44BC: CASCA, CICERO, AND CASSIUS DECIDED, IN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR, THAT MARK ANTONY SHOULD STAY ALIVE.
For the time being. A nifty way to clean out government officials you can't stand.
313: EMPEROR JIN HUIDI IS EXECUTED BY LIU CONG, RULER OF THE XIONGNU STATE.
Casca, Cicero, and Cassius....where are you?
1489: CATHERINE CORNARO, QUEEN OF CYPRUS, SELLS HER KINGDOM TO VENICE.
And moved to a smart two bedroom condo on Malta.
1647: DURING THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR, BAVARIA, COLOGNE, FRANCE, AND SWEDEN SIGN THE TRUCE OF ULM.
That's an odd collection of allies. Ummmm. I mean, ulmmmmm.
1757: ADMIRAL SIR JOHN BYNG IS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD ABOARD HMS MONARCH FOR BREACH OF ARTICLES OF WAR.
Unlike those Road movies, there was no Hope for Byng.
1794: ELI WHITNEY IS GRANTED A PATENT FOR THE COTTON GIN.
And celebrated with a bottle of...well, not...cotton.
1879: PHYSICIST ALBERT EINSTEIN IS BORN.
The first official bad hair-do.
1883: PHILOSOPHER KARL MARX DIES.
Another Marx Brother....Commo.
1885: THE MIKADO BY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN HAD ITS FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE IN LONDON.
Clive Barnes reviewed for the New York Post.
1920: CARTOONIST HANK KETCHAM IS BORN.
Hey, Mr. Wilson!!!
1931: ALAM ARA, INDIA'S FIRST TALKIE FILM, IS RELEASED.
Hooray for Bollywood!
1932: INVENTOR GEORGE EASTMAN DIES.
Somebody opened the door to the dark room.
1933: ACTOR MICHAEL CAINE IS BORN.
He will celebrate by not making a movie today.
1933: COMPOSER QUINCY JONES IS BORN.
Once married to the Mod Squad's Peggy Lipton. For that, he gets a tip of my cap.
1942: ORVAN HESS AND JOHN BUMSTEAD BECAME THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO SUCCESSFULLY TREAT A PATIENT USING PENICILLIN.
No relation to Dagwood.
1943: DURING WORLD WAR II, THE KRAKOW GHETTO IS LIQUIDATED.
Was it ever showing a profit?
1946: ACTOR STEVE KANALY IS BORN.
Ray Krebbs of "Dallas" fame!!!
1948: COMEDIAN BILLY CRYSTAL IS BORN.
When was the last time he was funny?
1950: RADIO PERSONALITY RICK DEES IS BORN.
He once had an office next door to me. He brought in an infested plant and the bugs got into my computer. Thanks, Disco Dope.
1951: DURING THE KOREAN WAR, UNITED NATIONS TROOPS RECAPTURE SEOUL FOR THE SECOND TIME.
Personally, I've never had soul.
1961: RADIO PRODUCER GARY DELL'ABATE IS BORN.
Baba Booey!!!
1964: A JURY IN DALLAS FINDS JACK RUBY GUILTY OF KILLING LEE HARVEY OSWALD, ASSUMED ASSASSIN OF JOHN F. KENNEDY.
Ya think???
1967: THE BODY OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY IS MOVED TO A PERMANENT BURIAL PLACE AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
Did the flame go with him or did they install a new one?
1973: CARTOONIST CHIC YOUNG DIES.
He originated my favorite comic strip "Blondie."
1975: ACTRESS SUSAN HAYWARD DIES.
She once starred in a movie called "I Want to Live." Oh, well.
1976: CHOREOGRAPHER BUSBY BERKELEY DIES.
Those Golddiggers of 1935 can start digging something else.
1980: IN POLAND, A PLANE CRASHES NEAR WARSAW, KILLING 87 PEOPLE, INCLUDING A 14-MAN AMERICAN BOXING TEAM.
Kayo-ed.
1991: LYRICIST HOWARD ASHMAN DIES.
Of AIDs right after he did the music for "Beauty and the Beast." What a waste.
1994: LINUX KERNEL VERSION 1.0.0 IS RELEASED.
If you're a tech head, this must mean something to you.
1997: DIRECTOR FRED ZINNEMANN DIES.
Literally from Here to Eternity.
2009: ALTOVISE DAVIS, WIDOW OF SAMMY DAVIS JR., DIES.
Mrs. Bojangles.
2010: ACTOR PETER GRAVES DIES.
Now a really impossible mission.
Dinner last night: Had a big lunch, so just an English muffin and some salad.
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