Happy birthday, Billy Wilder. The greatest film director ever.
217 BC: PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR OF EGYPT DEFEATS ANTIOCHUS III THE GREAT OF THE SELEUCID KINGDOM.
Seleucid? I think that has some nasty side effects.
1633: THE HOLY OFFICE IN ROME FORCES GALILEO GALILEI TO RECANT HIS VIEW THAT THE SUN, NOT THE EARTH, IS CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
Sun 1, Earth 0.
1783: A POISONOUS CLOUD CAUSED BY THE ERUPTION OF THE LAKI VOLCANO IN ICELAND REACHES LE HAVRE IN FRANCE.
As if the French would even recognize a nasty odor.
1807: IN THE CHESAPEAKE-LEOPOLD AFFAIR, THE BRITISH WARSHIP HMS LEOPARD ATTACKS AND BOARDS THE AMERICAN FRIGATE USS CHESAPEAKE.
Leopard 1, Chesapeake 0.
1844: THE FRATERNITY DELTA KAPPA EPSILON IS FOUNDED AT YALE UNIVERSITY.
And then thereby inventing alcoholism amongst college students.
1898: DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, THE U.S. MARINES LAND IN CUBA.
Cigars all around.
1903: GANGSTER JOHN DILLINGER IS BORN.
He should have watched the movie on Netflix.
1906: DIRECTOR BILLY WILDER IS BORN.
A film legacy that is unequaled.
1906: THE FLAG OF SWEDEN IS ADOPTED.
After several years being a foster flag.
1919: DANCER GOWER CHAMPION IS BORN.
A good thing since, otherwise, Marge would have had to do a solo.
1918: THE HAMMOND CIRCUS TRAIN WRECK KILLS 86 AND INJURES 127 NEAR HAMMOND, INDIANA.
An idea plagarized years later by Cecil B. DeMille in "The Greatest Show on Earth."
1921: BROADWAY PRODUCER JOSEPH PAPP IS BORN.
Also famous for his smear.
1941: GERMANY INVADES RUSSIA.
Oh, sure, those goose steps are impressive now, but just you wait...
1944: PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SIGNS INTO LAW THE GI BILL.
The smartest thing he ever did. Oh, yeah, that and cheating on the wife.
1945: DURING WORLD WAR II, THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA ENDS JAPANESE ARMY FORCES COLLAPSE.
Years later, they still couldn't get a break when Ghidra the Three-Headed Monster came to town.
1949: ACTRESS MERYL STREEP IS BORN.
She made two movies last week. Oh, wait, make that four movies last week.
1953: SINGER CYNDI LAUPER IS BORN.
Girls just want to have fun.
1969: SINGER JUDY GARLAND DIES.
Over the rainbow and she expires while on the toilet bowl. PS, her crypt used to be right around the corner from my mother at Ferncliff Cemetery. Five years ago, they moved her to LA. My mom is still in Ferncliff.
1976: THE CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS ABOLISHES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
At least, their criminals can travel to the United States if they want to be executed.
1987: ACTOR-DANCER FRED ASTAIRE DIES.
Never gonna dance...
1988: SINGER DENNIS DAY DIES.
Not his day at all.
1990: CHECKPOINT CHARLIE IS DISMANTLED IN BERLIN.
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that Checkpoint.
1993: FORMER FIRST LADY PAT NIXON DIES.
Mrs. "I am not a crook" to you.
2002: BASEBALL PITCHER DARRYL KILE DIES.
Met physicians just put him on the 60-day disabled list.
2002: COLUMNIST ANN LANDERS DIED.
Dear Abby,...er, never mind.
2006: DOG ACTOR MOOSE DIES.
The mutt from "Frasier." Who gets his rerun residuals?
2008: COMEDIAN GEORGE CARLIN DIES.
A bad forecast for that hippy dippy weatherman.
2009: EASTMAN KODAK ANNOUNCES THAT IT WILL DISCONTINUE SALES OF KODACHROME COLOR FILM.
Well, there goes Paul Simon's career.
2013: TV PRODUCER GARY DAVID GOLDBERG DIES.
Family Untied.
2014: SINGER STEVE ROSSI DIES.
Goodbye dere.
Dinner last night: Leftover SPO.
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