590: EMPEROR MAURICE PROCLAIMS HIS SON THEODOSIUS AS CO-EMPEROR OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE.
Father and son despots.
1027: POPE JOHN XIX CROWNS CONRAD II AS HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR.
We love you, Conrad, so, yes, we do.
1169: SALADIN BECOMES THE EMIR OF EGYPT.
Have Barge, Will Travel.
1484: WILLIAM CAXTON PRINTS HIS TRANSLATION OF AESOP'S FABLES.
And the moral of the story is?
1812: AN EARTHQUAKE DESTROYS CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
But an earthquake couldn't stop Fernando Valenzuela.
1812: A POLITICAL CARTOON IN THE BOSTON GAZETTE COINS THE TERM "GERRYMANDER" TO DESCRIBE ODDLY SHAPED ELECTORAL DISTRICTS DESIGNED TO HELP INCUMBENTS WIN RE-ELECTION.
Gerrymander as is "crooked as all hell."
1830: THE BOOK OF MORMON IS PUBLISHED IN PALMYRA, NEW YORK.
Not the musical, gang.
1839: THE FIRST HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA IS HELD.
Don?
1874: POET ROBERT FROST IS BORN.
First frost of the year.
1892: POET WALT WHITMAN DIES.
Some sampled the last candy in the box.
1911: PLAYWRIGHT TENNESSEE WILLIAMS IS BORN.
Midwife on a Hot Tin Roof.
1915: THE VANCOUVER MILLIONAIRES SWEEP THE OTTAWA SENATORS IN THE 1915 STANLEY CUP FINALS, THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYED BETWEEN THE PACIFIC COAST HOCKEY ASSOCIATION AND THE NHL.
They were over by the end of March. Now they're still playing in June.
1923: COMEDIAN BOB ELLIOTT IS BORN.
Partner of Ray, father of Chris, no relation to Win.
1931: ACTOR LEONARD NIMOY IS BORN.
Beamed up.
1931: SWISSAIR IS FOUNDED AS THE NATIONAL AIRLINE OF SWITZERLAND.
Duh.
1934: THE DRIVING TEST IS INTRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Still has yet to be implemented in China.
1934: ACTOR ALAN ARKIN IS BORN.
The Russians are Here.
1936: SPORTSCASTER HARRY KALAS IS BORN.
He died in the booth on Opening Day. Talk about signing off.
1940: POLITICIAN NANCY PELOSI IS BORN.
No way this birthday girl gets her picture on this blog. It could spread a computer virus.
1942: THE FIRST FEMALE PRISONERS ARRIVE AT AUSCHWITZ IN NAZI-OCCUPIED POLAND.
Fiends.
1943: AUTHOR BOB WOODWARD IS BORN.
Which makes him under 30 when Watergate happens.
1944: SINGER DIANA ROSS IS BORN.
I know somebody who saw her munching on Cheezits in the supermarket with her cart full of hot dogs.
1967: TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHER FOR ONE OF MANY CENTRAL PART BE-INS IN NEW YORK CITY.
Sanitation Department works overtime.
1973: PLAYWRIGHT NOEL COWARD DIES.
Private Deaths.
1975: THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION COMES INTO FORCE.
Bring your own mace.
1979: ANWAR SADAT, MENACHEM BEGIN, AND JIMMY CARTER SIGN THE MIDEAST PEACE TREATY.
Known as Carter's singular accomplishment, they're still fighting like lunatics over there.
1982: A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL IS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC.
I hear this is a stirring monument.
1990: FASHION DESIGNER HALSTON DIES.
Of AIDs. No surprise there.
1991: FIVE SOUTH KOREAN BOYS, NICKNAMED THE FROG BOYS, DISAPPEAR WHILE HUNTING FOR FROGS AND FOUND MURDERED.
And you thought dogs were prime game in Korea?
1999: THE MELISSA WORM INFECTS MICROSOFT WORD PROCESSING AND E-MAIL SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD.
If computers can get worms, can they also get fleas? Discuss.
1999: A JURY IN MICHIGAN FINDS DR. JACK KEVORKIAN GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOR ADMINISTERING A LETHAL INJECTION TO A TERMINALLY ILL MAN.
I'm very concerned about the Youth in Asia. Oh, never mind.
2003: POLITICIAN DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN DIES.
You just know he drank.
2011: POLITICIAN GERALDINE FERRARO DIES.
Three years before, she sat in front of me on a flight from LA to NY. It was the day Elliott Spitzer got caught. She was looking at her Black Berry a LOT.
Dinner last night: Had a big lunch, so just a salad.
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