Wednesday, June 5, 2019

This Date in History - June 5

And a mere minutes after this photo was taken...  But, first, let's go back to the year 70.

70:  TITUS AND HIS ROMAN LEGIONS BREACH THE MIDDLE WALL OF JERUSALEM IN THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.

And the status of the outer and inner wall is?

1257:  KRAKOW, POLAND RECEIVES CITY RIGHTS.

And was later a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants.

1283:  ROGER OF LAURIA, ADMIRAL TO KING PETER III OF ARAGON, CAPTURES CHARLES OF SALERMO.

Who was later taken over by Vinnie from Bayonne on WFAN.

1798:  DURING THE BATTLE OF NEW ROSS, THE ATTEMPT TO SPREAD UNITED IRISH REBELLION INTO MUNSTER IS DEFEATED.

And what did the United Irish Rebellion have against the Addams Family?

1829:  HMS PICKLE CAPTURES THE ARMED SLAVE SHIP VOLADORA OFF THE COAST OF CUBA.

Hold the HMS.

1832:  THE JUNE REBELLION BREAKS OUT IN PARIS IN AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE MONARCHY OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE.

Which is why the song goes "April in Paris."

1837:  HOUSTON, TEXAS IS INCORPORATED BY THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.

Long before it switched over to the American League.

1850:  SHERIFF PAT GARRETT IS BORN.

Billy the Kid, watch your step.

1851:  HARRIET BEECHER STOWE'S SERIAL, "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN," IS PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

It was a soap opera?  Like sands through the hourglass, so are the slaves of our lives.

1879:  REVOLUTIONARY PANCHO VILLA IS BORN.

Si.

1883:  THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED ORIENT EXPRESS DEPARTS PARIS.

That trip is murder.

1883:  ECONOMIST JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES IS BORN.

That adds up.

1910:  AUTHOR O HENRY DIES.

How's that for a twist ending?

1915:  DENMARK AMENDS ITS CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

Which is why so many men went there to become women.

1916:  LOUIS BRANDEIS IS SWORN IN AS A JUSTICE OF THE US SUPREME COURT.

I thought he was a college.

1917:  DURING WORLD WAR I, CONSCRIPTION BEGINS IN THE US AS "ARMY REGISTRATION DAY."

Getting a little drafty around here.

1920:  AUTHOR CORNELIUS RYAN IS BORN.

Interesting that his birthday is on June 5 since......well, you will see later.

1934:  JOURNALIST BILL MOYERS IS BORN.

Journalist?  Really?

1942:  DURING WORLD WAR II, THE US DECLARES WAR OF BULGARIA, HUNGARY, AND ROMANIA.

Every war needs a couple of pushover countries.

1944:  DURING WORLD WAR II, MORE THAN 1000 BRITISH BOMBERS DROP 5000 TONS ON BOMBS ON GERMAN GUN BATTERIES ON THE NORMANDY COAST IN PREPARATION FOR D-DAY, THE NEXT DAY.

Happy birthday, Cornelius Ryan.   Now you have something to write about.

1947:  THE MARSHALL PLAN - IN A SPEECH AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, US SECRETARY OF STATE GEORGE MARSHALL CALLS FOR ECONOMIC AID TO WAR-TORN EUROPE.

Knock 'em down and then build 'em up.  Ain't war grand?

1951:  ECONOMIST/TV HOST SUZE ORMAN IS BORN.

I met her once.  I still don't have a million dollars.

1951:  JILL BIDEN IS BORN.

As inconsequential as they come.

1956:  ELVIS PRESLEY INTRODUCES HIS NEW SINGLE "HOUND DOG" ON THE MILTON BERLE SHOW, SCANDALIZING THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS SUGGESTIVE HIP MOVEMENTS.

Meanwhile, Milton was even scarier when he dressed like a woman.

1963:  BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR JOHN PROFUMO RESIGNS IN A SEX SCANDAL KNOWN AS THE PROFUMO AFFAIR.

Wasn't that an episode of "Man from U.N.C.L.E.?"

1967:  THE SIX DAY WAR BEGINS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

The six day war now in its fifth decade.

1968:  US SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY IS SHOT AT THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES.  HE DIES THE NEXT DAY.

"Let's go on to Chicago and win there."

1971:  SINGER/ACTOR MARK WAHLBERG IS BORN.

The newest kid on the block.

1975:  THE SUEZ CANAL OPENS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SIX-DAY WAR.

And is still open as the war approaches its sixth decade.

1976:  THE COLLAPSE OF THE TETON DAM IN IDAHO.

Look out below.

1977:  THE APPLE II, ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTERS, GOES ON SALE.

What version are we up to now?

1981:  THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION REPORT THAT FIVE PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES HAVE A RARE FORM OF PNEUMONIA SEEN ONLY IN PATIENTS WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, IN WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE THE FIRST RECOGNIZED CASES OF AIDS.

A long sentence that could be reduced to four words.  "This is gonna suck."

1993:  PORTIONS OF THE HOLBECK HALL HOTEL IN ENGLAND FALL INTO THE SEA FOLLOWING A LANDSLIDE.

You wanted a view of the water?  Now you got it.

1993:  SINGER CONWAY TWITTY DIES.

Long before people would start sending daily messages in his name.

1998:  A STRIKE BEGINS AT THE GENERAL MOTORS PARTS FACTORY IN FLINT, MICHIGAN THAT QUICKLY SPREADS TO FIVE OTHER PLANTS.

And they thought AIDS moved fast.

1998:  LOS ANGELES MAYOR SAM YORTY DIES.

Next to Twitty, the second funniest name to die on this date.

1999:  SINGER MEL TORME DIES.

I hear this guy was a real scumbag.  

2002:  SINGER DEE DEE RAMONE DIES.

Dee Dee Dead.

2003:  A SEVERE HEAT WAVE ACROSS PAKISTAN AND INDIA REACHES A PEAK OF 122 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

In countries where there is no central air.  Yeech!

2004:  PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN DIES.

His casket drove past my apartment on this date.  The closest I have ever come to a President, dead or alive.

2012:  AUTHOR RAY BRADBURY DIES.

Talk about high Fahrenheit temperatures.

2018:  FASHION DESIGNER KATE SPADE DIES.

They'll need one to bury her.

Dinner last night:  Leftover beef and salad.

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