753 BC: ROMULUS FOUNDS ROME.
I wrote it as printed...bad grammar and all.
1092: THE DIOCESE OF PISA IS ELEVATED TO THE RANK OF ARCHDIOCESE BY POPE URBAN II.
Let's see how they slant that.
1508: THE THREE DAY LISBON MASSACRE COMES TO AN END WITH THE SLAUGHTER OF OVER 1,900 SUSPECTED JEWS BY CATHOLICS.
Just so you don't think it was all Germany's fault.
1509: HENRY VIII ASCENDS THE THRONE OF ENGLAND.
And also climbed up on a bunch of women.
1789: GEORGE WASHINGTON'S RECEPTION AT TRENTON IS HOSTED BY THE LADIES OF TRENTON AS HE JOURNEYS TO NEW YORK FOR HIS FIRST INAUGURATION.
Ladies of Trenton? Sounds like code to me.
1856: STONEMASONS AND BUILDING WORKERS MARCH IN MELBOURNE TO ACHIEVE AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
And ten minutes for bathroom time.
1889: EFREM ZIMBALIST SR. IS BORN.
Seventy seven Sunset...oh, wait....his father.
1910: MARK TWAIN DIES.
And so does Samuel Clemens.
1918: GERMAN FIGHTER ACE MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN, BETTER KNOWN AS "THE RED BARON," IS SHOT DOWN IN FRANCE.
Snoopy?
1926: QUEEN ELIZABETH II IS BORN.
You may have heard of her.
1934: THE "SURGEON'S PHOTOGRAPH," THE MOST FAMOUS PHOTO ALLEGEDLY SHOWING THE LOCH NESS MONSTER, IS PUBLISHED. IT IS LATER KNOWN TO BE A HOAX.
Like the pictures that show Elvis living in New Mexico with Marilyn Monroe.
1949: ACTRESS PATTI LUPONE IS BORN.
We're not crying for you.
1951: ACTOR TONY DANZA IS BORN.
Older than I thought he was.
1952: SECRETARY'S DAY IS FIRST CELEBRATED.
When does it change to "Administrative Assistant Day?"
1957: PITCHER JESSE OROSCO IS BORN.
And 29 years later...
1962: THE SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR OPENS.
Probably in the rain.
1965: THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR OPENS FOR ITS SECOND SEASON.
Remember when World's Fairs were a big deal?
1975: SOUTH VIETNAM PRESIDENT NGUYEN VAN THIEU FLEES SAIGON AS THE CITY BEGINS TO FALL.
Well, that was a waste of time.
1977: GUMMO MARX DIES.
Lower than even Zeppo on the totem pole.
1977: "ANNIE" OPENS ON BROADWAY.
Arf.
1982: BASEBALL PITCHER ROLLIE FINGERS OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS BECOMES THE FIRST PITCHER TO RECORD 300 SAVES.
220 of them without a moustache.
1989: TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS --- 100, 000 STUDENTS GATHER IN A POLITICAL RALLY.
Any excuse to skip French class.
1992: BASEBALL PLAYER JOC PEDERSON IS BORN.
The Dodgers will miss him.
1999: ACTOR BUDDY ROGERS DIES.
Now he really has wings.
2012: TWO TRAINS ARE INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION NEAR AMSTERDAM, INJURING 116 PEOPLE.
And a few heads probably came off.
Dinner last night: Leftover chicken.
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