363: EMPEROR JULIAN MARCHES BACK TO THE TIGRIS AND BURNS HIS FLEET OF SUPPLY SHIPS.
Sounds like a bit of a pity party to me.
1586: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, RECOGNIZES PHILIP II OF SPAIN AS HER HEIR AND SUCCESSOR.
Hope he doesn't throw it away for some tart like Meghan Markle.
1755: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - THE FRENCH SURRENDER FORT BEAUSEJOUR TO THE GREEKS, LEADING TO THE EXPULSON OF THE ACADIANS.
Oh, no, not the Acadians.
1779: SPAIN DECLARES WAR ON THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Is it me or is England always fighting with somebody?
1819: A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE STRIKES THE KUTCH DISTRICT OF WESTERN INDIA, KILLING OVER 1,543 PEOPLE.
And now they fight COVID.
1846: THE PAPAL CONCLAVE OF 1846 ELECTS POPE PIUS IX, BEGINNING THE LONGEST REIGN IN THE HISTORY OF THE PAPACY.
For those Pius lovers keeping score.
1858: ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELIVERS HIS HOUSE DIVIDED SPEECH IN ILLINOIS.
To a country divided.
1871: THE UNIVERSITIES TESTS ACT OF 1871 ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ENTER THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, AND DURHAM WITHOUT RELIGIOUS TESTS.
What about photo IDs?
1884: THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT ROLLER COASTER OPENS IN CONEY ISLAND.
As opposed to those roller coasters built to be merry-go-rounds?
1890: ACTOR STAN LAUREL IS BORN.
Here's the ultimate fine mess.
1903: THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS INCORPORATED.
Way to go, Henry.
1904: IRISH AUTHOR JAMES JOYCE BEGINS A RELATIONSHIP WITH NORA BARNACLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY USES TO THE DATE TO SET THE ACTIONS FOR HIS NOVEL "ULYSSES."
That's a long way of saying a book report is due.
1911: IBM FOUNDED AS THE COMPUTING-TABULATING-RECORDING COMPANY IN ENDICOTT, NEW YORK.
So what does IBM stand for?
1933: THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT IS PASSED IN THE US, ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO AVOID ANTITRUST PROSECUTION IF THEY ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY WAGE, PRICE, AND WORKING CONDITION REGULATIONS.
Like most government edicts, I understand none of this.
1937: AUTHOR ERICH SEGAL IS BORN.
Love means never...oh, forget it.
1944: IN A GROSS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, GEORGE JUNIUS STINNEY JR, AGE 14, BECOMES THE YOUNGEST PERSON EXECUTED IN THE US IN THE 20TH CENTURY AFTER BEING CONVICTED IN A TWO-HOUR TRIAL FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF TWO TEENAGE WHITE GIRLS.
And the gross miscarriage of justice is?
1947: FOOTBALL PLAYER AL COWLINGS IS BORN.
The blue book value for a Ford Bronco is?
1961: WHILE ON TOUR WITH THE KIROV BALLET IN PARIS, RUDOLF NUREYEV DEFECTS FROM THE SOVIET UNION.
Never let an opportunity to leave a Communist country go to waste.
1970: FOOTBALL PLAYER BRIAN PICCOLO DIES.
Hence the movie.
1981: US PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AWARDS THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO KEN TAYLOR, CANADA'S FORMER AMBASSADOR TO IRAN, FOR HELPING SIX AMERICANS ESCAPE FROM IRAN DURING THE HOSTAGE CRISIS OF 1979-81. HE IS THE FIRST FOREIGN CITIZEN BESTOWED THE HONOR.
A move suggested by Nancy's astrologer.
1996: BASEBALL SPORTSCASTER MEL ALLEN DIES.
This Week in Heaven.
2014: BASEBALL STAR TONY GWYNN DIES.
And hence the statue outside of Petco Park.
2016: SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND OPENS TO THE PUBLIC.
You can buy real mouse ears at a local wet market.
Dinner last night: Leftover chicken parm.
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