Wednesday, June 25, 2014

This Date in History - June 25

Happy birthday, Jimmie Walker.  Good times!

253:  POPE CORNELIUS IS BEHEADED.

So I wonder how they paraded this around the Vatican.   Were there two processions?

841:  FORCES LED BY CHARLES THE BALD AND LOUIS THE GERMAN DEFEAT THE ARMIES OF LOTHAIR I OF ITALY AND PEPIN II.  

As detailed by Len the Blogger.

1530:  AT THE DIET OF AUGSBURG, THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION IS PRESENTED TO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR BY LUTHERAN PRINCES.

And that's why I have a church to go to every Sunday.

1678:  VENETIAN ELENA CORNARO PISCOPIA IS THE FIRST WOMAN AWARDED A DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY.  

When she lost her eyesight, she was a blind Venetian.

1788;  VIRGINIA BECOMES THE 10TH STATE TO RATIFY THE US CONSTITUTION.

Do we still have a constitution?

1876:  BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN AND THE DEATH OF GENERAL CUSTER.

Who died with his boots on.

1906:  PITTSBURGH MILLIONAIRE HARRY THAW SHOOTS AND KILLS ARCHITECT STANFORD WHITE.

Didn't like the plans for the master bath, did he?

1910:  IGOR STRAVINSKY'S BALLET "THE FIREBIRD" IS PREMIERED IN PARIS.

Zzzzzz.

1924:  DIRECTOR SIDNEY LUMET IS BORN.

He was mad as hell and he wasn't going to take it anymore.

1925:  ACTRESS JUNE LOCKHART IS BORN.

Here, girl.

1935:  DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND COLOMBIA ARE ESTABLISHED.  

They deserve each other.

1938:  DR. DOUGLAS HYDE IS INAUGURATED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF IRELAND.

Beating Jekyll in a close race.

1940:  FRANCE OFFFICIALLY SURRENDERS TO GERMANY.

The correct term is "they rolled over like dogs."

1942:  BASKETBALL STAR WILLIS REED IS BORN.

How long did it take to get him out?

1944:  US NAVY SHIPS BOMBARD CHERBOURG DURING WORLD WAR II.

They hated umbrellas.

1944: THE FINAL "KRAZY KAT" COMIC STRIP IS PUBLISHED.

Ignatz.

1947:  "THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK" IS PUBLISHED.

Lousy ending.

1947:  COMIC JIMMIE WALKER IS BORN.

Dyn-O-Mite.

1948:  THE BERLIN AIRLIFT BEGINS.

Who's bringing the brats?

1975:  MOZAMBIQUE ACHIEVES INDEPENDENCE.

A good day to be a Mozambi.

1975:  PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN INDIA.

So, those of you having problems with your Dell computer.....

1976:  MISSOURI GOVERNOR KIT BOND ISSUES AN ORDER RESCINDING THE EXTERMINATION ORDER, FORMALLY APOLOGIZING FOR HOW THE STATE TREATED THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.

The Osmonds accept the apology.

1978:  THE RAINBOW FLAG REPRESENTING GAY PRIDE IS FLOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Naturally.

1979:  ANIMATOR DAVE FLEISCHER DIES.

Popeye is a pallbearer.   Betty Boop does the eulogy.

1981:  MICROSOFT IS RESTRUCTURED TO BECOME A BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

They made a few dollars.

1997:  EXPLORER JACQUES COUSTEAU DIES.

Six feet under wasn't so far for him.

2009:  ACTRESS FARRAH FAWCETT DIES.

Charlie's really got an angel now.

2009:  ROCK STAR MICHAEL JACKSON DIES.

"I just need a little sleep."

Dinner last night:  Leftover sausage and red cabbage.





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