1519: HERNAN CORTES ENTERS TENOCHTITIAN AND AZTEC RULER MOCTEZUMA WELCOMES HIM WITH A GREAT CELEBRATION.
Shit, that's all like 500 points on Words with Friends.
1520: THE STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH BEGINS - AN INVASION OF SWEDEN BY DANISH FORCES RESULTS IN THE EXECUTION OF AROUND 100 PEOPLE.
Hey, who knew those two countries had any hostilities?
1614: JAPANESE DAIMYO DOM JUSTO TAKAYAMA IS EXILED THE THE PHILIPPINES BY SHOGUN TOKUGAWA IEYASYU FOR BEING CHRISTIAN.
Another 150 points on Words with Friends.
1620: THE BATTLE OF WHITE MOUNTAIN TAKES PLACE NEAR PRAGUE, ENDING IN A DECISIVE CATHOLIC VICTORY.
Over whom? A bunch of Methodists?
1745: CHARLES EDWARD STUART INVADES ENGLAND WITH AN ARMY OF 5000.
That's a lot of seats in mess hall.
1836: GAME INVENTOR MILTON BRADLEY IS BORN.
Welcome to Candy Land!
1837: MARY LYON FOUNDS MOUNT HOLYOKE FEMALE SEMINARY, WHICH LATER BECOMES MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE.
Forget the school dances there.
1889: MONTANA IS ADMITTED AS THE 41ST US STATE.
Hooray for the 22 people that live there.
1895: WHILE EXPERIMENTING WITH ELECTRICITY, WILHEM RONTGEN DISCOVERS THE X-RAY.
And now can be seen clearly whenever he enters a dark room.
1886: BASEBALL STAR BUCKY HARRIS IS BORN.
Listed here because he's one of those oddballs who...see below.
1887: WESTERN LEGEND DOC HOLLIDAY DIES.
Let the records show that he was a dentist.
1900: AUTHOR MARGARET MITCHELL IS BORN.
Which means she was only in her 30s when she wrote "Gone with the Wind."
1914: ACTOR/PRODUCER NORMAN LLOYD IS BORN.
Go, Norman, go! I've got 120 in the pool.
1917: THE FIRST COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS IS FORMED, INCLUDING VLADIMIR LENIN, LEON TROTSKY, AND JOSEPH STALIN.
The original "collusion."
1923: IN MUNICH, ADOLF HITLER LEADS THE NAZIS IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
If, at first, you don't succeed...
1924: ACTOR JOE FLYNN IS BORN.
McHale!!!!!!!
1927: SINGER PATTI PAGE IS BORN.
How much is that baby in the window?
1932: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT IS ELECTED THE 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE US.
And will hold onto this job like it was Civil Service.
1933: US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT UNVEILS THE CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION DESIGNED TO CREATE JOBS AND END THE DEPRESSION.
In reality, the main thing that got us out of this depression was World War 2.
1939: IN MUNICH, ADOLF HITLER NARROWLY ESCAPES THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF GEORG ELSER.
Too bad Georg missed.
1950: TV STAR MARY HART IS BORN.
A fellow Dodger season ticket holder.
1957: PAN AM FLIGHT 7 DISAPPEARS BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND HONOLULU. WRECKAGE AND BODIES DISCOVERED A WEEK LATER.
Hey, who turned off the radar???
1960: JOHN F. KENNEDY DEFEATS RICHARD NIXON TO BECOME THE 35TH PRESIDENT OF THE US.
And the last decent one we had, in my humble opinion.
1965: THE MURDER ACT 1965 IS GIVEN ROYAL ASSENT, FORMALLY ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
So the only living thing they kill regularly in England is a good piece of roast beef.
1965: JOURNALIST/TV STAR DOROTHY KILGALLEN IS FOUND DEAD.
Read "The Reporter Who Knew Too Much." Dotty was murdered.
1966: FORMER MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL EDWARD BROOKE BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THE US SENATE SINCE RECONSTRUCTION.
In this horrible country that discriminates??? I don't believe it.
1966: US PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNS INTO LAW AN ANTITRUST EXEMPTION ALLOWING THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TO MERGE WITH THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
And so goes Sundays in America.
1968: ACTOR WENDELL COREY DIES.
The detective in "Rear Window."
1972: HBO LAUNCHES ITS PROGRAMMING WITH THE BROADCAST OF THE 1971 MOVIE "SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION."
HBO? Never heard of it.
1977: BASEBALL BUCKY HARRIS DIES.
...who died on his birthday.
1994: ON THE NIGHT OF THE 1994 US MIDTERM ELECTIONS, REPUBLICANS MAKE HISTORIC ELECTORAL GAINS, THUS BRINGING A CLOSE TO FOUR DECADES OF DEMOCRATIC DOMINATION IN CONGRESS.
As if this really makes a difference.
2002: THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES A RESOLUTION ON IRAQ, FORCING SADDAM HUSSEIN TO DISARM OR FACE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
Truth or Consequences...without host Bob Barker.
2011: CARTOONIST BIL KEANE DIES.
The Family comes full Circle.
Dinner last night: Leftover pork tenderloin.
1 comment:
Wow. Bucky Harris was man before his time. Born 1986 and died 1977. Amazing. 🙃
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