814: EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNE DIES.
Centuries before he opens on Broadway in Pippin.
1393: KING CHARLES VI OF FRANCE IS NEARLY KILLED WHEN SEVERAL DANCERS' COSTUMES CATCH FIRE DURING A MASQUERADE BALL.
Gee, was he under some dancer's dress at the time?
1521: THE DIET OF WORMS BEGINS.
Some people will do anything to lose weight.
1547: HENRY VIII DIES. HIS NINE-YEAR-OLD SON BECOMES KING.
And the kid's already been married twice.
1701: THE CHINESE STORM DARTSEDO.
Not to be confused with the TV movie Sharknado.
1754: HORACE WALPOLE COINS THE WORD SERENDIPITY IN A LETTER TO HORACE MANN.
Which was pure serendipity in itself.
1813: JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IS FIRST PUBLISHED.
Book report due Friday.
1846: THE BATTLE OF ALIWAL, INDIA, IS WON BY BRITISH TROOPS COMMANDED BY SIR HARRY SMITH.
The guy from the old CBS Morning Show??
1855: A LOCOMOTIVE ON THE PANAMA CANAL RAILWAY RUNS FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Please don't try to tell me this happened in one day.
1887: THE WORLD'S LARGEST SNOWFLAKES ARE REPORTED IN MONTANA.
Wait. I think the city of Buffalo has something to say about that.
1896: WALTER ARNOLD OF KENT BECOMES THE FIRST PERSON TO BE CONVICTED OF SPEEDING.
Which means that today we also have the first cop to give out a speeding ticket.
1909: US TROOPS LEAVE CUBA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE.
Funny how long that place has been around.
1917: CITY-OWNED STREETCARS TAKE TO THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
They had to have some place to hang up those Rice-A-Roni ads.
1934: THE FIRST SKI TOW IN THE US BEGINS OPERATION IN VERMONT.
Well, you didn't think it would be in Florida??
1936: ACTOR ALAN ALDA IS BORN.
I met him once. Just sayin'.
1941: RECORD PRODUCER KING TUBBY IS BORN.
I have no clue who he is. I just like the name.
1944: ACTRESS SUSAN HOWARD IS BORN.
Donna Krebs from TV's Dallas!
1956: ELVIS PRESLEY MAKES HIS FIRST US TV APPEARANCE.
He ain't nothing but a hound dog.
1958: THE LEGO COMPANY PATENTS THE DESIGN OF ITS LEGO BRICKS.
And so the printing of money begins.
1960: THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ANNOUNCED EXPANSION TEAMS FOR DALLAS TO START IN 1960 AND MINNEAPOLIS IN 1961.
And so the printing of money in Dallas begins.
1973: ACTOR JOHN BANNER DIES.
"Hogan!!!!"
1979: CBS SUNDAY MORNING DEBUTS WITH HOST CHARLES KURALT.
For those just getting in from Saturday night.
1985: USA FOR AFRICA RECORDS THE HIT SINGLE "WE ARE THE WORLD" TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR FAMINE RELIEF.
In 2015, there's still famine but Michael Jackson is dead.
1986: SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER EXPLODES AFTER LIFTOFF KILLING ALL SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD.
I remember this like it was yesterday.
1994: ACTOR HAL SMITH DIES.
Otis the Drunk from TV's Andy Griffith Show.
2004: FOOTBALL PLAYER ELROY HIRSCH DIES.
Dig those crazy, lifeless legs.
Dinner last night: Leftover garlic chicken.
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