314: POPE SYLVESTER I SUCCEEDS POPE MILTIADES.
This is not going to make Tweety happy.
1606: GUNPOWDER PLOT - GUY FAWKES IS EXECUTED FOR PLOTTING AGAINST PARLIAMENT AND KING JAMES.
What a Guy.
1747: THE FIRST VENEREAL DISEASE CLINIC OPENS IN LONDON.
Hey now.
1801: JOHN MARSHALL IS APPOINTED THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE US.
Back when these judges actually were independent thinkers.
1846: AFTER THE MILWAUKEE BRIDE WAR, JUNEAUTOWN AND KILBOURNTOWN UNIFY AS THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
Good, because it would be tough to fit Juneautown and Kilbourntown Brewers on a uniform jersey.
1849: CORN LAWS ARE ABOLISHED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
So, no Hee Haw on the BBC?
1862: ALVAIN GRAHAM CLARK DISCOVERS THE WHITE DWARF STAR SIRIUS B THROUGH A TELESCOPE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
Insert your favorite satellite radio joke here.
1865: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - THE US CONGRESS PASSES THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION, ABOLISHING SLAVERY.
So over 150 years later why the hell are we still arguing about this???
1865: CONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE BECOMES GENERAL-IN-CHIEF.
Don't get too comfortable in that saddle.
1902: ACTRESS TALLULAH BANKHEAD IS BORN.
With a voice like that, you know she had a pack of Pall Malls in her purse.
1915: TV PERSONALITY GARRY MOORE IS BORN.
King of the Crewcuts.
1917: WORLD WAR I - GERMANY ANNOUNCES THAT ITS U-BOATS WILL RESUME UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE.
In 2017, this is the set-up for an X-Box game.
1918: A SERIES OF ACCIDENTAL COLLISIONS ON A MISTY SCOTTISH NIGHT LEADERS TO THE LOSS OF TWO ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINES AND DAMAGE TO ANOTHER FIVE BRITISH WARSHIPS.
Did you get the license plate of that warship?
1921: ACTRESS CAROL CHANNING IS BORN.
And still hanging in there.
1922: ACTRESS JOANNE DRU IS BORN.
The only thing I know about her is she was Peter Marshall's sister.
1930: 3M BEGINS MARKETING SCOTCH TAPE.
How did they wrap Christmas presents before this?
1931: BASEBALL STAR ERNIE BANKS IS BORN.
Didn't live to see the Cubs win the World Series.
1937: ACTRESS SUZANNE PLESHETTE IS BORN.
With that voice, you knew she had three packs of Pall Malls in her purse.
1945: US ARMY PRIVATE EDDIE SLOVIK IS EXECUTED FOR DESERTION, THE FIRST SUCH EXECUTION OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER SINCE THE CIVIL WAR.
Sharing this day with Guy Fawkes.
1946: THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM INTRODUCES THE DONG.
I have no clue but it sounds funny.
1947: BASEBALL STAR NOLAN RYAN IS BORN.
I remember his wife was really hot back in the day.
1949: THESE ARE MY CHILDREN, THE FIRST TELEVISION DAYTIME SOAP OPERA, IS BROADCAST BY NBC.
As opposed to All My Children which debuted on ABC in 1970.
1950: US PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN ANNOUNCES A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP THE HYDROGEN BOMB.
Give 'em hell.
1956: AUTHOR A.A. MILNE DIES.
No more honey jars for you.
1961: PROJECT MERCURY SPACE PROGRAM: HAM THE CHIMP TRAVELS INTO OUTER SPACE.
Do you want cheese with that?
1968: VIET CONG GUERRILLAS ATTACK THE US EMBASSY IN SAIGON. THIS IS CALLED THE TET OFFENSIVE.
And pretty offensive at that.
1971: THE WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION, ORGANIZED BY THE VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR TO PUBLICIZE WAR CRIMES AND ATROCITIES BY AMERICANS IN VIETNAM, BEGINS IN DETROIT.
That war was truly a mess.
1974: PRODUCER SAMUEL GOLDWYN DIES.
The G between two Ms.
2006: ACTRESS MOIRA SHEARER DIES.
You don't need those red shoes now.
Dinner last night: Leftover pork tenderloin and sauerkraut.
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