320: PAPPUS OF ALEXANDRIA, GREEK PHILOSOPHER, OBSERVES AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
Hopefully, he used one of those pinholes that don't damage your eyes.
629: DAGOBERT I IS CROWNED KING OF THE FRANKS.
Defeating challenges by Oscar Meyer and Ballpark.
1009: THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, A CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN JERUSALEM, IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE FATIMID CALIPH AL-HAKIM BI-AMR ALLAH.
Yeah, even then.
1356: THE BASEL EARTHQUAKE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC SEISMOLOGICAL EVENT NORTH OF THE ALPS, DESTROYS THE TOWN OF BASEL, SWITZERLAND.
And, yeah, even then.
1540: SPANISH CONQUISTADOR HERNANDO DE SOTO'S FORCES DESTROY THE FORTIFIED TOWN OF MABILA IN PRESENT-DAY ALABAMA, KILLING TUSKALOOSA.
Oh, that's where they got Tuscaloosa.
1648: BOSTON SHOEMAKERS FORM FIRST AMERICAN LABOR ORGANIZATION.
Nary a sole didn't join.
1775: AFRICAN-AMERICAN POET PHILLIS WHEATLEY IS FREED FROM SLAVERY.
Um, back then, I think they were called Black. Or Negro. Or colored. Look at the history books.
1775: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - THE BURNING OF WHAT IS NOW PORTLAND, MAINE.
What was then a big old fire.
1851: HERMAN MELVILLE'S MOBY DICK IS FIRST PUBLISHED AS "THE WHALE."
It was a whale? Spoiler alert!
1867: THE UNITED STATES TAKES POSSESSION OF ALASKA AFTER PURCHASING IT FOR 7.2 MILLION DOLLARS FROM RUSSIA.
Collusion!!!
1898: THE UNITED STATES TAKES POSSESSION OF PUERTO RICO FROM SPAIN.
Do they want it back please?
1922: THE BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY IS FOUNDED.
Good, now PBS stations have something to air.
1926: SINGER CHUCK BERRY IS BORN.
And, earlier in 2017, he died. You see how this works?
1927: ACTOR GEORGE C. SCOTT IS BORN.
He accepted birthday cards, but not Oscars.
1929: THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OVERRULES THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA WHEN IT DECLARES THAT WOMEN ARE CONSIDERED "PERSONS" UNDER CANADIAN LAW.
Has this been adopted in America? Just checking.
1934: ACTRESS INGER STEVENS IS BORN.
Katy, the Farmer's Daughter.
1935: ACTOR PETER BOYLE IS BORN.
So good, especially in "Young Frankenstein" and "Everybody Loves Raymond."
1938: ACTRESS DAWN WELLS IS BORN.
Mary Ann from "Gilligan's Island."
1939: ASSASSIN LEE HARVEY OSWALD IS BORN.
You may have heard of him.
1944: WORLD WAR II - THE STATE FUNERAL OF FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL TAKES PLACE IN GERMANY.
Unlike his pals, he never got to hide out in South America.
1945: ARGENTINE POLITICIAN JUAN PERON MARRIES ACTRESS EVA DUARTE.
No crying now.
1951: ACTRESS PAM DAWBER IS BORN.
Also known as Mrs. Mark Harmon.
1952: TV PRODUCER CHUCK LORRE IS BORN.
Currently in charge of every sitcom on television.
1954: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ANNOUNCES THE FIRST TRANSISTOR RADIO.
It will never catch on.
1960: ACTRESS ERIN MORAN IS BORN.
See Chuck Berry.
1963: FELICETTE, A FEMALE PARISIAN STRAY CAT, BECOMES THE FIRST CAT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE.
They couldn't send it far enough to suit me.
1966: BUSINESSWOMAN ELIZABETH ARDEN DIES.
I saw a red door and I want to paint it black.
1979: THE FCC BEGINS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE HOME SATELLITE STATIONS WITHOUT A LICENSE.
Like the transistor, it will never catch on.
1982: FORMER FIRST LADY BESS TRUMAN DIES.
Three years short of hitting 100.
2000: ACTRESS GWEN VERDON DIES.
Whatever Lola wants. Oh, yeah? God has the final word.
2007: A SUICIDE ATTACK ON A MOTORCADE CARRYING FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR PHUTTO KILLS 139 AND WOUNDS 450 MORE. BHUTTO HERSELF IS UNINJURED.
So you try to kill one person and wind up hurting everybody but? Gee, you need new anarchists in this country.
Dinner last night: Had a big lunch so just a sandwich.
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