1002: ENGLISH KING ETHELRED II ORDERS THE KILLING OF ALL DANES IN ENGLAND.
Don't you wish there was an "F" in that name for a little "I Love Lucy" tribute?
1160: LOUIS VII OF FRANCE MARRIES ADELE OF CHAMPAGNE.
I bet he popped her cork.
1775: DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, PATRIOTS FORCES UNDER GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY OCCUPY MONTREAL, QUEBEC.
And with the girls up there, who wouldn't?
1841: JAMES BRAID FIRST SEES A DEMONSTRATION OF ANIMAL MAGNETISM, WHICH LEADS TO HIS STUDY OF THE SUBJECT HE EVENTUALLY CALLS HYPNOTISM.
You are sleepy, very sleepy.
1850: AUTHOR ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON IS BORN.
Had this not happened, I would have had no English literature homework from the sixth grade through the eighth grade.
1851: THE DENNY PARTY LANDS AT ALKI POINT BEFORE MOVING TO WHAT WOULD BECOME SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
And I bet the Denny Party knew where it wanted to go for a big breakfast.
1887: BLOODY SUNDAY CLASHES IN CENTRAL LONDON.
Bloody awful.
1906: ACTRESS HERMIONE BADDELEY IS BORN.
Mrs. Naugatuck from TV's "Maude."
1918: ALLIED TROOPS OCCUPY CONSTANTINOPLE, THE CAPITAL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
Still stifling that yawn from tenth grade World History.
1922: TV GAME SHOW HOST JACK NARZ IS BORN.
A two game show host family as his brother is Tom Kennedy....the one you don't say.
1927: THE HOLLAND TUNNEL IN NEW YORK OPENS TO TRAFFIC.
Key word is "traffic."
1934: ACTOR/WRITER/DIRECTOR GARRY MARSHALL IS BORN.
He and I once had a conversation while standing in front of urinals at Warner Brothers.
1941: BASEBALL PITCHER/COACH MEL STOTTLEMYRE IS BORN.
He coached that wonderful 1986 New York Mets pitching staff.
1942: DURING WORLD WAR II, US AND JAPANESE SHIPS ENGAGE IN THE INTENSE BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL.
Dear Diary....
1947: THE SOVIET UNION COMPLETES DEVELOPMENT OF THE AK-47, ONE OF THE FIRST ASSAULT RIFLES.
A day cursed by gun control advocates in this country. So, folks, blame it on the Russkies.
1954: GREAT BRITAIN DEFEATS FRANCE TO CAPTURE THE FIRST EVER RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP IN PARIS.
I know nothing about this sport, but France lost so all is good.
1956: THE SUPREME COURT OF THE US DECLARES ALABAMA LAWS REQUIRING SEGREGATED BUSES ILLEGAL, THUS ENDING THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT.
Look, if nobody wants to sit in the back, I will.
1974: DIRECTOR VITTORIO DE SICA DIES.
If you have never seen "The Bicycle Thief," you must.
1974: RONALD DE FEO HR MURDERS HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN AMITYVILLE, LONG ISLAND IN THE HOUSE THAT WOULD BECOME KNOWN AS THE AMITYVILLE HORROR.
Already in film pre-production by 1975.
1974: ACTIVIST KAREN SILKWOOD DIES.
Her personality was always glowing.
1982: RAY MANCINI DEFEATS DUK KOO JIM AND KILLS HIM IN A LAS VEGAS BOXING MATCH.
I guess the other guy should have duk-ed
1982: THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED IN WASHINGTON, DC.
I hear this is a stirring site.
1983: COMIC JUNIOR SAMPLES DIES.
Well, we know he didn't die of anorexia.
1989: HANS-ADAM II, THE PRINCE OF LIECHTENSTEIN, BEGINS HIS REIGN ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER.
Who I guess was named Hans-Adam I.
1995: A TRUCK BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE A US-OPERATED SAUDI ARABIAN NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING CENTER IN RIYADH, KILLING FIVE AMERICANS AND TWO INDIANS. THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY.
Surprised?
1998: BASKETBALL COACH RED HOLZMAN DIES.
Life's fifth foul.
2001: IN THE FIRST SUCH ACT SINCE WORLD WAR II, US PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SIGNS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWING MILITARY TRIBUNALS AGAINST FOREIGNERS SUSPECTED OF CONNECTIONS TO TERRORIST ACTS PLANNED AGAINST THE US.
My hand is raised high. Wait. I don't get a vote.
Dinner last night: Roast beef sandwich from Clementine's.
Tomorrow.....from New York.
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