1066: A MUSLIM MOBS STORMS THE ROYAL PALACE IN GRANADA.
Already???
1460: THE WAR OF THE ROSES - THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD.
I don't think it's the section of the Bronx.
1813: BRITISH SOLDIERS BURN BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
The city never wins. If not fire, it's snow.
1853: THE UNITED STATES BUYS LAND FROM MEXICO TO FACILITATE RAILROAD BUILDING IN THE SOUTHWEST.
You'll be sorry.
1896: CANADIAN ICE HOCKEY PLAYER ERNIE MCLEA SCORES THE FIRST HAT TRICK IN STANLEY CUP PLAY.
That's three goals in one game for those not in the know.
1903: A FIRE AT THE IROQUOIS THEATER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS KILLS AT LEAST 605.
The popcorn machine must have gotten out of hand.
1914: ACTOR BERT PARKS IS BORN.
There he is...
1919: LINCOLN'S INN IN LONDON ADMITS ITS FIRST FEMALE BAR STUDENT.
But when are we letting women into the pub?
1920: ACTOR JACK LORD IS BORN.
Aloha.
1922: THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC IS FORMED.
Da.
1934: ACTOR JOSEPH BOLOGNA IS BORN.
All beef.
1934: ACTOR RUSS TAMBLYN IS BORN.
When you're a Jet...
1935: BASEBALL STAR SANDY KOUFAX IS BORN.
Be careful with that left arm, son.
1935: ACTOR JACK RILEY IS BORN.
Mr. Carlin on the Bob Newhart Show.
1936: THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION STATES ITS FIRST SITDOWN STRIKE.
Well, it didn't take long to piss them off.
1942: MUSICIAN MICHAEL NESMITH IS BORN.
Hey, hey, he's a Monkee...
1948: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL "KISS ME KATE" OPENS AND BECOMES THE FIRST SHOW TO WIN THE BEST MUSICAL TONY AWARD.
Brush up your Shakespeare.
1957: TV HOST MATT LAUER IS BORN.
Wikipedia calls him a journalist. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
1965: FERDINAND MARCOS BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Dig the wife with all the shoes.
1970: BOXER SONNY LISTON DIES.
KO-ed.
1972: VIETNAM WAR - THE UNITED STATES HALTS HEAVY BOMBING OFF NORTH VIETNAM.
It's about time.
1977: FOR THE SECOND TIME, TED BUNDY ESCAPES FROM HIS JAIL CELL.
No prison can hold me, you dirty rats.
1981: HOCKEY'S WAYNE GRETZKY SCORES FIVE GOALS, GIVING HIM 50 ON THE YEAR.
A scoring machine plus one hot wife. So he scored at home, too.
Swifty!
1993: ISRAEL AND VATICAN CITY ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
So, sit, we'll talk, Pope-ila.
1996: ACTOR LEW AYRES DIES.
Paging Dr. Kildare.
1996: PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS BY BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPARKS PROTESTS FROM 250,000 WORKERS.
So he's not really the beloved guy we've all heard about.
2004: MUSICIAN ARTIE SHAW DIES.
He was once hooked up with Lana Turner, so no dummy he.
2006: FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRAQ SADDAM HUSSEIN IS EXECUTED.
Good things happen to those who wait.
2014: ACTRESS LUISE RAINER DIES.
She was 104. Won an Oscar for "The Good Earth." Now under it.
Dinner last night: Leftover beef tenderloin and veggies.
1 comment:
More impressive: Gretzky had 50 goals in 39 games. Finished with 92 in 80. Told me 20 years later he should have had 100.
Even as a Giants fan, it was hard to hate Koufax; he was so classy. I'll never forget the "Dennis the Menace" episode when he allowed Dennis' coach to hit a rocket off him. When I sell my 1959 Dodger autographed ball with his signature on it, you can have first crack.
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