421: VENICE IS FOUNDED AT TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, ACCORDING TO LEGEND.
Actually it was 12:10PM. There was a pre-game show on TBS.
708: POPE CONSTANTINE SUCCEEDS POPE SISINNIUS AS THE 88TH POPE.
Because the former Pope had a sisinnius infection.
1199: RICHARD I IS WOUNDED BY A CROSSBOW BOLT WHILE FIGHTING FRANCE, LEADING TO HIS DEATH ON APRIL 6.
Leading to...I guess...a Richard II.
1306: ROBERT THE BRUCE BECOMES KING OF SCOTLAND.
What kind of last name is The Bruce?
1409: THE COUNCIL OF PISA OPENS.
I wonder which way they're leaning.
1584: SIR WALTER RALEIGH IS GRANTED A PATENT TO COLONIZE VIRGINIA.
Roll that tobacco.
1634: THE FIRST SETTLERS ARRIVE IN MARYLAND.
And that's about when Cal Ripken's streak started, right?
1802: THE TREATY OF AMIENS IS SIGNED AS A DEFINITIVE TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
For now.
1807: THE SLAVE TRADE ACT BECOMES LAW, ABOLISHING THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
So now you can get a slave through free agency?
1811: PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY IS EXPELLED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FOR PUBLISHING THE PAMPHLET "THE NECESSITY OF ATHEISM."
Believing in a cause that is not believing God. Got it.
1865: DURING THE CIVIL WAR, CONFEDERATE FORCES IN VIRGINIA TEMPORARILY CAPTURE FORT STEDMAN.
Oprah's phony boyfriend??
1908: DIRECTOR DAVID LEAN IS BORN.
The director of one of my favorite movies...."The Bridge On The River Kwai."
1911: MURDERER JACK RUBY IS BORN.
"Jack, you son of a bitch."
1918: THE BELARUSIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC IS ESTABLISHED.
For all those who want to vacation in Belarus.
1918: SPORTSCASTER HOWARD COSELL IS BORN.
He had no hair then either.
1918: COMPOSER CLAUDE DEBUSSY DIES.
La Mer. Le Morte.
1926: MOVIE CRITIC GENE SHALIT IS BORN.
Most likely to be confused with Jerry Colonna. Or a floor mop.
1931: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS ARE ARRESTED IN ALABAMA AND CHARGED WITH RAPE.
Later to become a Broadway musical. ?????
1942: SINGER ARETHA FRANKLIN IS BORN.
You make me feel like.....
1947: ROCK STAR ELTON JOHN IS BORN.
Gee, I wonder why he never married. Oh, wait, he did. A couple of times. To a woman. To a man. I better check with the registry at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
1948: THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TORNADO FORECAST PREDICTS THAT A TORNADO WILL STRIKE AN AIR FORCE BASE IN OKLAHOMA.
Yeah, but how many did they get wrong?
1957: US CUSTOMS SEIZES COPIES OF ALLEN GINSBERG'S POEM "HOWL" ON OBSCENITY GROUNDS.
I bet that, if this happened today, "Howl" would be produced as a sitcom on Fox.
1965: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR 4 DAY MARCH FROM SELMA.
Movie to come.
1965: ACTRESS SARAH JESSICA PARKER IS BORN.
After her parents had some sex in the city.
1969: DURING THEIR HONEYMOON, JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO HOLD THEIR FIRST BED-IN FOR PEACE. IT LASTED FOR A WEEK.
Do Not Disturb sign in place.
1975: FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA IS SHOT AND KILLED BY A MENTALLY ILL NEPHEW.
Every family has one.
1990: THE HAPPY LAND FIRE AT AN ILLEGAL NIGHTCLUB IN THE BRONX KILLS 87 PEOPLE.
So not so happy.
1992: ACTRESS NANCY WALKER DIES.
Rhoda's mom!
1995: WIKIWIKIWEB IS MADE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME.
And ultimately helps to populate this blog every Wednesday.
2005: TV PRODUCER PAUL HENNING DIES.
Whee doggie.
2008: SCREENWRITER ABBY MANN DIES.
He was a guy, by the way.
2009: NEW YORK YANKEE JOHNNY BLANCHARD DIES.
What a great pinch hitter!!
Dinner last night: Lasagna at Osteria Al Doge.
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