Wednesday, October 16, 2013

This Date in History - October 16

Happy birthday, Tim McCarver.  The man who taught my mother baseball.

456:  MAGISTER MILITUM RICIMER DEFEATS EMPEROR AVITUS AT PIACENZA AND BECOMES MASTER OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE.

An awful lot to type if you don't really care.

1384:  JADWIGA IS CROWNED KING OF POLAND, ALTHOUGH SHE IS A WOMAN.

If this is a simple mistake, then that Jadwiga must be one ugly lady.

1590:  CARLO GESAULDO, COMPOSER, PRINCE OF VENOSA AND COUNT OFCONZA, MURDERS HIS WIFE, DONNA MARIA D'AVALO AND HER LOVER FABRIZIO CARAFA THE DUKE OF ANDRIA.

Even more to type and I don't really care.

1793:  MARIE ANTOINETTE, WIDOW OF LOUIS XVI, IS GUILLOTINED.  

If you need this basket for the laundry, you better wash it out first.

1834:  MUCH OF THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER IN LONDON BURNS TO THE GROUNDS.

But what about the London Bridges?  Aren't they falling down?

1846:  WILLIAM TG MORTON IS THE FIRST TO ADMINISTER ETHER ANESTHESIA.

Gee, I hope he was a doctor.

1875:  BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IS FOUNDED IN PROVO, UTAH.

Introduction to Mormons 101 is open for enrollment.

1916:  IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, MARGARET SANGER OPENS THE FIRST FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC IN THE US.

Because not everybody is interested in birthin' babies.

1917:  ACTRESS ALICE PEARCE IS BORN.

Abner!

1923:  COMPOSER BERT KAEMPFERT IS BORN.

His mother has a song request.  Red Roses for a Sore Pelvis.

1923:  THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY IS FOUNDED BY WALT DISNEY.

Gee, I wonder if they ever turned a profit.

1925:  ACTRESS ANGELA LANSBURY IS BORN.

Birthday, She Wrote.

1928:  ACTRESS ANN MORGAN GUILBERT IS BORN.

Millie Halper, next door neighbor to Rob and Laura Petrie.

1939:  THE FIRST ATTACK ON BRITISH TERRITORY BY THE GERMAN LUFTWAFFE.

I guess the Nazis weren't big on scones and clotted cream.

1941:  BASEBALL STARS/SPORTSCASTER TIM MCCARVER IS BORN.

Many people don't like him.  I, however, think he was great and I salute him for doing his last postseason games this October.  Great career, Timmy.

1944:  WALLY WALRUS, WOODY WOODPECKER'S FOIL, DEBUTS IN A WALTER LANTZ CARTOON.

Chilly Willy can't be far behind.

1946:  ACTRESS SUZANNE SOMERS IS BORN.

If you want to laugh a lot, watch her next show on the Home Shopping Network.

1962:  THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS BEGINS WHEN PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY IS SHOWN PHOTOGRAPHS OF MISSILE SITES IN CUBA.

"What?  You only have black and white??"

1964:  CHINA DETONATES ITS FIRST NUCLEAR WEAPON.

And we were worried about Russia?

1964:  SOVIET LEADERS LEONID BREZHNEV AND ALEXEI KOSYGIN ARE INAUGURATED IN RUSSIA.

Bye, bye, Nikita.

1968:  US ATHLETES TOMMIE SMITH AND JOHN CARLOS ARE KICKED THE US OLYMPIC TEAM FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE BLACK POWER SALUTE.

Right on, brother!

1969:  THE NEW YORK METS WIN THE WORLD SERIES.

And a young boy in Mount Vernon, New York has his first moment of glory in life.

1972:  ACTOR LEO G. CARROLL DIES.

"George!  Marian!"

1973:  HENRY KISSINGER AND LE DUC THO ARE AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

Is this before or after Kissinger was shtupping Jill St. John?

1973:   DRUMMER GENE KRUPA DIES.

Bang this.

1978:  KAROL WOJTYLA IS ELECTED POPE PAUL II.

A big day for Poland because...

1978:  WANDA RUTKIEWICZ IS THE FIRST POLE AND EUROPEAN WOMAN TO REACH THE TOP OF MOUNT EVEREST.

Kielbasie for everybody!

1978:  ACTOR DAN DAILEY DIES.

Mother Wore Tights.  Dad Wore Shrouds.

1984:  DESMOND TUTU IS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

He did not sleep with Jill St. John.  As far as I know.

1989:  ACTOR CORNEL WILDE DIES.

The Greatest Wake on Earth.

1995:  THE MILLION MAN MARCH OCCURS IN WASHINGTON, DC.

Any excuse to take a day off.

1997:  ACTRESS AUDRA LINDLEY DIES.

Mrs. Roper!!

1997:  AUTHOR JAMES MICHENER DIES.

Did he ever write a book shorter than 1000 pages?

1999:  RADIO HOST JEAN SHEPHERD DIES.

This is worse than poking your eye out.

2004:  FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY PIERRE SALINGER DIES.

He had no comment.

2006:  A MAGNITUDE 6.7 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS HAWAII.

Hawaii 6.7.

2007:  ACTRESS DEBORAH KERR DIES.

From Here to Real Eternity.

2010:  ACTRESS BARBARA BILLINGSLEY DIES.

"Gee, Ward, I'm worried about June."

2012:  BASEBALL PLAYER/COACH EDDIE YOST DIES.

On this very date in 1969, he was coaching third base for the World Series winning New York Mets.

Dinner last night:  The pre-game buffet at the Dodger Stadium Club.

 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"I speak jive."

Barbara Billingsley's best-ever moment in "Airplane!" One of the funniest scenes to illustrate the differences between whites and blacks. Shit!