How can any post that leads with a photo of Tom Seaver be bad? It's his day. Read on.
473: THE FUTURE LEO II IS NAMED ASSOCIATE EMPEROR BY LEO I.
Talk about nepotism.
1183: THE BATTLE OF MIZUSHIMA.
I'm not sure but I think Mizushima is now a Pan-Asian restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard.
1511: SPAIN AND ENGLAND ALLY AGAINST FRANCE.
Considering the bathing habits of the French, who can blame them?
1558: QUEEN MARY I OF ENGLAND DIES AND SUCCEEDED BY HER HALF-SISTER ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND.
If they had been as smart as the Leos, it would have been Queen Mary II.
1603: ENGLISH EXPLORER SIR WALTER RALIEGH GOES ON TRIAL FOR TREASON.
And later on, he is convicted for sticking those little coupons on packs of cigarettes.
1659: THE PEACE OF THE PYRENEES IS SIGNED BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN.
Okay, now England got thrown under the bus. What a difference 148 years can make? Meanwhile, try to say "Peace of the Pyrenees" five times fast.
1800: THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HOLDS ITS FIRST SESSION IN WASHINGTON, DC.
Okay, this happens over 20 years after we declared independence and wrote the Constitution. How long does it take to find someplace to meet? There was no American Legion hall available?
1811: JOSE MIGUEL CARRERA, CHILEAN FOUNDING FATHER, IS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF CHILE.
Little did he know that, 199 years later, his miners would be truly fucked.
1820: CAPTAIN NATHANIEL PALMER BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN TO SEE ANTARCTICA.
Not on purpose, I assume.
1827: THE DELTA PHI FRATERNITY, AMERICA'S OLDEST CONTINUOUS SOCIAL FRATERNITY, IS FOUNDED AT UNION COLLEGE IN SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.
November 18, 1827: The very first beer keg is invented at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
1869: IN EGYPT, THE SUEZ CANAL IS INAUGURATED.
And they've been fighting over it every since.
1871: THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION IS GRANTED A CHARTER BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Charlton Heston's earliest known public appearance.
1911: THE OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FRATERNITY AT A BLACK COLLEGE, IS FOUNDED AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, DC.
In the event that Al Sharpton reads this blog, I have nothing to say.
1925: ACTOR ROCK HUDSON IS BORN.
Mothers of America, you have been given fair warning. Lock up your fair-haired sons immediately.
1933: THE UNITED STATES RECOGNIZES THE SOVIET UNION.
What is this noteworthy? Did we have a case of amnesia?
1938: SINGER GORDON LIGHTFOOT IS BORN.
One of the dreariest musicians ever. I'm just saying.....
1942: DIRECTOR MARTIN SCORSESE IS BORN.
Yes, we're talkin' to you.
1944: SNL PRODUCER LORNE MICHAELS IS BORN.
And he hasn't had a creative thought since.
1944: METS PITCHER TOM SEAVER IS BORN.
Tom, I'm sorry you have to share your special day with the aforementioned load. Given that you were such a major part of my childhood and all.
1947: THE U.S SCREEN ACTORS GUILD IMPLEMENTS AN ANTI-COMMUNIST LOYALTY OATH.
Have you now or have you ever been.......
1962: PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY DEDICATES DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SERVING THE WASHINGTON DC. REGION.
Little did JFK know at the time that there was an airport with his own name attached coming in just a few short years.
1968: BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS INTRODUCES THE BAC ONE-ELEVEN INTO COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
Two years later, they introduced a Seven-Eleven into my neighborhood.
1970: DOUGLAS ENGELBART RECEIVES THE PATENT FOR THE FIRST COMPUTER MOUSE.
As well as the copyright for Carpal-Tunnel Syndrome.
1973: IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, US PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON TELLS 400 ASSOCIATED PRESS EDITORS "I AM NOT A CROOK."
Uh huh...
1998: ACTRESS ESTHER ROLLE DIES.
Good times are over.
2002: ISRAELI DIPLOMAT ABBA EBAN DIES.
He never lived to see the premiere of "Mamma Mia."
2004: K-MART ANNOUNCES IT IS BUYING SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY FOR 11 BILLION DOLLARS.
Does anybody remember waiting for the K-Mart Christmas catalog to come in the mail?
Dinner last night: Penne with sausage, capers, and kalamata olives.
473: THE FUTURE LEO II IS NAMED ASSOCIATE EMPEROR BY LEO I.
Talk about nepotism.
1183: THE BATTLE OF MIZUSHIMA.
I'm not sure but I think Mizushima is now a Pan-Asian restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard.
1511: SPAIN AND ENGLAND ALLY AGAINST FRANCE.
Considering the bathing habits of the French, who can blame them?
1558: QUEEN MARY I OF ENGLAND DIES AND SUCCEEDED BY HER HALF-SISTER ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND.
If they had been as smart as the Leos, it would have been Queen Mary II.
1603: ENGLISH EXPLORER SIR WALTER RALIEGH GOES ON TRIAL FOR TREASON.
And later on, he is convicted for sticking those little coupons on packs of cigarettes.
1659: THE PEACE OF THE PYRENEES IS SIGNED BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN.
Okay, now England got thrown under the bus. What a difference 148 years can make? Meanwhile, try to say "Peace of the Pyrenees" five times fast.
1800: THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HOLDS ITS FIRST SESSION IN WASHINGTON, DC.
Okay, this happens over 20 years after we declared independence and wrote the Constitution. How long does it take to find someplace to meet? There was no American Legion hall available?
1811: JOSE MIGUEL CARRERA, CHILEAN FOUNDING FATHER, IS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF CHILE.
Little did he know that, 199 years later, his miners would be truly fucked.
1820: CAPTAIN NATHANIEL PALMER BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN TO SEE ANTARCTICA.
Not on purpose, I assume.
1827: THE DELTA PHI FRATERNITY, AMERICA'S OLDEST CONTINUOUS SOCIAL FRATERNITY, IS FOUNDED AT UNION COLLEGE IN SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.
November 18, 1827: The very first beer keg is invented at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
1869: IN EGYPT, THE SUEZ CANAL IS INAUGURATED.
And they've been fighting over it every since.
1871: THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION IS GRANTED A CHARTER BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Charlton Heston's earliest known public appearance.
1911: THE OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FRATERNITY AT A BLACK COLLEGE, IS FOUNDED AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, DC.
In the event that Al Sharpton reads this blog, I have nothing to say.
1925: ACTOR ROCK HUDSON IS BORN.
Mothers of America, you have been given fair warning. Lock up your fair-haired sons immediately.
1933: THE UNITED STATES RECOGNIZES THE SOVIET UNION.
What is this noteworthy? Did we have a case of amnesia?
1938: SINGER GORDON LIGHTFOOT IS BORN.
One of the dreariest musicians ever. I'm just saying.....
1942: DIRECTOR MARTIN SCORSESE IS BORN.
Yes, we're talkin' to you.
1944: SNL PRODUCER LORNE MICHAELS IS BORN.
And he hasn't had a creative thought since.
1944: METS PITCHER TOM SEAVER IS BORN.
Tom, I'm sorry you have to share your special day with the aforementioned load. Given that you were such a major part of my childhood and all.
1947: THE U.S SCREEN ACTORS GUILD IMPLEMENTS AN ANTI-COMMUNIST LOYALTY OATH.
Have you now or have you ever been.......
1962: PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY DEDICATES DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SERVING THE WASHINGTON DC. REGION.
Little did JFK know at the time that there was an airport with his own name attached coming in just a few short years.
1968: BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS INTRODUCES THE BAC ONE-ELEVEN INTO COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
Two years later, they introduced a Seven-Eleven into my neighborhood.
1970: DOUGLAS ENGELBART RECEIVES THE PATENT FOR THE FIRST COMPUTER MOUSE.
As well as the copyright for Carpal-Tunnel Syndrome.
1973: IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, US PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON TELLS 400 ASSOCIATED PRESS EDITORS "I AM NOT A CROOK."
Uh huh...
1998: ACTRESS ESTHER ROLLE DIES.
Good times are over.
2002: ISRAELI DIPLOMAT ABBA EBAN DIES.
He never lived to see the premiere of "Mamma Mia."
2004: K-MART ANNOUNCES IT IS BUYING SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY FOR 11 BILLION DOLLARS.
Does anybody remember waiting for the K-Mart Christmas catalog to come in the mail?
Dinner last night: Penne with sausage, capers, and kalamata olives.
2 comments:
Esther Rolle- used to like her on the Jeffersons with Sherman Hemsley...oh wait that was Isabel Sanford. Still get those two confused.
15thavebud
Esther Rolle was funnier.
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