1158: MUNICH IS FOUNDED BY HENRY THE LION.
Sounds like a Dr. Seuss character.
1287: KUBLAI KHAN DEFEATS THE FORCE OF NAYAN IN EAST MONGOLIA.
The Force of Nayan? Didn't that open at 500 theaters last Friday?
1381: RICHARD II OF ENGLAND MEETS LEADERS OF THE PEASANTS' REVOLT.
You want to pay attention to the peasants. That's how Trump got elected.
1645: IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, 12,000 ROYALIST FORCES ARE BEATEN BY 15,000 SOLDIERS.
Ever notice how bloody world history can get?
1775: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IS ESTABLISHED BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, MARKING THE BIRTH OF THE US ARMY.
So that's how they started.
1777: THE STARS AND STRIPES IS ADOPTED BY CONGRESS AS THE FLAG OF THE US.
Betsy, you can stop now.
1789: MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - CAPTAIN BLIGH AND 18 OTHERS ARE CAST ADRIFT IN AN OPEN BOAT.
So it wasn't just a movie?
1801: BENEDICT ARNOLD DIES.
What goes around...
1811: AUTHOR HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IS BORN.
Hello, Topsy.
1822: CHARLES BABBAGE PROPOSES A DIFFERENCE ENGINE IN A PAPER TO THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY ENTITLED "NOTE ON THE APPLICATION OF MACHINERY TO THE COMPUTATION OF ASTRONOMICAL AND MATHEMATICAL TABLES."
Ever notice how boring world history can get?
1900: HAWAII BECOMES A US TERRITORY.
Aloha.
1900: THE REICHSTAG APPROVES A SECOND LAW THAT ALLOWS THE EXPANSION OF THE GERMAN NAVY.
We'll be sorry.
1907: NORWAY GRANTS WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
As long as dinner is on the table by six.
1909: ACTOR BURL IVES IS BORN.
Christmas songs to be announced.
1919: ACTOR GENE BARRY IS BORN.
It's Burke's law.
1921: ACTRESS MARTHA GREENHOUSE IS BORN.
Never heard of her? She was a character actress from NY and also ran a writers workshop I once took there.
1926: BRAZIL LEAVES THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
After they tried to pay their annual dues with nuts.
1926: DODGER PITCHER DON NEWCOMBE IS BORN.
Still see him around the ballpark.
1931: ACTRESS MARLA GIBBS IS BORN.
I wish my housekeeper was this sassy.
1937: PENNSYLVANIA BECOMES THE FIRST AND ONLY STATE TO CELEBRATE FLAG DAY AS A STATE HOLIDAY.
A day off is a day off.
1937: THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES THE MARIJUANA TAX ACT.
Smokin'.
1940: WORLD WAR II - PARIS IS OCCUPIED.
Rolled over and played dead is more like it.
1946: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BORN.
My apologies.
1954: US PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER SIGNS A BILL THAT PLACES THE WORDS "UNDER GOD" INTO THE US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
And does anybody know what that is any more?
1959: THE DISNEYLAND MONORAIL OPENS.
I don't think I was ever on it.
1967: THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TESTS ITS FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB.
No wonder they're always wearing face masks.
1986: COMPOSER ALAN JAY LERNER DIES.
He could have danced all night...but didn't.
1994: COMPOSER HENRY MANCINI DIES.
Of all his work, I like what he did for "Victor/Victoria" best.
1994: RIOTS OCCUR IN VANCOUVER AFTER THE NEW YORK RANGERS BEAT THE CANUCKS FOR THE STANLEY CUP.
Big deal since this only happens every 54 years.
2016: ACTRESS ANN MORGAN GUILBERT DIES.
Millie from the Dick Van Dyke Show!
Dinner last night: Bratwurst at the Angel-Yankee game.
1 comment:
The monorail opened a bit later than indicated. Quite a bit later.
Oh, was the riot in 1994 caused by the fake Cup floating around ? why were there Cups handed out instead of the one true Stanley Cup.
15thAvebud
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