1122: POPE CALLIXTUS II AND HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR HENRY V AGREE TO THE CONCORDAT OF WORMS.
The mention of worms? Never good.
1215: EMPEROR KUBLAI KHAN IS BORN.
Great, great grandfather to Chaka.
1409: BATTLE OF KHERLEN, THE SECOND SIGNIFICANT VICTORY OVER MING CHINA BY THE MONGOLS SINCE 1368.
I read all about it in a blog. Kherlen Speaks.
1641: THE MERCHANT ROYAL, CARRYING A TREASURE WORTH OVER A BILLION US DOLLARS, IS LOST AT SEA.
A billion dollars dumped overboard. The 1641 version of affordable health care.
1642: THE FIRST COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OCCUR AT HARVARD.
In September? They have some kinks to work out.
1779: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - JOHN PAUL JONES ON BOARD THE USS BONHOMME RICHARD WINS THE BATTLE OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD.
Way to go, JP.
1780: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - BRITISH MAJOR JOHN ANDRE IS ARRESTED AS A SPY BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS EXPOSING BENEDICT ARNOLD'S CHANGE OF SIDES.
What??? Benedict Arnold is a turncoat???
1806: LEWIS AND CLARK RETURN TO ST. LOUIS AFTER EXPLORING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF THE US.
Just in time for playoff baseball.
1845: THE KNICKERBOCKERS BASEBALL CLUB, THE FIRST BASEBALL TEAM TO PLAY UNDER THE MODERN RULES, IS FOUNDED.
Wait. Isn't there another team they would be playing?
1869: TYPHOID MARY IS BORN.
Mary, Typhoid as printed in the phone book.
1889: NINTENDO KOPPAI IS FOUNDED TO PRODUCE AND MARKET THE PLAYING CARD GAME OF HANAFUDA.
Yes, that Nintendo.
1897: ACTOR WALTER PIDGEON IS BORN.
Mr. Miniver.
1909: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, A NOVEL, IS FIRST PUBLISHED.
Boy, will this have some residuals??!!
1920: ACTOR MICKEY ROONEY IS BORN.
He probably kept the same height all his life.
1927: SINGER MIGHTY JOE YOUNG IS BORN.
Not the ape.
1930: SINGER RAY CHARLES IS BORN.
Georgia on his mind.
1943: WORLD WAR II - THE NAZI PUPPET STATE IN THE ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC IS FOUNDED.
Why do I think these weren't exactly Muppets?
1943: SINGER JULIO IGLESIAS IS BORN.
My mother loved his records. But whose mother didn't?
1945: ACTOR PAUL PETERSEN IS BORN.
I traded e-mails with him on a project about ten years ago. Nice guy.
1947: ACTRESS MARY KAY PLACE IS BORN.
I've always thought she was very underrated as an actress.
1949: SINGER BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS BORN.
Yes, gang, I am not a fan. Never saw him in person. Never wanted to.
1952: RICHARD NIXON MAKES HIS FAMOUS CHECKERS SPEECH.
King me.
1962: THE LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY.
Funny because it still looks new.
1969: THE CHICAGO EIGHT TRIAL OPENS IN CHICAGO.
The Chicago Nine were busy losing the NL East to the Mets at the same time.
1973: JUAN PERON RETURNS TO POWER IN ARGENTINA.
Soon to be a musical in your town.
1974: ACTOR CLIFF ARQUETTE DIES.
Charlie Weaver!
1981: ACTOR CHIEF DAN GEORGE DIES.
I always get him mixed up with that other Indian who was crying about the garbage on the road.
1986: JIM DESHAIES OF THE HOUSTON ASTROS SETS THE MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD BY STRIKING OUT THE FIRST EIGHT BATTERS OF THE GAME AGAINST THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS.
The Mets' Jacob deGrom will tie this record in 2014.
1987: DANCER/DIRECTOR BOB FOSSE DIES.
And all that jazz.
1988: JOSE CANSECO OF THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS BECOMES THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE 40-40 CLUB.
Yeah, but I still remember him most for the ball hitting him in the head and then bouncing over the wall.
1998: ACTRESS MARY FRANN DIES.
The TV wife of Bob Newhart that nobody remembers.
1999: CELEBRATE BISEXUALITY DAY IS FIRST OBSERVED IN THE US.
I can't make up my mind which joke to use.
2002: THE FIRST PUBLIC VERSION OF THE WEB BROWSER MOZILLA FIREFOX IS RELEASED.
The most recent version messed up my laptop.
Dinner last night: Leftover chicken sausage and macaroni salad.
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