211: ROMAN EMPEROR SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS DIES AT EBORACUM WHILE PREPARING TO LEAD A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE CALDEONIANS. HE LEAVES THE EMPIRE IN THE CONTROL OF HIS TWO QUARRELING SONS.
So you thought that Game of Thrones was intriguing?
960: THE CORONATION OF ZHAO KUANGYIN AS EMPEROR TAIZU OF SONG, INITIATING THE SONG DYNASTY PERIOD OF CHINA THAT WOULD LAST MORE THAN THREE CENTURIES.
Three hundred years of song. Just like Tony Bennett.
1169: A STRONG EARTHQUAKE STRIKES SICILY, CAUSING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INJURIES AND DEATH.
One.
1703: IN EDO (NOW TOKYO), 46 OF THE FORTY-SEVEN RONIN COMMIT SEPPUKU (RITUAL SUICIDE).
Seppuku. Not to confused with Sudoku.
1789: GEORGE WASHINGTON IS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE US BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
It's all downhill from here.
1797: THE RIOBAMBA EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ECUADOR, CAUSING UP TO 40,000 CASUALTIES.
Two.
1825: THE OHIO LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OHIO AND ERIE CANAL.
The good news? Not an earthquake.
1846: THE FIRST MORMON PIONEERS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM ILLINOIS TOWARDS SALT LAKE CITY.
Here comes the Osmonds.
1861: IN ALABAMA, DELEGATES FROM SIX BREAK-AWAY US STATES MEET AND FORM THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
You Yankee bastards.
1902: PILOT CHARLES LINDBERGH IS BORN.
Future Nazi sympathizer.
1915: ACTOR WILLIAM TALMAN IS BORN.
Perry Mason's Hamilton Berger.
1918: ACTRESS IDA LUPINO IS BORN.
Howard Duff's former wife.
1923: ACTOR CONRAD BAIN IS BORN.
Gary Coleman's adopted father.
1936: RADIUM BECOMES THE FIRST RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT TO BE MADE SYNTHETICALLY.
Glow in the dark.
1941: THE USO IS CREATED TO ENTERTAIN AMERICAN TROOPS.
And to give Bob Hope an excuse to avoid Dolores during the holidays.
1945: THE YALTA CONFERENCE BETWEEN CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, AND STALIN OCCURS IN THE CRIMEA.
This would ultimately be FDR's last trip abroad.
1966: ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS FLIGHT 60 PLUNGES INTO TOKYO BAY, KILLING 133.
Unlike Malaysian Airways, they know what happened to this plane.
1969: YASSER ARAFAT TAKES OVER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PLO.
Yessir, Yasser.
1971: MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI IS BORN.
The new Mayor of Los Angeles. Which means we finally got rid of the old Mayor, that lummox Villaraigosa.
1974: THE SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY KIDNAPS PATTY HEARST IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.
When will they release here? What's the hold up?
1975: THE HAICHENG, CHINA EARTHQUAKE.
Three.
1976: AN EARTHQUAKE KILLS MORE THAN 22,000 IN GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS.
Four.
1977: A CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY ELEVATED TRAIN REAR-ENDS ANOTHER AND KILLS 11, THE WORST ACCIDENT IN THE AGENCY'S HISTORY.
But, at least, it wasn't during one of their lake-effect blizzards.
1983: SINGER KAREN CARPENTER DIES.
From Top of the World to....
1987: PIANIST LIBERACE DIES.
He died of AIDs??? How is that possible???
1998: A 6.1 EARTHQUAKE KILLS MORE THAN 5,000 IN AFGHANISTAN.
Five.
2004: FACEBOOK IS FOUNDED.
Like this.
2005: ACTOR OSSIE DAVIS DIES.
Don't you wish he was once married to Harriet Tubman?
2006: ACTIVIST BETTY FRIEDAN DIES.
No mistake. Or mystique.
Dinner last night: Leftover beef stew.
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