364: VALENTINIAN I IS PROCLAIMED ROMAN EMPEROR.
We can't do one of these Wednesdays without at least one knucklehead becoming Roman Emperor.
1233: DURING THE MONGOL-JIN WAR, THE MONGOLS CAPTURE THE CAPITAL OF THE JIN DYNASTY.
Well, naturally...
1658: AFTER A DEVASTATING DEFEAT IN THE NORTHERN WAR, THE KING OF DENMARK-NORWAY IS FORCED TO GIVE UP NEARLY HALF HIS TERRITORY TO SWEDEN.
Who knew there was such unrest in a country that ultimately gave us Inger Stevens?
1802: AUTHOR VICTOR HUGO IS BORN.
Where ever hugo...
1815: NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ESCAPES FROM ELBA.
If you're gonna keep that hand in your jacket, you can at least pull out your wallet when the dinner check comes.
1829: DESIGNER LEVI STRAUSS IS BORN.
Do you have a 31 length please?
1846: SOLDIER BUFFALO BILL IS BORN.
Thirty-nine more and you've got yourself a football team.
1887: ACTOR WILLIAM FRAWLEY IS BORN.
Fred!!!!!
1908: ANIMATOR TEX AVERY IS BORN.
Genius.
1909: KINEMACOLOR, THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL COLOR MOTION PICTURE PROCESS, IS FIRST SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC IN LONDON.
Spellcheck!
1914: HMHS BRITANNIC, SISTER TO RMS TITANIC, IS LAUNCHED IN BELFAST.
Hope it stays afloat longer.
1917: THE ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND RECORDS THE FIRST JAZZ RECORD IN NEW YORK.
Well, what did you think they were going to record? Show tunes??
1919: PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON SIGNS AN ACT OF THE US CONGRESS ESTABLISHING MOST OF THE GRAND CANYON AS A NATIONAL PARK.
When does the gift shop open?
1920: ACTOR TONY RANDALL IS BORN.
Oscar, Oscar, Oscar.
1920: THE FIRST GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST FILM, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, PREMIERES IN BERLIN.
Achtung.
1921: ACTRESS BETTY HUTTON IS BORN.
She said you can't get a man without a gun. But then she moved in with a bunch of nuns. You can't get a man there either.
1927: GAME SHOW HOST TOM KENNEDY IS BORN.
The brother of game show host Jack Narz.
1928: SINGER FATS DOMINO IS BORN.
Ain't misbehavin'.
1932: SINGER JOHNNY CASH IS BORN.
Odds are 3-1 he came out of the womb high.
1935: ADOLF HITLER ORDERS THE LUFTWAFFE TO BE RE-FORMED, VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES.
Surprised? Anybody?
1946: FINNISH OBSERVERS REPORT THE FIRST OF MANY SIGHTINGS OF GHOST ROCKETS.
So I guess all the kooks aren't in Arkansas.
1966: HERALDING THE APOLLO PROGRAM, THE FIRST SATURN IB ROCKET IS LAUNCHED.
One small step coming...
1971: UN SECRETARY GENERAL U THANT SIGNS THE UN PROCLAMATION OF EARTH DAY.
If Ella Fitzgerald had married U Thant, she would have been Ella Thant.
1980: EGYPT AND ISRAEL ESTABLISH FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
Who are they kidding?
1987: DURING THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR, THE TOWER COMMISSION REBUKES PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN FOR NOT CONTROLLING HIS NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF.
"I have a national security staff?"
1993: IN NEW YORK CITY, A TRUCK BOMB PARKED BELOW THE WORLD TRADE CENTER EXPLODES, KILLING SIX AND INJURING OVER A THOUSAND.
That was just the appetizer.
1997: ACTOR DAVID DOYLE DIES.
Hello, Angels.
1995: SELINA GAVE HER LAST "LIVE" CONCERT IN HOUSTON, A FEW DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS SHOT.
And then she gave her first "dead" concert.
2013: ACTOR DALE ROBERTSON DIES.
The last Tale of Wells Fargo.
2017: JUDGE JOSEPH WAPNER DIES.
Sustained.
Dinner last night: Pre-movie hot dog at the Royale Theater.
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