1429: JOAN OF ARC LIBERATES SAINT-PIERRE-LE-MOUTIER.
Who is he? Or where is that?
1501: CATHERINE OF ARAGON, LATER HENRY VIII'S FIRST WIFE, MEETS ARTHUR TUDOR. THEY WOULD LATER MARRY.
Hence, the House of?
1677: THE FUTURE MARY II OF ENGLAND MARRIES PRINCE WILLIAM OF ORANGE. THEY WOULD LATER REIGN AS WILLIAM AND MARY.
Hence the college.
1783: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S SYMPHONY NO. 36 IS PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRIA.
Also the same number as the Mets' Jerry Koosman. Just sayin'.
1791: THE WESTERN CONFEDERACY OF AMERICAN INDIANS WINS A MAJOR VICTORY OVER THE US IN THE BATTLE OF THE WABASH.
Whoop whoop.
1847: SIR JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON, A BRITISH PHYSICIAN, DISCOVERS THE ANAESTHETIC POWERS OF CHLOROFORM.
Okay, take a deep breathe. 100, 99, 98...
1864: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE TROOPS BOMBARD A UNION SUPPLY BASE AND DESTROY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MATERIAL.
Back when they could fly their flag.
1879: ACTOR WILL ROGERS IS BORN.
I never met a baby I didn't like.
1913: ACTOR GIG YOUNG IS BORN.
Weird first name. Maybe that's why he killed himself in 1978.
1916: JOURNALIST WALTER CRONKITE IS BORN.
That's the way it is.
1918: WORLD WAR I - AUSTRIA-HUNGARY SURRENDERS TO ITALY.
Who knew those two countries were hyphenated?
1918: ACTOR ART CARNEY IS BORN.
Hello, ball.
1921: THE ITALIAN UNKNOWN SOLDIER IS BURIED IN ROME.
Who izza dis?
1922: IN EGYPT, THE ENTRANCE TO KING TUT'S TOMB IS FOUND.
That had to be a dusty mess by now.
1925: ACTRESS DORIS ROBERTS IS BORN.
Here's a fact for you. All the clothes she wore out in public are the same ones she wore on television as Marie Barone.
1937: ACTRESS LORETTA SWIT IS BORN.
Hot Lips!
1942: WORLD WAR II - DISOBEYING A DIRECT ORDER BY ADOLF HITLER, GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL LEADS HIS FORCES ON A RETREAT.
Yeah, that's not going to end well.
1952: THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.
I feel so much better knowing that.
1955: BASEBALL PITCHER CY YOUNG DIES.
His ultimate award.
1960: IN TANZANIA, DR. JANE GOODALL OBSERVES CHIMPANZEES CREATING TOOLS.
Monkey see, monkey do.
1961: ACTOR RALPH MACCHIO IS BORN.
Wax on, wax off.
1970: GENIE, A 123-YEAR-OLD FERAL CHILD IS FOUND, HAVING BEEN LOCKED IN HER BEDROOM FOR MOST OF HER LIFE.
That's some time out.
1973: THE NETHERLANDS EXPERIENCES THE FIRST CAR-FREE SUNDAY CAUSED BY THE 1973 OIL CRISIS.
If only we could do this in LA.
1979: IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS - A MOB OF IRANIAN STUDENTS OVERRUN THE US EMBASSY IN TEHRAN AND TAKE 90 HOSTAGES, 53 OF THEM AMERICANS.
Hi, I'm Ted Koppel and this is Nightline.
1982: ACTRESS DOMINIQUE DUNNE IS KILLED.
By her boyfriend. She was the daughter of the famous writer who covered the OJ Simpson trial.
1995: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN IS ASSASSINATED.
In Israel, three shots were fired...
2005: ACTRESS SHEREE NORTH DIES.
Speaking of big breasts. Oh, we weren't?
2008: BARACK OBAMA IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
The most polarizing election ever until...well...you know. Fifty years from now, when historians look at this moment with the proper perspective, he will be viewed as a failed President. If America stills even exists.
2010: BASEBALL MANAGER SPARKY ANDERSON DIES.
Sparky fizzles out.
2011: JOURNALIST ANDY ROONEY DIES.
And you know what else bothers me?
2014: ACTOR RICHARD SCHAAL DIES.
Former husband of Valerie Harper. Now both in TV heaven.
2014: CHEMIST S. DONALD STOOKEY DIES.
He invented Corning Ware. What a genius.
Dinner last night: Leftover pork tenderloin.
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