Wednesday, January 22, 2020

This Date in History - January 22

Happy birthday to Linda Blair, a real head turner.

565:  EUTYCHIUS IS DEPOSED AS PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY JOHN SCHOLASTICUS.

Scholasticus for Children.

613:  EIGHT-MONTH-OLD CONSTANTINE IS CROWNED AS CO-EMPEROR BY HIS FATHER HERACLIUS AT CONSTANTINOPLE

Talk about over-achieving at an early age.

1506:  THE FIRST CONTINGENT OF 150 SWISS GUARDS ARRIVES AT THE VATICAN.

Who was watching the place before this?  A bunch of Cub Scouts from Milan?

1552:  EXPLORER SIR WALTER RALEIGH IS BORN.

If only he knew that he would become a cigarette.  With a coupon on the box.

1824:  THE ASHANTIS DEFEAT BRITISH FORCES IN THE GOLD COAST.

Ashantis is really Atlantis if spoken by somebody with a hairlip.

1849:  THE SIEGE OF MULTAN ENDS AFTER NINE MONTHS WHEN THE LAST SIKH DEFENDERS SURRENDER.

I'm sikh of this, too.

1875:  DIRECTOR D.W. GRIFFITH IS BORN.

Birth of a Director.

1877:  ARTHUR TOOTH, AN ANGLICAN CLERGYMAN, IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER BEING PROSECUTED FOR USING RITUALISTIC PRACTICES.

And now we are Tooth-less.

1890:  THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA IS FOUNDED IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Coal....er, I mean, cool.

1901:  EDWARD VII IS PROCLAIMED KING AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER, QUEEN VICTORIA.

It's the next Edward that caused all the fuss.

1909:  ACTRESS ANN SOTHERN IS BORN.

Your Private Secretary!

1917:  PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON OF THE STILL-NEUTRAL UNITED STATES CALLS FOR "PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY" IN EUROPE.

What a complete wuss.

1927:  TEDDY WAKELAM GIVES THE FIRST LIVE RADIO COMMENTARY OF A FOOTBALL MATCH ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Just in case you thought it was Marv Albert.

1931:  SINGER SAM COOKE IS BORN.

Twistin' the night away.

1934:  ACTOR BILL BIXBY IS BORN.

The guy who lived with My Favorite Martian.

1944:  DURING WORLD WAR II, THE ALLIES COMMENCE OPERATION SHINGLE, AN ASSAULT ON ANZIO, ITALY.

Unrelated fact:  Shingles are caused by the chicken pox virus.

1946:  THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP, A FORERUNNER OF THE CIA, IS CREATED.

Because CIG just doesn't sound the same.

1947:  KTLA, THE FIRST COMMERCIAL TV STATION WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPL, BEGINS OPERATION IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

Channel 5, for those who are keeping track.

1957:  ISRAEL WITHDRAWS FROM THE SINAI PENINSULA.

And the Sinai Peninsula then smoked a cigarette.

1959:  ACTRESS LINDA BLAIR IS BORN.

If her mom's name was Rosemary, that would be a devil of a coincidence.

1962:  THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES SUSPENDS CUBA'S MEMBERSHIP.

Luckily though, Cuba was allowed to stay in the Archie Fan Club.

1969:  A GUNMAN ATTEMPTS TO ASSASSINATE SOVIET LEADER LEONID BREZHNEV.

Maybe it was Squeaky Fromme-ski.

1970:  THE BOEING 747, THE WORLD'S FIRST JUMBO JET, ENTERS COMMERCIAL SERVICE FOR THE FIRST TIME.  

No upgrades to business class that day.

1973:  PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIES.

He chose not to live.

1973:  THE SUPREME COURT OF THE US DELIVERS ITS DECISION IN ROE VS. WADE, LEGALIZING ABORTION IN ALL FIFTY STATES.

Should have taken Wade with the points.

1984:  THE APPLE MACINTOSH, THE FIRST CONSUMER COMPUTER WITH A MOUSE, IS INTRODUCED WITH A TV COMMERCIAL DURING SUPER BOWL XVIII.

And so it began.

1994: ACTOR TELLY SAVALAS DIES.

RIP Kojak.

1995:  ROSE KENNEDY DIES.

My goodness, at this point, she was 104.  They could have buried her in a cigar box.

2001:  BASEBALL STAR TOMMIE AGEE DIES.

Drops dead on a NY street.   But he held onto the ball.

2002:  KMART BECOMES THE LARGEST RETAILER IN US HISTORY TO FILE FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY.

And they're still rolling back prices.

2004:  DANCER ANN MILLER DIES.

From On the Town to Under It.

2005:  SECRETARY ROSE MARY WOODS DIES.

The joke is______________________________ finally.

2008:  ACTOR HEATH LEDGER DIES.

One way to win an Oscar.

2010:  ACTRESS JEAN SIMMONS DIES.

I'm Mrs. Spartacus.

2012:  COACH JOE PATERNO DIES.

A great way to duck a subpoena.

Dinner last night: Leftover beef tri-tip and vegetables.

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