364: ROMAN EMPEROR JOVIAN DIES AFTER A REIGN OF EIGHT MONTHS. HE IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS TENT UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
CSI Rome.
1500: DUKE FRIEDRICH AND DUKE JOHANN ATTEMPT TO SUBDUE THE PEASANTRY OF DENMARK.
The Dukes of Denmark.
1600: THE PHILOSOPHER GIORDANO BRUNO IS BURNED ALIVE FOR HERESY IN ROME.
Got a match?
1621: MYLES STANDISH IS APPOINTED AS FIRST COMMANDER OF THE ENGLISH PLYMOUTH COLONY.
Myles to go before he rests.
1753: IN SWEDEN FEBRUARY 17 IS FOLLOWED BY MARCH 1 AS THE COUNTRY MOVES FROM THE JULIAN CALENDAR TO THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR.
If your birthday is on February 18, 1752, you're still one year old.
1801: AN ELECTORAL TIE BETWEEN THOMAS JEFFERSON AND AARON BURR IS RESOLVED WHEN JEFFERSON IS ELECTED PRESIDENT BY THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I bet Florida screwed up again.
1854: THE UNITED KINGDOM RECOGNIZES THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE.
So I guess it's grapefruit juice every morning?
1864: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - THE HL HUNLEY BECOMES THE FIRST SUBMARINE TO ENGAGE AND SINK A WARSHIP, THE USS HOUSATONIC.
Who's a tonic??
1904: MADAMA BUTTERFLY RECEIVES ITS PREMIERE AT LA SCALA IN MILAN.
One of two operas I ever saw in person. ZZZZzzzzz.
1908: SPORTSCASTER RED BARBER IS BORN.
Call a doctor.
1909: TRIBAL LEADER GERONIMO DIES.
He finally jumped.
1919: ACTRESS KATHLEEN FREEMAN IS BORN.
You know her face. She was in every film comedy ever made.
1925: ACTOR HAL HOLBROOK IS BORN.
And so, in a way, is Mark Twain.
1933: THE BLAINE ACT ENDS PROHIBITION IN THE US.
First round on me.
1933: NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE IS FIRST PUBLISHED.
The waiting rooms of dental offices have never been the same.
1944: WORLD WAR II - THE BATTLE OF ENIWETOK ATOLL BEGINS.
Sounds like something out of Star Wars.
1949; CHAIM WEIZMANN BEGINS HIS TERM AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL.
Le Chaim!
1959: VANGUARD 2, THE FIRST WEATHER SATELLITE, IS LAUNCHED TO MEASURE CLOUD COVER DISTRIBUTION.
Yep, that's a cloud over there.
1962: ACTOR JOSEPH KEARNS DIES.
Hey, Mr. Wilson!!!
1963: BASKETBALL STAR MICHAEL JORDAN IS BORN.
What were the odds?
1965: THE RANGER 8 PROBE PHOTOGRAPHS THE MOON'S SEA OF TRANQUILITY AS A POTENTIAL LANDING SITE FOR APOLLO 11.
And look...parking is free after 6PM.
1972: CUMULATIVE SALES OF THE VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE EXCEED THOSE OF THE FORD MODEL T.
This time, the Beetle is doing the squashing.
1974: ROBERT K. PRESTON, A DISGRUNTLED US ARMY PRIVATE, BUZZES THE WHITE HOUSE IN A STOLEN HELICOPTER.
In the days before drones.
1980: THE FIRST EVER WINTER ASCENT OF MOUNT EVEREST.
Whoever they are, they's freakin' nuts.
1982: ACTOR LEE STRASBERG DIES.
Is he dead or just very convincing?
1996: WORLD CHESS CHAMP GARRY KASPAROV BEATS THE DEEP BLUE COMPUTER IN A MATCH.
Reboot.
2010: ACTRESS KATHRYN GRAYSON DIES.
Anchors aweigh.
Dinner last night: Leftover chicken sausage and red cabbage.
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