837: HALLEY'S COMET AND EARTH EXPERIENCED THEIR CLOSEST APPROACH TO ONE ANOTHER.
If you were Halley's Comet, would you want to get close to Earth?
879: LOUIS III BECOMES KING OF THE WESTERN KINGS.
Louis III equals Farmer John.
1407: THE LAMA DESHIN SHEKPA VISITS THE MING DYNASTY CAPITAL AT NANJING. HE IS AWARDED THE TITLE GREAT TREASURE PRINCE OF DHARMA.
And Greg?
1606: THE CHARTER OF THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON IS ESTABLISHED BY ROYAL CHARTER BY JAMES I OF ENGLAND WITH THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA.
And so it begins. Here comes Thanksgiving.
1710: THE STATUTE OF ANNE, THE FIRST LAW REGULATING COPYRIGHT, ENTERS INTO FORCE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Until somebody stole the law and copied it.
1796: PIONEER JIM BOWIE IS BORN.
David's great-great-grandfather.
1815: THE MOUNT TAMBORA VOLCANO BEGINS A THREE MONTH LONG ERUPTION. IT AFFECTS EARTH'S CLIMATE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
Nobody tell Al Gore.
1847: PUBLISHER JOSEPH PULITZER IS BORN.
He was no prize.
1856: THE THETA CHI FRATERNITY IS FOUNDED AT NORWICH UNIVERSITY.
When is the first Norwich Unioversity panty raid?
1865: DURING THE CIVIL WAR, GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE ADDRESSES HIS TROOPS FOR THE LAST TIME AFTER SURRENDERING THE DAY BEFORE.
"We lost. Deal with it."
1866: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (ASPCA) IS FOUNDED IN NEW YORK.
Dogs buy the first round.
1874: THE FIRST ARBOR DAY IS CELEBRATED IN NEBRASKA.
Again, dogs buy the first round.
1912: THE TITANIC LEAVES ENGLAND FOR HER FIRST AND ONLY VOYAGE.
Can I get that drink with crushed ice?
1915: ACTOR HARRY MORGAN IS BORN.
I once saw him eating soup at Jerry's Famous Deli in Westwood, California.
1916: THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (PGA) IS CREATED IN NEW YORK CITY.
Because there's a lot of golf courses in Manhattan.
1921: ACTOR CHUCK CONNORS IS BORN.
Before he was the Rifleman, he was a Brooklyn Dodger.
1925: THE GREAT GATSBY BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD IS FIRST PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK CITY.
Oh, great. Now I have homework.
1929: ACTOR MAX VON SYDOW IS BORN.
The power of Christ compels you.
1932: ACTOR OMAR SHARIF IS BORN.
Also a champion bridge player. As if anybody still plays that.
1936: FOOTBALL COACH/ANNOUNCER JOHN MADDEN IS BORN.
Probably in the back of a bus.
1938: FOOTBALL PLAYER/ANNOUNCER DON MEREDITH IS BORN.
Dandy Don!
1953: WARNER BROTHERS PREMIERES THE FIRST 3-D FILM, "HOUSE OF WAX."
An invention that still doesn't really work in 2013.
1959: AKIHITO, FUTURE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, WEDS MICHIKO.
How do you say "who cares" in Japanese?
1962: DIRECTOR MICHAEL CURTIZ DIES.
He directed three films on my list of Top 25 Favorite Movies. "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Mildred Pierce," and "White Christmas."
1963: 129 AMERICAN SAILORS DIE WHEN THE SUBMARINE USS THRESHER SINKS AT SEA.
Thresher is trashed.
1965: ACTRESS LINDA DARNELL DIES.
In a fire. Forever Embers.
1970: PAUL MCCARTNEY ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS LEAVING THE BEATLES FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL REASONS.
Those reasons include one Yoko Ono?
1971: IN AN ATTEMPT TO THAW RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES, CHINA HOSTS THE US TABLE TENNIS TEAM FOR A VISIT.
What? No air hockey??
1972: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NOVEMBER 1967, AMERICAN B-52 BOMBERS BEGIN BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM.
What did you expect bombers to do? Dump water balloons?
1975: ACTRESS MARJORIE MAIN DIES.
The tugboat is docked.
1991: ACTRESS NATALIE SCHAFER DIES.
When it comes to life, Schafer, you're not having more than one.
1992: COMEDIAN SAM KINISON DIES.
Twenty plus years later, people can still hear him screaming.
2000: ACTOR LARRY LINVILLE DIES.
Ferretface.
2010: ACTRESS DIXIE CARTER DIES.
Ain't whistlin' now.
Dinner last night: Pork schnitzel and potato salad at Bier Beisl.
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