And a happy, happy birthday to Charlie McCarthy's little sister.
1092: LINCOLN CATHEDRAL IS CONSECRATED.
Bless you. Wait, did the building sneeze?
1671: THOMAS BLOOD, DISGUISED AS A CLERGYMAN, ATTEMPTS TO STEAL ENGLAND'S CROWN JEWELS FROM THE TOWER OF LONDON.
Smells like a PBS mini-series to me.
1726: FIVE MEN ARRESTED DURING A RAID ON MOTHER CLAP'S MOLLY HOUSE IN LONDON ARE EXECUTED AT TYBURN.
Mother Clap? Gee, what's she famous for?
1763: THE SIEGE OF FORT DETROIT BEGINS DURING PONTIAC'S WAR AGAINST BRITISH FORCES.
I guess that means no bailout for England.
1873: CHICAGO MAYOR ANTON CERMAK IS BORN.
And, in 1933, he took a bullet meant for FDR.
1874: THE FIRST HORSE-DRAWN BUS MAKES ITS DEBUT IN THE CITY OF MUMBAI.
And given how advanced Mumbai is, it's probably still in use today.
1887: BUFFALO BILL CODY'S WILD WEST SHOW OPENS IN LONDON.
Not exactly perfect entertainment for people used to seeing Shakespeare at the Old Vic.
1901: AUSTRALIA OPENS ITS FIRST PARLIAMENT IN MELBOURNE.
Around 1941, my mother opened her first Parliament, too. And then switched to Kent Cigarettes.
1904: THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE "CITY OF TRURO" BECOMES THE FIRST STEAM ENGINE IN EUROPE TO EXCEED 100 MPH.
Big deal. Over there, the railroads go on strike every other day.
1914: FOOD MANUFACTURER C.W. POST DIES.
Talk about multi-tasking. He invented a college and Grape Nuts.
1918: JOURNALIST MIKE WALLACE IS BORN.
The clock starts ticking.
1923: HOLLYWOOD MAYOR JOHNNY GRANT IS BORN.
I met him at an event. He wasn't very nice.
1926: ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD AND FLOYD BENNETT CLAIM TO HAVE FLOWN OVER THE NORTH POLE. IT IS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN.
I guess that, since there's nobody else up there, who would have caught them in this lie?
1937: SINGER SONNY CURTIS IS BORN.
Who, you say? The guy who wrote the theme song to the Mary Tyler Moore Show, I say.
1940: PRODUCER JAMES L. BROOKS IS BORN.
Most people remember him for the Simpsons. I remember him for creating the show that Sonny Curtis wrote the theme song for.
1940: DURING WORLD WAR II, THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-9 SINKS THE FRENCH COASTAL SUBMARINE DORIS NEAR DEN HELDER.
Doris sunk like a Rock.
1942: BASEBALL PLAYER JERRY BUCHEK IS BORN.
Met fans don't ever forget.
1945: DURING WORLD WAR II, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS ARE LIBERATED BY THE BRITISH AFTER FIVE YEARS OF GERMAN OCCUPATION.
Fair-haired white guys don't tan well anyway.
1946: ACTRESS CANDICE BERGEN IS BORN.
It was my pleasure to share the camera with you.
1948: MUSICIAN BILLY JOEL IS BORN.
Brenda and Eddie are still going steady...
1949: RAINIER III OF MONACO BECOMES PRINCE OF MONACO.
And immediately starts to scope around for that princess.
1957: SINGER EZIO PINZA DIES.
Now he's way North of the Pacific. Broadway fans get that gag.
1960: THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES IT WILL APPROVE ORAL BIRTH CONTROL.
Oral birth control? How about the word "no?"
1961: JIM GENTILE OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES BECOMES THE FIRST PLAYER IN BASEBALL HISTORY TO HIT GRAND SLAMS IN CONSECUTIVE INNINGS.
Hey, do it in the same inning and then I'm impressed.
1968: ACTRESS MARION LORNE DIES.
Aunt Clara on Bewitched!
1970: IN WASHINGTON DC, 100,000 VIETNAM WAR PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
And not a single one of these people bathed that week.
1998: ACTRESS ALICE FAYE DIES.
How much liquor did she watch husband Phil Harris consume over the years?
2002: THE 38-DAY STAND-OFF IN THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY IN BETHLEHEM COMES TO AN END WHEN THE PALESTINIANS INSIDE AGREE TO HAVE 13 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS AMONG THEM DEPORTED TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
Hey, stay out of a Christian shrine, please!
2004: COMEDIAN ALAN KING DIES.
I use the word "comedian" very loosely.
2010: SINGER LENA HORNE DIES.
She finally bought that Cabin in the Sky.
2012: FASHION DESIGNER VIDAL SASSOON DIES.
Ooh la la.
Dinner last night: Leftover sausage and peppers.
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