97: EMPEROR NERVA IS FORCED BY THE PRAETORIAN GUARD TO ADOPT GENERAL MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS AS HIS HEIR AND SUCCESSOR.
The nerva!
306: MAXENTIUS IS PROCLAIMED ROMAN EMPEROR.
Mentioned because...
312: CONSTANTINE I DEFEATS MAXENTIUS, BECOME THE SOLE ROMAN EMPEROR OF THE WEST.
Six years in charge, door to door.
1061: EMPRESS AGNES, ACTING AS REGENT FOR HER SON, BRINGS ABOUT THE ELECTION OF THE ANTIPOPE HONORIUS II.
I'm really curious about this concept of an antipope.
1420: BEIJING IS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED THE CAPITAL OF THE MING DYNASTY.
I bet the air was bad there even then.
1492: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DISCOVERED CUBA ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE TO THE NEW WORLD.
Babalu.
1628: THE SIEGE OF LA ROCHELLE ENDS WITH THE SURRENDER OF THE HUGUENOTS.
Okay, now there's a Huguenot Street in New Rochelle, NY. Hmmm, what a coinky dink.
1775: AMERICAN REVOLUTION - A BRITISH PROCLAMATION FORBIDS RESIDENTS FROM LEAVING BOSTON.
Obviously trying to preserve the Red Sox paid attendance.
1776: AMERICAN REVOLUTION - BRITISH FORCES ARRIVE AT WHITE PLAINS, NY.
Hey, I know where that is!
1886: IN NEW YORK HARBOR, PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND DEDICATES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
Gift shop to follow.
1897: FASHION DESIGNER EDITH HEAD IS BORN.
Well, actually, her whole body came out, too.
1914: PHYSICIAN JONAS SALK IS BORN.
Thank you for that polio vaccine you will invent.
1919: THE US CONGRESS PASSES THE VOLSTEAD ACT OVER WOODROW WILSON'S VETO, PAVING THE WAY FOR PROHIBITION TO BEGIN THE FOLLOWING JANUARY.
Idiots.
1922: ITALIAN FASCISTS LED BY BENITO MUSSOLINI MARCH ON ROME AND TAKE OVER THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT.
He doesn't realize that there's a rope with his name on it.
1929: BLACK MONDAY - A DAY IN THE WALL STREET CRASH OF 1929.
Sell!
1940: TELEVISION PRODUCER SUSAN HARRIS IS BORN.
The genius behind TV's "Soap" and "The Golden Girls." From my hometown of Mount Vernon, New York.
1949: CAITLYN JENNER IS BORN.
Well, technically, not really until 2015.
1952: ACTRESS ANNIE POTTS IS BORN.
Wonderful on "Designing Women."
1955: BUSINESSMAN BILL GATES IS BORN.
Yeah, he invented some stuff.
1958: JOHN XXIII IS ELECTED POPE.
He dies in 1963, so not a long gig.
1962: END OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS - SOVIET PREMIER NIKITA KHRUSCHCHEV ORDERS THE REMOVAL OF SOVIET MISSILES FROM CUBA.
JFK's shining moment.
1964: VIETNAM WAR - US OFFICIALS DENY ANY INVOLVEMENT IN BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM.
Yeah, sure.
1965: CONSTRUCTION ON THE ST. LOUIS ARCH IS COMPLETED.
I always wonder how they managed to build that in the first place.
1998: AN AIR CHINA JETLINER IS HIJACKED BY A DISGRUNTLED PILOT.
Well, is that any way to display your anger?
2006: BASKETBALL COACH RED AUERBACH DIES.
Fifth foul.
2010: ACTOR JAMES MACARTHUR DIES.
Bury 'em, Dan-O.
Dinner last night: Chef's salad with roast beef and ranch dressing.
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