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.
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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