461: ROMAN EMPEROR MAJORIAN IS BEHEADED FOLLOWING HIS ARREST AND DEPOSITION BY THE MAGISTER MILITUM RICIMER.
There's an awful lot of "Ms" in that sentence.
1420: CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOME OF SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE BEGINS IN FLORENCE.
So when do the Florence Astros get to play there?
1427: THE VISCONTI OF MILAN'S FLEET IS DESTROYED BY THE VENETIANS ON THE PO RIVER.
A blind-ing battle. Okay, you try to be funny on a blog every day.
1782: GEORGE WASHINGTON ORDERS THE CREATION OF THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT TO HONOR SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN BATTLE. IT IS LATER RENAMED THE PURPLE HEART.
Not a bad move by a guy who had more white hair than Barbara Bush.
1780: THE US DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS ESTABLISHED.
That's because they have all these Purple Hearts in the warehouse.
1794: US PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON INVOKES THE MILITIA ACTS OF 1782 TO SUPPRESS THE WHISKEY REBELLION.
And that's all because they have all these Purple Hearts in the warehouse.
1876: SPY MATA HARI IS BORN.
Except she was hiding and nobody knew it.
1884: ACTRESS BILLIE BURKE IS BORN.
The Good Witch.
1879: THE OPENING OF THE POOR MAN'S PALACE IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.
Not a home we will ever see on Downton Abbey.
1890: ANNA MANSDOTTER BECOMES THE LAST WOMAN IN SWEDEN TO BE EXECUTED.
So there have been no crimes committed by Swedish women since???
1909: ALICE HUYLER RAMSEY AND THREE FRIENDS BECOME THE FIRST WOMEN TO COMPLETE A TRANSCONTINENTAL AUTO TRIP, GOINGFROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO IN 59 DAYS.
The original female buddy/road trip movie. Thelma and Louise, take note.
1927: ACTOR CARL SWITZER IS BORN.
Alfalfa!!!
1927: THE PEACE BRIDGE OPENS BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
Peace indeed. How much is the toll?
1930: THE LAST CONFIRMED LYNCHING OF BLACKS IN THE NORTHERN US OCCURS IN MARION, INDIANA.
The key word here is "confirmed."
1940: ALSACE-LORRAINE IS ANNEXED BY THE THIRD REICH.
For those Nazis who like skiing and cheese.
1942: SINGER BJ THOMAS IS BORN.
It would be poetic if he was born in a field. And it was raining.
1942: THE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL BEGINS. US MARINES INITIATE THE FIRST AMERICAN OFFENSIVE OF WORLD WAR II.
Paging John Wayne....
1947: THOR HEYERDAHL'S RAFT, THE KON-TIKI, SMASHES INTO A REEF AFTER A 11010 DAY JOURNEY ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
No Tiki, no......
1955: ACTOR WAYNE KNIGHT IS BORN.
He was also in the movie "Porky's" And that makes total sense.
1955: TOKYO TELECOMMINICATIONS ENGINEERING, THE PRECURSOR TO SONY, SELLS ITS FIRST TRANSISTOR RADIOS IN JAPAN.
How did you listen to the radio at the beach before this??
1957: ACTOR OLIVER HARDY DIES.
The ultimate fine mess.
1959: THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL DESIGN ON THE US PENNY GOES INTO CIRCULATION.
Back when you could actually buy something with a penny.
1964: THE US CONGRESS PASSES THE GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION GIVING PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON BROAD WAR POWERS TO DEAL WITH NORTH VIETNAMESE ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FORCES.
Yeah, that was a good idea.
1966: RACE RIOTS OCCUR IN LANSING, MICHIGAN.
Why not? They were everywhere else.
1972: ACTRESS JOI LANSING DIES.
An actress well known for having breasts that reached from Santa Monica to Pasadena. Poetically, she died of breast cancer.
1974: PHILIPPE PETIT PERFORMS A HIGH WIRE ACT BETWEEN THE TWIN TOWERS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
Check out the documentary on this stunt. "Man on Wire."
1978: US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER DECLARES A FEDERAL EMERGENCY AT LOVE CANAL DUE TO TOXIC WASTE THAT HAD BEEN NEGLIGENTLY DISPOSED OF.
It's the same thing that Hollywood does every Friday at our local multiplexes.
1985: TAKAO DOI, MAMORU MOHRI, AND CHIAKI MUKAI ARE CHOSEN TO BE JAPAN'S FIRST ASTRONAUT.
Can you freeze dry sushi?
2005: JOURNALIST PETER JENNINGS DIES.
I hope this was ABC's lead story for the day.
2007: BARRY BONDS OF THE SF GIANTS BREAKS BASEBALL GREAT HANK AARON'S RECORD BY HITTING HIS 756TH HOME RUN.
The history books acknowledge this. I do not.
2008: PRODUCER BERNIE BRILLSTEIN DIES.
Outliving original client John Belushi by more than 3o years.
2012: CRITIC JUDITH CRIST DIES.
So what's the review on that, Judith?
Dinner last night: Sausage and kale ravioli.
1 comment:
One of the best "Superman" episodes on TV involved Joi Lansing, who was cast in a role that involved her as "Mrs. Superman" -- actually a decoy designed to catch some bad guy. She was, indeed, amply endowed but did a good job with the part.
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