480: ODOACER, FIRST KING OF ITALY, OCCUPIES DALMATIA.
So is that where the spotted dogs come from?
1531: THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE FIRST APPEARS IN MEXICO CITY.
Some dispute if she really appeared. I argue that she's probably not really a virgin.
1775: AMERICAN REVOLUTION - BRITISH TROOPS LOSE THE BATTLE OF GREAT BRIDGE AND LEAVE VIRGINIA.
Buh bye.
1793: NEW YORK CITY'S FIRST DAILY NEWSPAPER, THE AMERICAN MINERVA, IS ESTABLISHED BY NOAH WEBSTER.
I mean, since he's got that dictionary and all...
1851: THE FIRST YMCA IN NORTH AMERICA IS ESTABLISHED IN MONTREAL.
Hommes seulement.
1861: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR IS ESTABLISHED BY US CONGRESS.
As if there's any real conduct in war.
1872: IN LOUISIANA, P.B.S. PINCHBACK BECOMES THE FIRST SERVING BLACK GOVERNOR OF A US STATE.
Included here because I just love that name.
1875: THE MASSACHUSETTS RIFLE ASSOCIATION, "AMERICA'S OLDEST ACTIVE GUN CLUB" IS FOUNDED.
Aw shoot.
1888: STATISTICIAN HERMAN HOLLERITH INSTALLS HIS COMPUTING DEVICE AT THE US WAR DEPARTMENT.
1909: ACTOR DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. IS BORN.
To Douglas Fairbanks Sr. of course.
1911: ACTOR BRODERICK CRAWFORD IS BORN.
Now there's an ugly baby.
1914: ACTRESS FRANCES REID IS BORN.
And so begins the days of her life.
1916: ACTOR KIRK DOUGLAS IS BORN.
No, I'm Spartacus.
1922: COMIC REDD FOXX IS BORN.
Elizabeth, I'll be seeing you soon.
1925: ACTRESS DINA MERRILL IS BORN.
Ninety today.
1928: ACTOR DICK VAN PATTEN IS BORN.
Died a few months ago, so 87 was enough.
1929: ACTOR JOHN CASSAVETES IS BORN.
Mr. Gena Rowlands.
1930: ACTOR BUCK HENRY IS BORN.
Had a hand in both the Graduate and Get Smart, so, therefore, he's a genius.
1934: ACTRESS DAME JUDY DENCH IS BORN.
I loved that she was James Bond's boss for a while.
1935: THE HEISMAN TROPHY IS AWARDED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE WINNER IS JAY BERWANGER.
A collective "who?"
1941: WORLD WAR II - THE AMERICAN 19TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP ATTACKS JAPANESE SHIPS OFF THE COAST OF LUZON.
Two days after Pearl Harbor. We retaliated fast.
1946: THE SUBSEQUENT NUREMBERG TRIALS BEGIN, PROSECUTING PHYSICIANS AND OFFICERS ALLEGED TO BE INVOLVED IN NAZI HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION AND MASS MURDER UNDER THE GUISE OF EUTHANASIA.
Yeah, you won't feel a thing.
1953: GENERAL ELECTRIC ANNOUNCES THAT ALL COMMUNIST EMPLOYEES WILL BE DISCHARGED FROM THE COMPANY.
No wonder Ronald Reagan was hosting GE Theater on TV.
1958: THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY IS FOUNDED IN THE UNITED STATES.
Was Birch Beer served at meetings?
1960: THE FIRST EPISODE OF CORONATION STREET, THE WORLD'S LONGEST RUNNING TV SOAP OPERA, IS BROADCAST IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Is this still on?
1965: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS DEBUTS ON CBS.
It's been on again, right?
1965: BASEBALL EXECUTIVE BRANCH RICKEY DIES.
I wish he was married to a woman named Lime.
1968: DOUGLAS ENGELBART GAVE WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS "MOTHER OF ALL DEMOS," PUBLICLY DEBUTING A COMPUTER MOUSE OVER AN ON-LINE SYSTEM.
You've Got Computer.
1972: JOURNALIST LOUELLA PARSONS DIES.
She didn't have the scoop on this one.
1979: BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN DIES.
A TV icon, oddly.
1979: THE ERADICATION OF THE SMALLPOX VIRUS IS CERTIFIED.
Yeah...for now.
1992: ACTOR VINCENT GARDENIA DIES.
Finally wilted.
2008: GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS ROD BLAGOJEVICH IS ARRESTED FOR CRIMES INCLUDING ATTEMPTING TO SELL THE US SENATE SEAT BEING VACATED BY BARACK OBAMA.
Couldn't they just get another seat at Office Depot?
2009: ACTOR GENE BARRY DIES.
It's Burke's Law.
2013: ACTRESS ELEANOR PARKER DIES.
For a while, she was in my favorite TV show Bracken's World.
2014: ACTRESS MARY ANN MOBLEY DIES.
Joining hubby Gary Collins in heaven.
Dinner last night: Had a big lunch so nothing really.
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