83BC: MARK ANTONY IS BORN.
He looked nothing like either Marlon Brando or Richard Burton.
1301: ANDREW III OF HUNGARY DIES, ENDING THE ARPAD DYNASTY IN HUNGARY.
Was Arpad anything like an iPad?
1539: SPAIN ANNEXES CUBA.
There's rum to be had.
1639: THE FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS, THE FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION THAT CREATED A GOVERNMENT, IS ADOPTED IN CONNECTICUT.
Nobody remembers the Fundamental Orders. But, then again, nobody remembers the real Constitution either.
1784: RATIFICATION DAY IN THE US. CONGRESS RATIFIES THE TREATY OF PARIS WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
And we care why?
1814: FREDERICK VI OF DENMARK CEDES NORWAY TO SWEDEN IN RETURN FOR POMERANIA.
Somebody got stuck with some dogs.
1858: NAPOLEON III OF FRANCE ESCAPES AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.
Thanks to the 1858 version of Jack Bauer.
1892: PRODUCER HAL ROACH IS BORN.
I have to stay home and grease Wheezer.
1906: ACTOR WILLIAM BENDIX IS BORN.
And so Riley begins.
1907: AN EARTHQUAKE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA KILLS MORE THAN 1,000.
Change at Jamaica for Babylon and the coroner's office.
1915: GAME SHOW PRODUCER MARK GOODSON IS BORN.
Waiting for Todman.
1933: THE CONTROVERSIAL BODYLINE CRICKET TACTICS USED BY DOUGLAS JARDINE'S ENGLAND PEAK WHEN AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN BILL WOODFULL IS HIT OVER THE HEART.
I don't know what any of that means.
1941: ACTRESS FAYE DUNAWAY IS BORN.
Why do I think that the nasty character she played in Network is really the way she is in real life?
1943: JAPAN BEGINS OPERATION KE, THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION TO EVACUATE ITS FORCES FROM GUADALCANAL.
Running like scared rabbits.
1943: FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND WINSTON CHURCHILL BEGIN THE CASABLANCA CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS STRATEGY AND THE NEXT PHASE OF THE WAR.
They went to Rick's afterwards.
1943: FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT BECOMES THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE US TO TRAVEL BY AIRPLANE WHILE IN OFFICE WHEN HE TRAVELS FROM MIAMI TO MOROCCO FOR THE CASABLANCA CONFERENCE.
All that WWII news in one day. Must have kept Edward R. Murrow up all night.
1952: NBC'S LONG RUNNING MORNING SHOW TODAY DEBUTS WITH HOST DAVE GARROWAY.
Just in case you're confused and thought the first host was a chimp.
1954: THE HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY MERGES WITH NASH TO FORM THE AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION.
In about twenty years, makers of that piece of junk called the Gremlin.
1957: ACTOR HUMPHREY BOGART DIES.
Bad news. The good news? Lauren Bacall now available.
1961: ACTOR BARRY FITZGERALD DIES.
Going God's way.
1965: SINGER JEANETTE MACDONALD DIES.
Ever seen one of her musicals with Nelson Eddy? ZZZZzzzzzz.
1967: THE HUMAN BE-IN TAKES PLACE N SAN FRANCISCO, LAUNCHING THE SUMMER OF LOVE.
Hey now.
1973: ELVIS PRESLEY'S CONCERT FROM HAWAII IS BROADCAST LIVE VIA SATELLITE AND SETS THE RECORD AS THE MOST WATCHED BROADCAST BY AN INDIVIDUAL ENTERTAINER IN TELEVISION HISTORY.
Take that, Taylor Swift.
1977: ACTOR PETER FINCH DIES.
Just as he gets an Oscar nomination for Network. And later wins. And note that it happened on Faye Dunaway's birthday. Don't you love this Wednesday feature?
1984: BUSINESSMAN RAY KROC DIES.
Supersize that.
1986: ACTRESS DONNA REED DIES.
It was a wonderful life.
2004: THE NATIONAL FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA, THE SO-CALLED FIVE CROSS FLAG, IS RESTORED TO OFFICIAL USE AFTER A HIATUS OF SOME 500 YEARS.
I doubt any of the originals were still around.
2006: ACTRESS SHELLEY WINTERS DIES.
After sleeping with practically everybody in Hollywood.
2009: ACTOR RICARDO MONTALBAN DIES.
Including maybe him.
2013: ACTOR CONRAD BAIN DIES.
After outliving two of the three kids on that damn Diff'rent Strokes sitcom.
Dinner last night: Leftover turkey chili and salad.
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