November 21 is apparently a relative day...as birth dates go. You will see. But, first...
164 BC: JUDA MACCABAEUS, SON OF MATTATHIAS OF THE HASMONEAN FAMILY, RESTORES THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM. THIS EVENT IS COMMEMORATED EACH YEAR BY THE FESTIVAL OF HANUKKAH.
So, now we know how that started. Where's my dreidel?
235: POPE ANTERUS SUCCEEDS PONTIAN AS THE NINETEENTH POPE.
Boy, those Pope names got a lot easier later on. Leo, John, Paul...Ringo?
1620: PLYMOUTH COLONY SETTLERS SIGN THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.
Pass the cranberries.
1789: NORTH CAROLINA RATIFIES THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND IS ADMITTED AS THE 12TH US STATE.
Thank goodness. Now Mayberry is part of our nation.
1861: CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS APPOINTS JUDAH BENJAMIN SECRETARY OF WAR.
Hey, Judah.
1877: THOMAS EDISON ANNOUNCES HIS INVENTION OF THE PHONOGRAPH, A MACHINE THAT CAN RECORD AND PLAY SOUND.
Edison and I share the same birth date. Just sayin'.
1905: ALBERT EINSTEIN'S PAPER, "DOES THE INERTIA OF A BODY DEPEND UPON ITS ENERGY CONTENT?" IS PUBLISHED AND LEADS TO THE MASS-ENERGY EQUIVALENCE OF E=MC2.
I know he was a genius and everything. But he sure sounds like a dullard at a dinner party.
1916: A MINE EXPLODES AND SINKS HMHS BRITANNIC IN THE AEGEAN SEA, KILLING 30 PEOPLE.
Hey, I remember this game. You sunk my battleship!
1920: BASEBALL STAR STAN MUSIAL IS BORN.
Stan the Man!
1920: BLOODY SUNDAY IN DUBLIN, IRELAND DURING THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. THIRTY PEOPLE ARE KILLED.
But no bottles were broken.
1922: REBECCA LATIMER FELTON OF GEORGIA TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE, BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE US SENATOR.
Back then, they were calling it "Senatoress."
1934: ACTOR LAURENCE LUCKINBILL IS BORN.
And here come the relative birthdays. Lucie Arnaz's husband.
1937: ACTRESS MARLO THOMAS IS BORN.
Phil Donahue's wife. Danny Thomas' daughter.
1941: ACTRESS JULIET MILLS IS BORN.
Hayley's sister. John's daughter.
1942: THE COMPLETION OF THE ALASKA HIGHWAY IS CELEBRATED.
You can see Russia from it.
1944: BASKETBALL STAR EARL MONROE IS BORN.
Marilyn's brother. Okay, not.
1945: ACTRESS GOLDIE HAWN IS BORN.
Kurt Russell's... Oh, wait, they still haven't gotten married.
1945: HUMORIST ROBERT BENCHLEY DIES.
Now called Robert Cryptley.
1952: SINGER LORNA LUFT IS BORN.
Sid Luft's daughter. And the mother was somebody, too.
1959: AMERICAN DISC JOCKEY ALAN FREED, WHO HAD POPULARIZED THE TERM "ROCK AND ROLL," IS FIRED FROM WABC-AM FOR REFUSING TO DENY ALLEGATIONS OF PAYOLA.
Rocked and really rolled.
1959: BOXER MAX BAER DIES.
Jethro's dad.
1963: ACTRESS NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN IS BORN.
Telly Savalas' stepdaughter.
1964: THE VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE OPENS TO TRAFFIC.
Good, because, otherwise, those marathoners would have to learn how to swim.
1967: TALKING ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR, GENERAL WILLIAM WESTMORELAND SAYS "I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT, WHEREAS IN 1965, THE ENEMY WAS WINNING, TODAY HE IS CERTAINLY LOSING."
What war is he watching?
1969: BASEBALL STAR KEN GRIFFEY JR. IS BORN.
He had a famous dad, but the name escapes me.
1974: RADIO PERSONALITY JOHN GAMBLING DIES.
No longer rambling.
1980: A DEADLY FIRE BREAKS OUT AT THE MGM GRAND HOTEL. 87 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND MORE THAN 650 ARE INJURED.
Talk about coming up craps.
1981: TV ANNOUNCER HARRY VON ZELL DIES.
And, now, George and Gracie....
1986: COMEDIAN JERRY COLONNA DIES.
Who got all those unopened jar of moustache wax?
1986: NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER OLIVER NORTH AND HIS SECRETARY START TO SHRED DOCUMENTS IMPLICATING THEM ON THE SALE OF WEAPONS TO IRAN.
A great tie-in promotion for Office Depot.
1988: BASEBALL STAR CARL HUBBELL DIES.
I love his Explorer.
1993: ACTOR BILL BIXBY DIES.
The Funeral of Eddie's Father.
2002: NATO INVITES BULGARIA, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA, AND SLOVENIA TO BECOME MEMBERS.
They must have lowered the annual dues.
Dinner last night: Sandwich and broccoli salad.
1 comment:
Yes, Laurence Luckinbill has a web site and is in the Arkansas Hall of Fame. Not making this up.
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