1521: POPE LEO X EXCOMMUNICATES MARTIN LUTHER.
Today he would simply take away his cell phone.
1749: BENNING WENTWORTH ISSUES THE FIRST OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS, LEADING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VERMONT.
The saps.
1777: AMERICAN GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON DEFEATS BRITISH GENERAL LORD CORNWALLIS AT THE BATTLE OF PRINCETON.
Take Princeton with ten points.
1823: STEPHEN F. AUSTIN RECEIVES A GRANT OF LAND IN TEXAS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.
And I think I'll call it...wait...Austin, Texas.
1861: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - DELAWARE VOTES NOT TO SECEDE FROM THE UNITED STATES.
Phew.
1870: CONSTRUCTION OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE BEGINS.
Because thousands of patsies are ready to buy it.
1888: THE JAMES LICK TELESCOPE IS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME...THE LARGEST REFRACTING TELESCOPE IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME.
Couldn't care a...lick.
1911: A GUN BATTLE IN THE EAST END OF LONDON LEFT TWO DEAD AND SPARKED A POLITICAL ROW OVER THE INVOLVEMENT OF THEN-HOME SECRETARY WINSTON CHURCHILL.
Get off my lawn.
1913: AN ATLANTIC COAST STORM SETS THE LOWEST CONFIRMED BAROMETRIC PRESSURE IN THE US.
Climate change!!!
1916: TV PERSONALITY BETTY FURNESS IS BORN.
Just what did she do other than open refrigerator doors?
1925: BENITO MUSSOLINI ANNOUNCES HE IS TAKING DICTATORIAL POWERS OVER ITALY.
Why? Because he said so.
1932: MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED IN HONDURAS TO STOP A REVOLT OF BANANA WORKERS FIRED BY THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY.
They need to re-peel.
1933: MINNIE D. CRAIG BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED AS SPEAKER OF THE NORTH DAKOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD A SPEAKER POSITION ANYWHERE IN THE US.
And not the last...sadly.
1938: THE MARCH OF DIMES IS ESTABLISHED BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.
Coins can march. He can't.
1945: WORLD WAR II - ADMIRAL CHESTER W, NIMITZ IS PLACED IN COMMAND OF ALL US NAVAL FORCES IN PREPARATION FOR PLANNED ASSAULTS AGAINST IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA IN JAPAN.
Prepare to say sayonara.
1945: MUSICIAN STEPHEN STILLS IS BORN.
Paging Crosby, Nash, and Young.
1947: PROCEEDINGS OF THE US CONGRESS ARE TELEVISED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
For those who can't sleep.
1950: ACTRESS VICTORIA PRINCIPAL IS BORN.
My school needed a Principal like that.
1953: FRANCES P. BOLTON AND HER SON OLIVER FROM OHIO BECOME THE FIRST MOTHER AND SON TO SERVE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE US CONGRESS.
That famed Bolton voting bloc.
1956: ACTOR MEL GIBSON IS BORN.
Much to the regret of many liberals in the world.
1956: A FIRE DAMAGES THE TOP PART OF THE EIFFEL TOWER.
Call Allstate.
1957: THE HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY INTRODUCES THE FIRST ELECTRIC WATCH.
That must be one long extension cord.
1959: ALASKA IS ADMITTED AS THE 49TH US STATE.
Hawaii, wait your turn.
1962: POPE JOHN XXIII EXCOMMUNICATES FIDEL CASTRO.
I had no idea that Castro and Martin Luther had something in common.
1967: MURDERER JACK RUBY DIES.
He knew.
1975: ACTRESS DANICA MCKELLAR IS BORN.
Had dinner with her several times. Just saying.
1977: APPLE COMPUTER IS INCORPORATED.
You may have heard of them.
1979: BUSINESSMAN CONRAD HILTON DIES.
Checkout time.
1993: IN RUSSIA, PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND BORIS YELTSIN SIGN THE SECOND STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY.
Collusion!!!
2000: THE FINAL DAILY PEANUTS COMIC STRIP.
Good grief.
2014: MUSICIAN PHIL EVERLY DIES.
So he's not really here for-everly.
2015: NY GIANTS COACH ALLIE SHERMAN DIES.
Wonder if his wife's name was Kate.
Dinner last night: Cream of tomato soup.
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