332: CONSTANTINE THE GREAT ANNOUNCED FREE DISTRIBUTIONS OF FOOD TO THE CITIZENS IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
So now you know what made him so "great."
1152: HENRY II OF ENGLAND MARRIES ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE.
In case you thought all this royal wedding hoopla was a new thing.
1498: VASCO DA GAMA REACHES THE PORT OF CALICUT, INDIA.
Which he then discovered the telemarketer.
1631: IN DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, JOHN WINTHROP TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE AND BECOMES THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS.
I guess there were no Kennedys available at the time.
1652: RHODE ISLAND PASSES THE FIRST LAW IN NORTH AMERICA MAKING SLAVERY ILLEGAL.
A big decision from a very small state.
1756: THE SEVEN YEARS WAR BEGINS WHEN GREAT BRITAIN DECLARES WAR ON FRANCE.
It shouldn't take seven years to push over these patsies.
1763: FIRE DESTROYS A LARGE PART OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC.
Did this happen after a Stanley Cup celebration?
1803: THE UNITED KINGDOM REVOKES THE TREATY OF AMIENS AND DECLARES WAR ON FRANCE.
Again? You still can't finish this job???
1804: NAPOLEON BONAPARTE IS PROCLAIMED EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.
Okay, England, you see what happens when you don't close the deal.
1843: THE DISRUPTION IN EDINBURGH OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
Sounds like a whole lot of nothing from a country where men still wears skirts.
1860: ABRAHAM LINCOLN WINS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION OVER WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Despite the fact that exit polls from CNN had him trailing.
1863: DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG BEGINS.
In a fight that would decide who controls the Vapo-Rub.
1896: A MASS PANIC ON KHODYNKA FIELD IN MOSCOW DURING THE FESTIVITIES OF THE CORONATION OF RUSSIAN TSAR NICHOLAS II RESULTS IN THE DEATHS OF 1,389 PEOPLE.
Eeek! A mouse!!!
1897: DRACULA, A NOVEL BY IRISH AUTHOR BRAM STOKER, IS PUBLISHED.
A book you can sink your teeth into.
1897: FILMMAKER FRANK CAPRA IS BORN.
The first day of a wonderful life.
1902: COMPOSER MEREDITH WILLSON IS BORN.
The guy who brought us "The Music Man," my favorite musical of all time.
1910: THE EARTH PASSES THROUGH THE TAIL OF COMET HALLEY.
Does Bill Haley know that his last name is misspelled?
1912: SINGER PERRY COMO IS BORN.
My mother loved the way he sang "Ave Maria." And she wasn't Catholic. Always a little confusing to me.
1926: EVANGELIST AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON DISAPPEARS WHILE VISITING A VENICE, CALIFORNIA BEACH.
There are worse places to disappear.
1933: PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SIGNS AN ACT CREATING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY.
The very first stimulus plan.
1953: JACKIE COCHRAN BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER.
She did so by screaming at Mr. Cochran.
1956: FIRST ASCENT OF LHOTSE 8,516 METRES BY A SWISS TEAM.
Not so lhot.
1969: APOLLO 10 IS LAUNCHED.
The mission was successful and missed a golden opportunity to be a killer movie directed by Ron Howard.
1980: MOUNT ST. HELENS ERUPTS.
That was very lhot.
1988: VOICE ACTOR DAWS BUTLER DIES.
The voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Elroy Jetson. And I bet nobody knew what Daws Butler really sounded like.
1992: ACTOR MARSHALL THOMPSON DIES.
Daktari!!!
2006: THE POST LOKTANTRA ANDOLAN GOVERNMENT PASSES A LANDMARK BULL CURTAILING THE POWER OF THE MONARCHY AND MAKING NEPAL A SECULAR COUNTRY.
It's stupid stuff like this that explains why I really hated world history in school.
Dinner last night: Polish sausage at the Dodger game.
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