268: POPE DIONYSIUS DIES.
What happened to simple Pope names like John or Paul?
418: POPE ZOSIMUS DIES.
What happened to simple Pope names like Leo or Ringo?
1135: THE CORONATION OF KING STEPHEN OF ENGLAND.
On Boxing Day. Talk about your bad planning.
1613: ROBERT CARR, 1ST EARL OF SOMERSET, MARRIES FRANCES HOWARD.
On Boxing Day. Once again, talk about your bad planning.
1790: LOUIS XVI OF FRANCE GIVES HIS PUBLIC ASSENT TO THE CLERGY DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
Why do I think this will bite him in the ass?
1792: THE FINAL TRIAL OF LOUIS XVI OF FRANCE BEGINS.
Because I read ahead, that's why.
1793: THE WEDDING OF PRINCE FRIEDRICH LUDWIG OF PRUSSIA AND FREDERICA OF MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ TAKES PLACE.
Because the Germans don't give a shit about Boxing Day in England.
1799: FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTEND GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FUNERAL.
And thousands of others couldn't see it on television. Because it hadn't been invented yet, stupid.
1811: A THEATER FIRE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA KILLS THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF VIRGINIA.
Whoever the hell they are.
1825: ADVOCATES OF LIBERALISM IN RUSSIA RISE UP TSAR NICHOLAS I AND ARE PUT DOWN IN THE DECEMBRIST REVOLT IN ST. PETERSBURG.
In America, those advocates are called MSNBC.
1846: TRAPPED IN SNOW IN THE SIERRA NEVADAS AND WITHOUT FOOD, MEMBERS OF THE DONNER PARTY RESORT TO CANNIBALISM.
That's what happens when you don't have Christmas leftovers.
1862: FOUR NUNS SERVING AS VOLUNTEER NURSES ON BOARD USS RED ROVER ARE THE FIRST FEMALE NURSES ON A US NAVY HOSPITAL SHIP.
Boy, those doctors on board sure got a surprise when they started hitting on them.
1862: THE LARGEST MASS-HANGING IN US HISTORY TOOK PLACE IN MANKATO, MINNESOTA AS 38 NATIVE AMERICANS DIE.
A lost art.
1871: GILBERT AND SULLIVAN COLLABORATE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THEIR LOST OPERA "THESPIS."
And there must be a reason why it's lost. Probably stunk.
1898: MARIE AND PIERRE CURIE ANNOUNCE THE ISOLATION OF RADIUM.
They were so excited that they were absolutely glowing.
1907: POLITICIAN AL GORE SR. IS BORN.
Papa was a big ole racist.
1919: BABE RUTH OF THE BOSTON RED SOX IS SOLD TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES BY OWNER HARRY FRAZEE.
And the persecution of those assholes in Massachusetts begins.
1921: ENTERTAINER STEVE ALLEN IS BORN.
The start of something big.
1927: COMEDIAN ALAN KING IS BORN.
When he came on the Ed Sullivan Show, my grandmother turned the channel.
1933: FM RADIO IS PATENTED.
Can Scott Muni be far behind?
1940: BASEBALL PITCHER RAY SADECKI IS BORN.
Mentioned here only because he was once on the New York Mets.
1941: US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT SIGNS A BILL ESTABLISHING THE FOURTH THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER AS THANKSGIVING DAY.
He couldn't have done this in October??
1947: BASEBALL PLAYER CARLTON FISK IS BORN.
Hit one of the most famous home runs in World Series history.
1948: JOURNALIST CANDY CROWLEY IS BORN.
Journalist??????? Wha???????
1954: BASEBALL PLAYER OZZIE SMITH IS BORN.
Forgive me for refraining from a Harriet, Ricky, and David joke.
1966: THE FIRST KWANZAA IS CELEBRATED BY MAULANA KARENGA, THE CHAIR OF BLACK STUDIES AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH.
Of course, it would be some screwball professor in California who started this nonsense. On Boxing Day, for Pete's sake!
1972: US PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN DIES.
No walk around the neighborhood today, Harry.
1974: COMEDIAN JACK BENNY DIES.
Your money or your life? We finally get the answer.
1977: DIRECTOR HOWARD HAWKS DIES.
One of his best films was "Bringing Up Baby."
1982: TIME MAGAZINE'S "MAN OF THE YEAR" IS FOR THE FIRST TIME A NON-HUMAN, THE PERSONAL COMPUTER.
Yeah, that was a flash in the pan.
1986: THE FIRST LONG-RUNNING AMERICAN TELEVISION SOAP OPERA, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, AIRS ITS FINAL EPISODE.
So, even if you search, there is no episode tomorrow.
1986: ACTRESS ELSA LANCHESTER DIES.
She was married to Charles Laughton. Ugh. And worse...he was married to her.
1996: SIX-YEAR-OLD BEAUTY QUEEN JONBENET RAMSEY IS FOUND MURDERED IN COLORADO.
The original Honey Boo Boo.
2000: ACTOR JASON ROBARDS DIES.
He was once married to Lauren Bacall. Ugh. And worse...she was married to him.
2004: A 9.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE CREATES A TSUNAMI IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, KILLING 230,000 PEOPLE.
A very good day to be an undertaker in India.
2006: US PRESIDENT GERALD FORD DIES.
Two Presidents dying on the same date. What luck! Unless, of course, you're one of them.
Dinner last night: Beef tenderloin and lots of other Christmas goodies.
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