473: GUNDOBAD NOMINATES GLYCERIUS AS EMPEROR OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE.
Glycerius? Doesn't he have something to do with Vaseline?
724: EMPRESS GENSHO ABDICATES THE THRONE IN FAVOR OF HER NEPHEW SHOMU WHO BECOMES EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
Shomu? Change a letter and he's a whale.
1585: THE OLYMPIC THEATER IS INAUGURATED IN VICENZA.
Hosted by Ryan Seacrest.
1776: THE FIRST AMPHIBIOUS LANDING OF THE US MARINE CORPS BEGINS THE BATTLE OF NASSAU.
Was this Long Island Sound? I mean....Nassau?
1845: FLORIDA IS ADMITTED AS THE 27TH STATE.
The sun and fun capital of the world.
1847: INVENTOR ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL IS BORN.
Hello? Hello? Hello?
1849: THE TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA IS CREATED.
Because Mary Richards has to live someplace.
1859: THE TWO-DAY GREAT SLAVE AUCTION, THE LARGEST SUCH AUCTION IN US HISTORY, CONCLUDES.
Had it not been for Abe Lincoln, we would be watching this now on QVC.
1875: THE FIRST EVER ORGANIZED INDOOR GAME OF ICE HOCKEY IS PLAYED IN MONTREAL.
And the same number of fans exists to this day.
1911: ACTRESS JEAN HARLOW IS BORN.
You bet she was.
1913: THOUSANDS OF WOMEN MARCH IN THE SUFFRAGE PROCESSION IN WASHINGTON, DC.
The earliest sighting of a "Fuck Trump" sign.
1923: TIME MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
And the last time is on its ways.
1923: ACTOR BARNEY MARTIN IS BORN.
Jerry Seinfeld's dad!
1931: THE UNITED STATES ADOPTS THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AS ITS NATIONAL ANTHEM.
Now considered like everything else to be racist.
1939: IN BOMBAY, MOHANDAS GANDHI BEGINS A HUNGER STRIKE IN PROTEST AT THE AUTOCRATIC RULE IN BRITISH INDIA.
As if there's anything good to eat there.
1958: NURI AL-SAID BECOMES PRIME MINISTER OF IRAQ FOR THE EIGHTH TIME.
Term limits!!!!!
1959: COMIC LOU COSTELLO DIES.
Nobody's on first.
1966: ACTOR WILLIAM FRAWLEY DIES.
Dropped dead on Hollywood Boulevard. Wonder if it happened on his star.
1966: ACTRESS ALICE PEARCE DIES.
Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched.
1970: ACTRESS JULIE BOWEN IS BORN.
In my humble opinion, Modern Family ran out of gas in the third season.
1980: THE USS NAUTILUS IS DECOMMISSIONED AND STRICKEN FROM THE NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER.
Voyage now to the bottom of...well...nothing.
1987: ACTOR DANNY KAYE DIES.
Except for White Christmas, I didn't like any of his movies.
1991: DANCER ARTHUR MURRAY DIES.
Your local dance studio is closed in honor.
1991: A VIDEO CAPTURES THE BEATING OF RODNEY KING BY LA POLICE.
What can't we all just get along....ouch! Hey, that hurts!
2017: THE NINTENDO SWITCH CONSOLE IS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
This must have been a big deal to geeks.
2018: ACTOR DAVID OGDEN STIERS DIES.
Winchester on M*A*S*H*. Met him once. He was kind of crabby.
Dinner last night: Spaghetti at the home of good friends Connie and Leo.
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