484: LEONTIUS, ROMAN USURPER, IS CROWNED EASTERN EMPEROR AT TARSUS, WHICH IS MODERN TURKEY.
Not sure just how modern Turkey really is.
1544: ITALIAN WAR OF 1542-46 - THE FIRST SIEGE OF BOULOGNE BEGINS.
Is this where we get the Bolognese sauce?
1553: LADY JANE GREY IS REPLACED BY MARY I OF ENGLAND AS QUEEN OF ENGLAND AFTER ONLY NINE DAYS ON THE THRONE.
They got her out so fast that I'm wondering if she's related to Trump.
1817: UNSUCCESSFUL IN HIS ATTEMPT TO CONQUER THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII FOR THE RUSSIAN-AMERICAN COMPANY, GEORG ANTON SCHAFFER IS FORCED TO ADMIT DEFEAT AND LEAVE KAUAI.
Condo on the beach available.
1845: GREAT NEW YORK CITY FIRE OF 1845 - 345 BUILDINGS IN MANHATTAN BURN.
In some sections of the city, nobody would notice.
1848: A TWO-DAY WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION OPENS IN SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK.
It would have been three days but they had to be back home for laundry.
1870: FRANCE DECLARES WAR ON PRUSSIA.
It's good to know that they're willing to fight somebody.
1883: ANIMATOR MAX FLEISCHER IS BORN.
Popeye and Betty Boop coming soon@
1900: THE FIRST LINE OF THE PARIS METRO OPENS FOR OPERATION.
Delayed an hour by signal trouble.
1903: MAURICE GARIN WINS THE FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE.
Bicyclists are menaces to society.
1922: POLITICIAN GEORGE MCGOVERN IS BORN.
One of the biggest losers ever to run for President.
1940: FIELD MARSHAL CEREMONY - FIRST OCCASION IN WORLD WAR II, THAT HITLER APPOINTED FIELD MARSHALS DUE TO THEIR MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS.
Nazi merit badges.
1941: SINGER VIKKI CARR IS BORN.
Her big hit was "It Must Be Him," played over and over and over in my house.
1943: WORLD WAR II - ROME IS HEAVILY BOMBED BY MORE THAN 500 ALLIED AIRCRAFT, INFLICTING THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES.
Take that, Benito.
1947: KOREAN POLITICIAN LYUH WOON-HYUNG IS ASSASSINATED.
That come with rice?
1962: ACTOR ANTHONY EDWARDS IS BORN.
Wonder if the birth was in an ER?
1964: VIETNAM WAR - AT A RALLY IN SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN KHANH CALLS FOR EXPANDING THE WAR INTO NORTH VIETNAM.
The Wrath of Khanh.
1980: THE SUMMER OLYMPICS OPENS IN MOSCOW.
I don't see the USA athletes.
1983: THE FIRST THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A HUMAN HEAD IN A CT IS PUBLISHED.
X-rays of his head revealed nothing.
1989: UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 232 CRASHES IN IOWA, KILLING 111.
Boy, I bet you wish you lost your seat on this flight.
2014: ACTOR JAMES GARNER DIES.
I read his autobiography and came out of it not liking the guy. That's not easy to do.
2016: DIRECTOR GARRY MARSHALL DIES.
Damn, has it been a year already???
Dinner last night: Had a big lunch, so just some pasta salad.
1 comment:
Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta de Casillas-Martinez Cardona in El Paso) has had an incredibly long career for someone who hasn't had a top-40 US hit (in English) in the lifetime of most Americans. Most of her work in the past two decades has been aimed at the Latin pop market, but she's been a remarkably durable artists who's also very devoted to charitable work. And "It Must Be Him" is still a terrific song.
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