301: SAN MERINO, ONE OF THE SMALLEST NATIONS IN THE WORLD AND THE OLDEST REPUBLIC IN EXISTENCE, IS FOUNDED BY SAINT MARINUS.
Marinus? Doesn't he play in Seattle?
673: KIMG WAMBA OF THE VISIGOTHS PUTS DOWN A REVOLT BY HILDERIC, GOVERNOR OF FRANCE.
If Wamba was on a baseball team, he would swing a wambat.
1189: RICHARD THE LIONHEART OF ENGLAND IS CROWNED AT WESTMINSTER.
He is the king of the forest.
1260: THE MAMLUKS DEFEAT THE MONGOLS IN PALESTINE, MARKING THEIR FIRST DECISIVE DEFEAT AND THE POINT OF MAXIMUM EXPANSION OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE.
I love Mongolian Beef.
1651: THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER IN THE THIRD ENGLISH CIVIL WAR.
So how does this wind up in Massachusetts?
1658: RICHARD CROMWELL BECOMES LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND.
Lord Protector? Sounds like a movie with Arnold.
1777: DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES IS FLOWN IN BATTLE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE BATTLE OF COOCH'S BRIDGE.
Long may it wave.
1812: 24 SETTLERS ARE KILLED IN THE PIGEON ROOST MASSACRE IN INDIANA.
But how many birds died?
1838: FUTURE ABOLITIONIST FREDERICK DOUGLASS ESCAPES FROM SLAVERY.
Can you blame him for his later political stand?
1861: DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, CONFEDERATE GENERAL LEONIDAS POLK INVADES NEUTRAL KENTUCKY.
My Old Confederate Home.
1875: THE FIRST OFFICIAL GAME OF POLO IS PLAYED IN ARGENTINA AFTER BEING INTRODUCED BY BRITISH RANCHERS.
So now we have something to put on the cologne bottle.
1910: TV PERSONALITY KITTY CARLISLE IS BORN.
With or without the long black gloves.
1913: ACTOR ALAN LADD IS BORN.
He's here, Shane.
1914: FRENCH COMPOSER ALBERIC MAGNARD IS KILLED AFTER SHOOTING AT INVADING GERMAN SOLDIERS.
Cue the funeral dirge.
1924: ACTRESS MARY GRACE CANFIELD IS BORN.
Alf...or Ralph....from Green Acres, Whichever one, she just died, too.
1929: MOBSTER WHITEY BULGER IS BORN.
Celebrating this one in jail.
1931: SERIAL KILLER ALBERT DESALVO IS BORN.
Don't answer the door.
1935: SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL REACHES A SPEED OF 304,331 MILES PER HOUR ON THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN UTAH, BECOMING THE FIRST PERSON TO DRIVE A CAR OVER 300 MPH.
They haven't seen me when I'm late for a Dodger game.
1939: FRANCE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIA DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY AFTER THE INVASION OF POLAND.
Mr. Roosevelt, what say you? I hear nothing.
1939: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE BEGIN A NAVAL BLOCKADE OF GERMANY THAT LASTS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.
I'm guessing this was mostly England's idea.
1941: THE FIRST GAS CHAMBER EXPERIMENTS ARE CONDUCTED AT AUSCHWITZ.
Charming.
1944: ANNE FRANK AND HER FAMILY ARE PLACED ON THE LAST TRANSPORT TRAIN TO AUSCHWITZ.
And speaking of the gas chamber.
1951: THE FIRST AMERICAN TV SOAP OPERA, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, AIRS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CBS.
Not one that my grandmother watched.
1962: POET E.E. CUMMINGS DIES.
rip.
1965: ACTOR CHARLIE SHEEN IS BORN.
You think there's some drinking going on at his house tonight?
1967: IN SWEDEN, TRAFFIC CHANGES FROM DRIVING ON THE LEFT TO DRIVING ON THE RIGHT OVERNIGHT.
Which makes it very confusing when you're coming home with a snootful at midnight.
1970: COACH VINCE LOMBARDI DIES.
Thrown for a huge loss.
1985: SONGWRITER JOHNNY MARKS DIES.
He had a very shiny nose.
1991: DIRECTOR FRANK CAPRA DIES.
It WAS a wonderful life.
2001: FILM CRITIC PAULINE KAEL DIES.
I bet she hates this, too.
2012: RELIGIOUS LEADER SUN MYUNG MOON DIES.
Setting in the west.
Dinner last night: BBQ tri-tip sandwich at Wood Ranch.
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