366: THE ALAMANNI CROSS THE FROZEN RHINE RIVER IN LARGE NUMBERS, INVADING THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
That ice won't hold up. Somebody get a Zamboni machine...also Italian.
533: MERCURIUS BECOMES POPE JOHN II, THE FIRST POPE TO ADOPT A NEW NAME UPON ELEVATION TO THE PAPACY.
By 1963, Pope John XXIII died. Which means there were 21 others in between these two guys.
1788: GEORGIA BECOMES THE FOURTH STATE TO RATIFY THE UNITED STATE CONSTITUTION.
The Constitution. Remember that? Yeah, I didn't think so.
1860: THE DISCOVERY OF THE PLANET VULCAN IS ANNOUNCED AT A MEETING OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN PARIS, FRANCE.
Leonard Nimoy thanks you.
1871: AMADEUS I BECOMES KING OF SPAIN.
And later wins an Oscar.
1900: JOHN HAY ANNOUNCES THE OPEN DOOR POLICY POLICY TO PROMOTE TRADE WITH CHINA.
In 2013, we need to close it.
1909: POLITICIAN BARRY GOLDWATER IS BORN.
And immediately is accused of starting a war in his crib.
1920: THE SECOND PALMER RAID TAKES PLACE WITH ANOTHER 6,000 SUSPECTED COMMUNISTS AND ANARCHISTS ARRESTED AND HELD WITHOUT TRIAL.
A movement I can get behind in the new year.
1925: TV PRODUCER LARRY HARMON IS BORN.
And, in a way, so is Bozo the Clown.
1930: SINGER JULIUS LA ROSA IS BORN.
Later on, he was fired by Arthur Godfrey. My grandmother hated both of them.
1935: BRUNO HAUPTMANN GOES ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF INFANT CHARLES LINDBERGH JR.
Either the jury will be hung or the convict will.
1940: EVANGELIST JIM BAKKER IS BORN.
When he was married to Tammy Faye, how often did they have to launder their pillow cases?
1942: MANILA, PHILIPPINES IS CAPTURED BY JAPAN.
One month after Pearl Harbor, these guys are still acting a little cocky, aren't they?
1945: DURING WORLD WAR II, NUREMBERG, GERMANY IS SEVERELY BOMBED BY ALLIED FORCES.
Pay attention, Japan. What goes around comes around.
1963: ACTOR DICK POWELL DIES.
Cigarettes kill.
1974: PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON SIGNS A BILL LOWERING THE MAXIMUM US SPEED LIMIT TO 55 MPH IN ORDER TO CONSERVE GAS DURING AN OPEC EMBARGO.
As if any driver paid attention.
1974: COUNTRY SINGER TEX RITTER DIES.
And, about 26 years later, so does his son John.
1986: BASEBALL EXECUTIVE BILL VEECK DIES.
Veeck as in dead.
1990: ACTOR ALAN HALE JR. DIES.
And the three hour tour finally comes to an end.
1999: A BRUTAL SNOWSTORM SMASHES INTO THE MIDWEST. 68 DEATHS ARE REPORTED.
Another 200 deaths went unnoticed. After all, it is the Midwest.
2011: ACTRESS ANNE FRANCIS DIES.
Honey goes North. Or South depending upon your viewpoint.
Dinner last night: Assorted homemade Chinese dishes.
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