598: EMPEROR WENDI OF SUI ORDERS HIS YOUNG SON YANG LIANG TO CONQUER GOGURYEO (KOREA) DURING THE MANCHURIAN RAINY SEASON.
I included this only as a typing test.
1693: DATA TRADITIONALLY ASCRIBED TO DOM PERIGNON'S INVENTION OF CHAMPAGNE. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER HE ACTUALLY INVENTED CHAMPAGNE. HOWEVER, HE HAS BEEN CREDITED AS AN INNOVATOR WHO DEVELOPED THE TECHNIQUES TO MAKE A SPARKLING WINE.
Isn't time that we cleared up this mystery?
1790: A NEWLY PASSED TARIFF ACT CREATES THE REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE, THE FORERUNNER OF THE US COAST GUARD.
"Semper Paratus" is the official Coast Guard song. It means "Always Ready." Who says you can't learn anything on this blog?
1821: THE SATURDAY EVENING POST IS PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER.
It's a magazine so likely nobody reads it in 2021.
1875: WRITER HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN DIES.
Once upon a time, he died.
1892: THE FATHER AND STEPMOTHER OF LIZZIE BORDEN ARE FOUND MURDERED IN THEIR MASSACHUSETTS HOME.
Back when the word "whack" wasn't a Mafia term.
1901: MUSICIAN LOUIS ARMSTRONG IS BORN.
Hello, Louis.
1920: JOURNALIST HELEN THOMAS IS BORN.
That troll that worked the White House for years.
1924: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE SOVIET UNION ARE ESTABLISHED.
Nyet. Si.
1934: BASEBALL MANAGER DALLAS GREEN IS BORN.
An underrated Met manager.
1942: NEW YORK MET CLEON JONES IS BORN.
Great hitter. Just stay out of vans with teenage girls.
1944: A TIP FROM A DUTCH INFORMER LEADS THE GESTAPO TO AN AMSTERDAM WAREHOUSE WHERE THE ANNE FRANK FAMILY IS HIDING.
Which is why her book ends so abruptly.
1947: THE SUPREME COURT OF JAPAN IS ESTABLISHED.
I wonder if they are as useless as ours.
1955: ACTOR BILLY BOB THORNTON IS BORN.
Uh-uh.
1961: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS BORN.
When historians in future generations look as his Presidency, they will conclude that he damaged America in so many different ways.
1962: PITCHER ROGER CLEMENS IS BORN.
Shithead.
1964: SECOND GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT - US DESTROYERS USS MADDOX AND USS TURNER JOY MISTAKENLY REPORT COMING UNDER ATTACK.
There was an American ship named after Met outfielder Elliott Maddox.
1969: AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE HENRY KISSINGER AND NORTH VIETNAMESE REPRESENTATIVES BEGIN SECRET PEACE TALKS IN PARIS TO END THE VIETNAM WAR. THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL ULTIMATELY FAIL.
But Kissinger gets to sleep with Jill St. John so not a complete lost cause.
1977: US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER SIGNS LEGISLATION CREATING THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
Prior to this, America apparently had no energy.
1981: ACTRESS MEGHAN MARKLE IS BORN.
Complete fraud and opportunist who married up...proving Harry is the dumbest member of the royal family.
1987: THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RESCINDS THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE WHICH HAD REQUIRED RADIO AND TV STATIONS TO PRESENT CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES FAIRLY.
And that's how you are stuck with CNN, MSNBC, and Fox in 2021.
1999: ACTOR VICTOR MATURE DIES.
Actor? Hahahaha.
2014: PRESS SECURITY JAMES BRADY DIES.
He lasted over thirty years after getting shot in the head, so good for him.
Dinner last night: CPK Pizza at the Dodger game.
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