Wednesday, January 10, 2024

This Date in History - January 10

 

Happy birthday, Rod Stewart.  Hope you get a comb for a present.

49 BC:  JULIUS CAESAR CROSSES THE RUBICON, SIGNALING THE START OF CIVIL WAR.

January is two months before March.  Just saying.

69 AD:  LUCIUS CALPURNIUS PISO LICINIANUS IS APPOINTED AS DEPUTY ROMAN EMPEROR.

How long does it take to get an autograph from him?

1645:  ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM LAUD IS BEHEADED AT THE TOWER OF LONDON.

So no caps for a Christmas gift.

1776:  THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHES THE PAMPHLET COMMON SENSE.

Interesting, because in 2024, so many people don't have it.

1812:  THE FIRST STEAMBOAT ON THE OHIO RIVER OR THE MISSISSIPPI ARRIVES IN NEW ORLEANS, 82 DAYS AFTER DEPARTING FROM PITTSBURGH.

They hit traffic.

1861:  AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - FLORIDA SECEDES FROM THE UNION.

The bad news is they eventually came back.

1870:  JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER INCORPORATES STANDARD OIL.

Moneybags.

1901:  THE FIRST GREAT TEXAS OIL GUSHER IS DISCOVERED IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

Paging JR Ewing.

1904:  ACTOR RAY BOLGER IS BORN.

Brain needed.

1917:  BUFFALO BILL DIES.

The real guy, not the football franchise.

1920:  THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES TAKES EFFECT, OFFICIALLY ENDING WORLD WAR I.

Just wait till the next world war.  You ain't seen nothing yet.

1927:  FRITZ LANG'S FUTURISTIC FILM METROPOLIS IS RELEASED.

Not the one with Superman.

1930:  BUSINESSMAN ROY E. DISNEY IS BORN.

Mickey's cousin.

1938:  BASEBALL STAR WILLIE MCCOVEY IS BORN.

A SF Giant.  Boo!!

1939:  ACTOR SAL MINEO IS BORN.

I actually know the spot in West Hollywood where he got killed in 1976.

1945:  SINGER ROD STEWART IS BORN.

With that gravely voice, you know he smoked and did drugs.

1946:  THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS OPENS IN LONDON.  FIFTY-ONE NATIONS ARE REPRESENTED.

I'd love to know the countries who, every year, are late with their annual dues payment.

1946:  THE US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS PROJECT DIANA, BOUNCING RADIO WAVES OFF THE MOON.

Well, that seems like a thoroughly stupid exercise.

1949:  ACTRESS LINDA LOVELACE IS BORN.

I find that hard to swallow.

1962:  NASA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BUILD THE C-5 ROCKET LAUNCH VEHICLE, WHICH LAUNCHED EVERY APOLLO MOON MISSION.

Because it will take more than a sling shot to get them up there.

1972:  SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN RETURNS TO THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT BANGLADESH AS PRESIDENT AFTER SPENDING OVER NINE MONTHS IN A PAKISTAN PRISON.

Pakistan prison.   That concept is redundant.

1982:  ACTOR PAUL LYNDE DIES.

Oh, my goodness.  PS, met him several times.   

1985:  SANDINISTA DANIEL ORTEGA BECOMES PRESIDENTS OF NICARAGUA AND VOWS TO CONTINUE THE TRANSFORMATION TO SOCIALISM.

And also steal the market on some Mexican tortilla chips.

1990:  TIME WARNER IS FORMED BY THE MERGER OF TIME AND WARNER COMMUNICATIONS.

Your cable bill is going up.

1997:  ACTOR SHELDON LEONARD DIES.

Psst.  Hey, buddy.  Come over here.

2007:  FILM PRODUCER CARLO PONTI DIES.

Married to Sophia Loren.   Hence, he was no dummy.

2015:  A MASS POISONING AT A FUNERAL IN MOZAMBIQUE INVOLVES BEER THAT WAS DELIBERATELY CONTAMINATED WITH CROCODILE BILE.

Eeewwww.

2016:  SINGER DAVID BOWIE DIES.

Still sad about this.

2017:  SINGER BUDDY GRECO DIES.

This singer...um, not so much.

Dinner last night:  Hamburger.

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