330: BYZANTIUM IS RENAMED NOVA ROMA.
Sounds like a new Italian restaurant.
868: A COPY OF THE DIAMOND SUTRA IS PRINTED IN CHINA, MAKING IT THE OLDEST KNOWN DATED PRINTED BOOK.
Back ordered on Amazon.
912: ALEXANDER BECOMES EMPEROR OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE.
So much for that Nona Roma.
1792: CAPTAIN ROBERT GRAY BECOMES THE FIRST DOCUMENTED WHITE PERSON TO SAIL INTO THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
For those of you who keep those kinds of records.
1812: PRIME MINISTER SPENCER PERCEVAL IS ASSASSINATED BY JOHN BELLINGHAM IN THE LOBBY OF COMMONS, LONDON.
Any conspiracy theories?
1820: HMS BEAGLE, THE SHIP THAT WILL TAKE CHARLES DARWIN ON HIS VOYAGE, IS LAUNCHED.
My favorite kind of dog.
1846: PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST MEXICO.
Donald Trump's favorite President.
1858: MINNESOTA IS ADMITTED AS THE 32ND US STATE.
Making Mary Richards an American citizen.
1867: LUXEMBOURG GAINS ITS INDEPENDENCE.
Wherever that is.
1889: BUSINESSMAN JOHN CADBURY DIES.
Too much lousy candy.
1892: ACTRESS MARGARET RUTHERFORD IS BORN.
Miss Marple.
1894: FOUR THOUSAND PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY WORKERS GO ON A WILDCAT STRIKE IN ILLINOIS.
Carry your own bags.
1904: PAINTER SALVADOR DALI IS BORN.
Hello Dali.
1907: THIRTY-TWO SHRINERS ARE KILLED WHEN THEIR TRAIN DERAILS IN CALIFORNIA.
Those wild conventions.
1910: AN ACT OF THE US CONGRESS ESTABLISHES GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IN MONTANA.
T-shirts available at the gift shop.
1911: ACTOR PHIL SILVERS IS BORN.
Bilko!!
1927: THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCES IS FOUNDED.
And the winner is...
1933: RELIGIOUS LEADER LOUIS FARRAKHAN IS BORN.
Too bad.
1944: WORLD WAR II - THE ALLIES BEGIN A MAJOR OFFENSIVE ON THE GUSTAV LINE.
Is that like the Mendoza line?
1949: SIAM OFFICIALLY CHANGES ITS NAME TO THAILAND FOR THE SECOND TIME.
It didn't take the first time?
1949: ISRAEL JOINS THE UNITED NATIONS.
Dues payable immediately.
1963: RACIST BOMBINGS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA DISRUPT NONVIOLENCE AND PRECIPITATE A CRISIS INVOLVING FEDERAL TROOPS.
Yesterday once more.
1979: MUSICIAN LESTER FLATT DIES.
He left us Flatt.
1984: EIGHT PEOPLE PERISH IN A FIRE AT SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE'S HAUNTED CRISIS.
I actually remember this.
1985: CARTOONIST CHESTER GOULD DIES.
God to Dick Tracy. Come in, Dick Tracy.
1987: KLAUS BARBIE GOES ON TRIAL FOR WORLD WAR II WAR CRIMES.
What a doll.
1987: IN BALTIMORE, THE FIRST HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANT TAKES PLACE.
Aqua-lung by Jethro Tull.
1996: RIGHT PEOPLE DIE DURING SUMMIT ATTEMPTS ON MOUNT EVEREST.
Asking for trouble.
2006: BOXER FLOYD PATTERSON DIES.
Eight, nine, ten....
2019: ACTRESS PEGGY LIPTON DIES.
Not so mod now.
2020: COMIC JERRY STILLER DIES.
Anne Meara no longer a solo act in Heaven.
2021: ACTOR NORMAN LLOYD DIES.
He and I shared the same internist. We both had physicals a month earlier. Mine was better than his, I guess. But then again, he was 106.
Dinner last night: Leftover SPO.
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