253: POPE CORNELIUS IS BEHEADED.
So I wonder how they paraded this around the Vatican. Were there two processions?
841: FORCES LED BY CHARLES THE BALD AND LOUIS THE GERMAN DEFEAT THE ARMIES OF LOTHAIR I OF ITALY AND PEPIN II.
As detailed by Len the Blogger.
1530: AT THE DIET OF AUGSBURG, THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION IS PRESENTED TO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR BY LUTHERAN PRINCES.
And that's why I have a church to go to every Sunday.
1678: VENETIAN ELENA CORNARO PISCOPIA IS THE FIRST WOMAN AWARDED A DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY.
When she lost her eyesight, she was a blind Venetian.
1788; VIRGINIA BECOMES THE 10TH STATE TO RATIFY THE US CONSTITUTION.
Do we still have a constitution?
1876: BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN AND THE DEATH OF GENERAL CUSTER.
Who died with his boots on.
1906: PITTSBURGH MILLIONAIRE HARRY THAW SHOOTS AND KILLS ARCHITECT STANFORD WHITE.
Didn't like the plans for the master bath, did he?
1910: IGOR STRAVINSKY'S BALLET "THE FIREBIRD" IS PREMIERED IN PARIS.
Zzzzzz.
1924: DIRECTOR SIDNEY LUMET IS BORN.
He was mad as hell and he wasn't going to take it anymore.
1925: ACTRESS JUNE LOCKHART IS BORN.
Here, girl.
1935: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND COLOMBIA ARE ESTABLISHED.
They deserve each other.
1938: DR. DOUGLAS HYDE IS INAUGURATED AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF IRELAND.
Beating Jekyll in a close race.
1940: FRANCE OFFFICIALLY SURRENDERS TO GERMANY.
The correct term is "they rolled over like dogs."
1942: BASKETBALL STAR WILLIS REED IS BORN.
How long did it take to get him out?
1944: US NAVY SHIPS BOMBARD CHERBOURG DURING WORLD WAR II.
They hated umbrellas.
1944: THE FINAL "KRAZY KAT" COMIC STRIP IS PUBLISHED.
Ignatz.
1947: "THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK" IS PUBLISHED.
Lousy ending.
1947: COMIC JIMMIE WALKER IS BORN.
Dyn-O-Mite.
1948: THE BERLIN AIRLIFT BEGINS.
Who's bringing the brats?
1975: MOZAMBIQUE ACHIEVES INDEPENDENCE.
A good day to be a Mozambi.
1975: PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN INDIA.
So, those of you having problems with your Dell computer.....
1976: MISSOURI GOVERNOR KIT BOND ISSUES AN ORDER RESCINDING THE EXTERMINATION ORDER, FORMALLY APOLOGIZING FOR HOW THE STATE TREATED THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.
The Osmonds accept the apology.
1978: THE RAINBOW FLAG REPRESENTING GAY PRIDE IS FLOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Naturally.
1979: ANIMATOR DAVE FLEISCHER DIES.
Popeye is a pallbearer. Betty Boop does the eulogy.
1981: MICROSOFT IS RESTRUCTURED TO BECOME A BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
They made a few dollars.
1997: EXPLORER JACQUES COUSTEAU DIES.
Six feet under wasn't so far for him.
2009: ACTRESS FARRAH FAWCETT DIES.
Charlie's really got an angel now.
2009: ROCK STAR MICHAEL JACKSON DIES.
"I just need a little sleep."
Dinner last night: Leftover sausage and red cabbage.
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