49 BC: JULIUS CAESAR CROSSES THE RUBICON, SIGNALING THE START OF CIVIL WAR.
January is two months before March. Just saying.
69 AD: LUCIUS CALPURNIUS PISO LICINIANUS IS APPOINTED AS DEPUTY ROMAN EMPEROR.
How long does it take to get an autograph from him?
1645: ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM LAUD IS BEHEADED AT THE TOWER OF LONDON.
So no caps for a Christmas gift.
1776: THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHES THE PAMPHLET COMMON SENSE.
Interesting, because in 2017, so many people don't have it.
1812: THE FIRST STEAMBOAT ON THE OHIO RIVER OR THE MISSISSIPPI ARRIVES IN NEW ORLEANS, 82 DAYS AFTER DEPARTING FROM PITTSBURGH.
They hit traffic.
1861: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - FLORIDA SECEDES FROM THE UNION.
The bad news is they eventually came back.
1870: JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER INCORPORATES STANDARD OIL.
Moneybags.
1901: THE FIRST GREAT TEXAS OIL GUSHER IS DISCOVERED IN BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
Paging JR Ewing.
1904: ACTOR RAY BOLGER IS BORN.
Brain needed.
1917: BUFFALO BILL DIES.
The real guy, not the football franchise.
1920: THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES TAKES EFFECT, OFFICIALLY ENDING WORLD WAR I.
Just wait till the next world war. You ain't seen nothing yet.
1927: FRITZ LANG'S FUTURISTIC FILM METROPOLIS IS RELEASED.
Not the one with Superman.
1930: BUSINESSMAN ROY E. DISNEY IS BORN.
Mickey's cousin.
1938: BASEBALL STAR WILLIE MCCOVEY IS BORN.
A SF Giant. Boo!!
1939: ACTOR SAL MINEO IS BORN.
I actually know the spot in West Hollywood where he got killed in 1976.
1945: SINGER ROD STEWART IS BORN.
With that gravely voice, you know he smoked and did drugs.
1946: THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS OPENS IN LONDON. FIFTY-ONE NATIONS ARE REPRESENTED.
I'd love to know the countries who, every year, are late with their annual dues payment.
1946: THE US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS PROJECT DIANA, BOUNCING RADIO WAVES OFF THE MOON.
Well, that seems like a thoroughly stupid exercise.
1949: ACTRESS LINDA LOVELACE IS BORN.
I find that hard to swallow.
1962: NASA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BUILD THE C-5 ROCKET LAUNCH VEHICLE, WHICH LAUNCHED EVERY APOLLO MOON MISSION.
Because it will take more than a sling shot to get them up there.
1972: SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN RETURNS TO THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT BANGLADESH AS PRESIDENT AFTER SPENDING OVER NINE MONTHS IN A PAKISTAN PRISON.
Pakistan prison. That concept is redundant.
1982: ACTOR PAUL LYNDE DIES.
Oh, my goodness. PS, met him several times.
1985: SANDINISTA DANIEL ORTEGA BECOMES PRESIDENTS OF NICARAGUA AND VOWS TO CONTINUE THE TRANSFORMATION TO SOCIALISM.
And also steal the market on some Mexican tortilla chips.
1990: TIME WARNER IS FORMED BY THE MERGER OF TIME AND WARNER COMMUNICATIONS.
Your cable bill is going up.
1997: ACTOR SHELDON LEONARD DIES.
Psst. Hey, buddy. Come over here.
2007: FILM PRODUCER CARLO PONTI DIES.
Married to Sophia Loren. Hence, he was no dummy.
2015: A MASS POISONING AT A FUNERAL IN MOZAMBIQUE INVOLVES BEER THAT WAS DELIBERATELY CONTAMINATED WITH CROCODILE BILE.
Eeewwww.
2016: SINGER DAVID BOWIE DIES.
Still sad about this.
2017: SINGER BUDDY GRECO DIES.
This singer...um, not so much.
Dinner last night: Leftover hamburger with mac and cheese.
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