1429: JOAN OF ARC LIBERATES SAINT-PIERRE-LE-MOUTIER.
Who is he? Or where is that?
1501: CATHERINE OF ARAGON, LATER HENRY VIII'S FIRST WIFE, MEETS ARTHUR TUDOR. THEY WOULD LATER MARRY.
Hence, the House of?
1677: THE FUTURE MARY II OF ENGLAND MARRIES PRINCE WILLIAM OF ORANGE. THEY WOULD LATER REIGN AS WILLIAM AND MARY.
Hence the college.
1783: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S SYMPHONY NO. 36 IS PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRIA.
Also the same number as the Mets' Jerry Koosman. Just sayin'.
1791: THE WESTERN CONFEDERACY OF AMERICAN INDIANS WINS A MAJOR VICTORY OVER THE US IN THE BATTLE OF THE WABASH.
Whoop whoop.
1847: SIR JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON, A BRITISH PHYSICIAN, DISCOVERS THE ANAESTHETIC POWERS OF CHLOROFORM.
Okay, take a deep breathe. 100, 99, 98...
1864: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE TROOPS BOMBARD A UNION SUPPLY BASE AND DESTROY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MATERIAL.
Back when they could fly their flag.
1879: ACTOR WILL ROGERS IS BORN.
I never met a baby I didn't like.
1913: ACTOR GIG YOUNG IS BORN.
Weird first name. Maybe that's why he killed himself in 1978.
1916: JOURNALIST WALTER CRONKITE IS BORN.
That's the way it is.
1918: WORLD WAR I - AUSTRIA-HUNGARY SURRENDERS TO ITALY.
Who knew those two countries were hyphenated?
1918: ACTOR ART CARNEY IS BORN.
Hello, ball.
1921: THE ITALIAN UNKNOWN SOLDIER IS BURIED IN ROME.
Who izza dis?
1922: IN EGYPT, THE ENTRANCE TO KING TUT'S TOMB IS FOUND.
That had to be a dusty mess by now.
1925: ACTRESS DORIS ROBERTS IS BORN.
Here's a fact for you. All the clothes she wears out in public are the same ones she wore on television as Marie Barone.
1937: ACTRESS LORETTA SWIT IS BORN.
Hot Lips!
1942: WORLD WAR II - DISOBEYING A DIRECT ORDER BY ADOLF HITLER, GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL LEADS HIS FORCES ON A RETREAT.
Yeah, that's not going to end well.
1952: THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.
I feel so much better knowing that.
1955: BASEBALL PITCHER CY YOUNG DIES.
His ultimate award.
1960: IN TANZANIA, DR. JANE GOODALL OBSERVES CHIMPANZEES CREATING TOOLS.
Monkey see, monkey do.
1961: ACTOR RALPH MACCHIO IS BORN.
Wax on, wax off.
1970: GENIE, A 123-YEAR-OLD FERAL CHILD IS FOUND, HAVING BEEN LOCKED IN HER BEDROOM FOR MOST OF HER LIFE.
That's some time out.
1973: THE NETHERLANDS EXPERIENCES THE FIRST CAR-FREE SUNDAY CAUSED BY THE 1973 OIL CRISIS.
If only we could do this in LA/
1979: IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS - A MOB OF IRANIAN STUDENTS OVERRUN THE US EMBASSY IN TEHRAN AND TAKE 90 HOSTAGES, 53 OF THEM AMERICANS.
Hi, I'm Ted Koppel and this is Nightline.
1982: ACTRESS DOMINIQUE DUNNE IS KILLED.
By her boyfriend. She was the daughter of the famous writer who covered the OJ Simpson trial.
1995: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN IS ASSASSINATED.
In Israel, three shots were fired...
2005: ACTRESS SHEREE NORTH DIES.
Speaking of big breasts. Oh, we weren't?
2008: BARACK OBAMA IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
The most polarizing election ever. I'll let you decide how you want to celebrate...or condemn this day.
2010: BASEBALL MANAGER SPARKY ANDERSON DIES.
Sparky fizzles out.
2011: JOURNALIST ANDY ROONEY DIES.
And you know what else bothers me?
2014: ACTOR RICHARD SCHAAL DIES.
Former husband of Valerie Harper.
2014: CHEMIST S. DONALD STOOKEY DIES.
He invented Corning Ware. What a genius.
Dinner last night: Still hobbled so just a frozen fruit bar.
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