1185: ISAAC II ANGELUS KILLS STEPHANUS HAGIOCHRISTOPHORITES AND THEN APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE, RESULTING IN THE REVOLT THAT DEPOSES ANDRONICUS I COMMENUS.
I guess for people back then, this was their 9/11.
1226: THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT OUTSIDE OF MASS SPREADS FROM MONASTERIES TO PARISHES.
So you can do it in private, too, right?
1541: SANTIAGO, CHILE, IS DESTROYED BY INDIGENOUS WARRIORS, LED BY MICHIMALONCO.
Michimalonco did not have ties to Al Qiada.
1609: HENRY HUDSON DISCOVERS MANHATTAN AND THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
That's twice this week for indigenous.
1776: BRITISH-AMERICAN PEACE CONFERENCE ON STATEN ISLAND FAILS TO STOP THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Started by....wait for it...some indigenous soldiers.
1789: ALEXANDER HAMILTON IS APPOINTED THE US SECRETARY OF TREASURY.
And that's how you get your face on some paper money.
1792: THE HOPE DIAMOND IS STOLEN ALONG WITH OTHER FRENCH CROWN JEWELS WHEN SIX MEN BREAK INTO THE HOUSE USED TO STORE THEM.
Too cheap for a bank vault??
1813: DURING THE WAR OF 1812, BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN MOUNT VERNON AND PREPARE TO INVADE WASHINGTON, DC.
I assume that's Mount Vernon, Virginia and not my hometown in New York.
1826: CAPT. WILLIAM MORGAN IS ARRESTED IN NEW YORK FOR DEBT.
I still love his rum.
1847: STEPHEN FOSTER'S "OH, SUSANNA" IS PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A PITTSBURGH SALOON.
"Don't you cry for me..."
1862: AUTHOR O. HENRY IS BORN.
And the O stands for???
1930: ACTRESS CATHRYN DAMON IS BORN.
One of the feuding matriarchs on that wonderful "Soap."
1931: SALVATORE MARANZANO IS MURDERED BY CHARLES LUCIANO'S GANG.
Unlike his slayer, Maranzano was quite unlucky.
1939: CANADA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY, THE COUNTRY'S FIRST INDEPENDENT DECLARATION OF WAR.
So much for Munich getting a NHL franchise.
1940: DIRECTOR BRIAN DE PALMA IS BORN.
I wonder who his senior prom date was.
1941: GROUND IS BROKEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE US PENTAGON.
Talk about your foreshadowing.
1941: CHARLES LINDBERGH'S DES MOINES SPEECH ACCUSING THE BRITISH, JEWS, AND THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION OF PRESSING FOR WAR WITH GERMANY.
Hey, Lucky Lindy, wasn't it a German that killed your baby???
1962: ACTRESS KRISTY MCNICHOL IS BORN.
I did love that TV show "Family."
1967: SINGER HARRY CONNICK JR. IS BORN.
Nine months before, When Mr. Connick Met Mrs. Connick.
1972: THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM OPENS.
Would you want to be on an underground train in this city???
1972: ANIMATOR MAX FLEISCHER DIES.
Father of Popeye and Betty Boop.
1978: US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, EGYPT PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT, AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER MENACHEM BEGIN MEET AT CAPE DAVID AND SIGN MIDEAST PEACE ACCORDS.
Yeah, a fat lot of good that did.
1985: PETE ROSE BREAKS TY COBB'S BASEBALL RECORD FOR MOST CAREER BASE HITS WITH HIS 4,192ND HIT.
Hall of Fame stats. Or so we thought....
1987: ACTOR LORNE GREENE DIES.
Off to the big Ponderosa in the sky.
1994: ACTRESS JESSICA TANDY DIES.
Driving Miss Daisy...to the cemetery.
2001: FOUR PLANES....
Do I have to finish this? Still too painful for words.
2002: FOOTBALL STAR JOHNNY UNITAS DIES.
Thrown for a really, really big loss.
2003: ACTOR JOHN RITTER DIES.
I remember this like it was yesterday as well.
2004: SONGWRITER FRED EBB DIES.
Living up to that last name.
2005: SPORTSCASTER CHRIS SCHENKEL DIES.
The Wide World of Nothingness.
2006: ACTOR PAT CORLEY DIES.
Phil on TV's "Murphy Brown."
2009: WRITER LARRY GELBART DIES.
G*E*N*I*U*S*.
2010: ACTOR HAROLD GOULD DIES.
Rhoda Morgenstern's Pop.
2010: ACTOR KEVIN MCCARTHY DIES.
The Real Invasion of the Bodysnatchers.
2012: THE US EMBASSY IN BENGHAZI IS ATTACKED, RESULTING IN FOUR DEATHS, INCLUDING AMBASSADOR J. CHRISTOPHER STEVENS.
One year later and we still know nothing about this.
Dinner last night: Assorted Thai dishes at Emporium.
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