Wednesday, February 26, 2014

This Date in History - February 26

Happy birthday to Tom Kennedy.   Remember...it's not what you say...it's what...

364:  VALENTINIAN I IS PROCLAIMED ROMAN EMPEROR.

We can't do one of these Wednesdays without at least one knucklehead becoming Roman Emperor.

1233:  DURING THE MONGOL-JIN WAR, THE MONGOLS CAPTURE THE CAPITAL OF THE JIN DYNASTY.

Well, naturally...

1658:  AFTER A DEVASTATING DEFEAT IN THE NORTHERN WAR, THE KING OF DENMARK-NORWAY IS FORCED TO GIVE UP NEARLY HALF HIS TERRITORY TO SWEDEN.

Who knew there was such unrest in a country that ultimately gave us Inger Stevens?

1802:  AUTHOR VICTOR HUGO IS BORN.

Where ever hugo...

1815:  NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ESCAPES FROM ELBA.

If you're gonna keep that hand in your jacket, you can at least pull out your wallet when the dinner check comes.

1829:  DESIGNER LEVI STRAUSS IS BORN.

Do you have a 31 length please?

1846:  SOLDIER BUFFALO BILL IS BORN.

Thirty-nine more and you've got yourself a football team.

1887:  ACTOR WILLIAM FRAWLEY IS BORN.

Fred!!!!!

1908:  ANIMATOR TEX AVERY IS BORN.

Genius.

1909:  KINEMACOLOR, THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL COLOR MOTION PICTURE PROCESS, IS FIRST SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC IN LONDON.

Spellcheck!

1914: HMHS BRITANNIC, SISTER TO RMS TITANIC, IS LAUNCHED IN BELFAST.

Hope it stays afloat longer.

1917:  THE ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND RECORDS THE FIRST JAZZ RECORD IN NEW YORK.

Well, what did you think they were going to record?  Show tunes??

1919:  PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON SIGNS AN ACT OF THE US CONGRESS ESTABLISHING MOST OF THE GRAND CANYON AS A NATIONAL PARK.

When does the gift shop open?

1920:  ACTOR TONY RANDALL IS BORN.

Oscar, Oscar, Oscar.

1920: THE FIRST GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST FILM, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, PREMIERES IN BERLIN.

Achtung.

1921:  ACTRESS BETTY HUTTON IS BORN.

She said you can't get a man without a gun.  But then she moved in with a bunch of nuns.  You can't get a man there either.

1927:  GAME SHOW HOST TOM KENNEDY IS BORN.

The brother of game show host Jack Narz.

1928:  SINGER FATS DOMINO IS BORN.

Ain't misbehavin'.

1932:  SINGER JOHNNY CASH IS BORN.

Odds are 3-1 he came out of the womb high.

1935:  ADOLF HITLER ORDERS THE LUFTWAFFE TO BE RE-FORMED, VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES.

Surprised?  Anybody?

1946:  FINNISH OBSERVERS REPORT THE FIRST OF MANY SIGHTINGS OF GHOST ROCKETS.

So I guess all the kooks aren't in Arkansas.

1966:  HERALDING THE APOLLO PROGRAM, THE FIRST SATURN IB ROCKET IS LAUNCHED.  

One small step coming...

1971:  UN SECRETARY GENERAL U THANT SIGNS THE UN PROCLAMATION OF EARTH DAY.

If Ella Fitzgerald had married U Thant, she would have been Ella Thant.

1980:  EGYPT AND ISRAEL ESTABLISH FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.

Who are they kidding?

1987:  DURING THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR, THE TOWER COMMISSION REBUKES PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN FOR NOT CONTROLLING HIS NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF.

"I have a national security staff?"

1993:  IN NEW YORK CITY, A TRUCK BOMB PARKED BELOW THE WORLD TRADE CENTER EXPLODES, KILLING SIX AND INJURING OVER A THOUSAND.

That was just the appetizer.

1997:  ACTOR DAVID DOYLE DIES.

Hello, Angels.

1995:  SELINA GAVE HER LAST "LIVE" CONCERT IN HOUSTON, A FEW DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS SHOT.

And then she gave her first "dead" concert.

2013:  ACTOR DALE ROBERTSON DIES.

The last Tale of Wells Fargo.

Dinner last night:  Leftover chicken sausage.



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