G the weather man had called for "golden sunshine."
2007: FILM DIRECTOR MELVILLE SHAVELSON DIES.
I actually carried on an e-mail correspondence with this guy for about a year. Nice man.
2010: ACTRESS PATRICIA NEAL DIES.
Forty five years after most people thought she did.
Dinner last night: French dip beef sandwich at the Dodger game.
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Richard Deacon guested on "My Three Sons" wearing old man makeup when he was younger than Fred MacMurray. And they were riding a bus. Also popping up: Beau Bridges, Nancy Kulp, Raymond Bailey (no rug), Irene Ryan.
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