Wednesday, December 5, 2012

This Date in History - December 5

Happy birthday to the woman who killed Bobby Ewing.   No, wait, that was a dream.

663:  FOURTH COUNCIL OF TOLEDO TAKES PLACE.

I hope they give minutes for those who missed the first three Councils of Toledo.

771:  CHARLEMAGNE BECOMES THE KING OF THE FRANKS.

I thought that was Oscar Meyer.

1492:  CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BECOMES THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SET FOOT ON THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA, NOW HAITI.

And now most of the Bronx.

1496:  KING MANUEL I OF PORTUGAL ISSUES A DECREE OF EXPULSION OF HERETICS FROM THE COUNTRY.

In 1496, the Tea Party was called heretics?

1775:  AT FORT TICONDEROGA, HENRY KNOX BEGINS HIS HISTORIC TRANSPORT OF ARTILLERY TO CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Ticonderoga…love your pencils.

1776:  AT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, PHI BETA KAPPA IS FOUNDED AND BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN COLLEGE FRATERNITY.

Who’s going for the first keg?

1831:  FORMER US PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TAKES HIS SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

He had originally stood up in 1829.

1847:  JEFFERSON DAVIS IS ELECTED TO THE US SENATE, HIS FIRST POLITICAL POST.

Another Jefferson movin’ on up.

1848:  US PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK CONFIRMS THAT LARGE AMOUNTS OF GOLD HAD BEEN DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA.

Wagon, ho!

1901:  PRODUCER WALT DISNEY IS BORN.

Who’s the leader of the band….

1906:  DIRECTOR OTTO PREMINGER IS BORN.

Actually, he had a head of hair at birth.

1921:  ACTOR ALVY MOORE IS BORN.

Hank Kimball from Green Acres!!!

1926:  PAINTER CLAUDE MONET DIES.

He made quite the impression.

1932:  ALBERT EINSTEIN IS GRANTED AN AMERICAN VISA.

He had applied for a Master Card.

1933:  PROHIBITION ENDS IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN UTAH BECOMES THE 36TH US STATE TO RATIFY.

Drinks on….well, everybody.

1945:  FLIGHT 19 IS LOST IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

See Agent.   

1951:  ACTRESS MORGAN BRITTANY IS BORN.

As a child actor, she was in the movie version of Gypsy.  Aren’t I a fountain of factoids?

1951:  BASEBALL PLAYER SHOELESS JOE JACKSON DIES.

In Hannibal, Mo.

1955:  ROSA PARKS LEADS THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT.

Montgomery?  So how come they named a freeway after her in Los Angeles?

1968:  ACTOR FRED CLARK DIES.

The second of three Harry Mortons on the Burns and Allen TV Show.

1974:  THE BIRMINGHAM AMERICANS WOULD WIN WHAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE THE ONLY WORLD BOWL IN WORLD FOOTBALL LEAGUE HISTORY.

The WFL.  Remember that?

1978:  THE SOVIET UNION SIGNS A FRIENDSHIP TREATY WITH AFGHANISTAN.

Now there's two countries you can trust.

1979:  ACTOR JESSE PEARSON DIES.

Bye Bye, Birdie portrayer.

1991:  ACTOR ROBERT KARVELAS DIES.

Larrabee from Get Smart!!!

1991:  MASS MURDERER RICHARD SPECK DIES.

Student nurses across America, rejoice.

1998:  POLITICIAN AL GORE, SR. DIES.

A big racist.  Or didn't you know that?

2002:  PRODUCER ROONE ARLEDGE DIES.

The Wide Wide World of Caskets.

2010:  FOOTBALL STAR/ANNOUNCER DON MEREDITH DIES.

Dandy is deady.

Dinner last night:  Roast chicken and roasted vegetables.



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