Happy birthday to David Hartman. Several months ago, I made a mistake and listed him here as dead. For that sole reason, he headlines for us on May 19. It's some scientist David Hartman that bought the farm.
715: POPE GREGORY II IS ELECTED.
Or so the exit polls say.
1499: CATHERINE OF ARAGON IS MARRIED BY PROXY TO ARTHUR, PRINCE OF WALES. CATHERINE IS 13 AND ARTHUR IS 12.
Cougar.
1536: ANNE BOLEYN, THE SECOND WIFE OF HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND, IS BEHEADED FOR ADULTERY, TREASON, AND INCEST.
Well, if you want to get specific...
1568: QUEEN ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND ORDERS THE ARREST OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS.
That English crowd was one swinging bunch.
1749: KING GEORGE II OF GREAT BRITAIN GRANTS THE OHIO COMPANY A CHARTER OF LAND AROUND THE OHIO RIVER.
Don't get too comfortable, England.
1780: NEW ENGLAND'S DARK DAY, AN UNUSUAL DARKENING OF THE DAY SKY, IS OBSERVED IN NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA.
It's called a rain storm.
1795: BUSINESSMAN JOHNS HOPKINS IS BORN.
What's with the plural in the first name?
1828: US PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS SIGNS THE TARIFF OF 1828 INTO LAW, PROTECTING WOOL MANUFACTURERS IN THE US.
Baaaaa.
1890: POLITICIAN HO CHI MINH IS BORN.
Love your trail.
1921: THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PASSES THE EMERGENCY QUOTA ACT ESTABLISHING NATIONAL QUOTAS ON IMMIGRATION.
In 2021.....we laugh.
1925: ACTIVIST MALCOLM X IS BORN.
And X gets the square.
1928: BASEBALL STAR GIL MCDOUGALD IS BORN.
Coached Fordham baseball when I was there.
1935: COLONEL T.E. LAWRENCE DIES.
Or so we learned in the first five minutes of the movie.
1935: TV PERSONALITY DAVID HARTMAN IS BORN.
And still alive.
1946: WRESTLER ANDRE THE GIANT IS BORN.
That must have been some labor.
1950: A BARGE CONTAINING MUNITIONS DESTINED FOR PAKISTAN EXPLODES IN SOUTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.
They missed.
1950: EGYPT ANNOUNCES THAT THE SUEZ CANAL IS CLOSED TO ISRAELI SHIPS.
And South Amboy was closed for other reasons.
1958: ACTOR RONALD COLMAN DIES.
No double life for you.
1962: A BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY TAKES PLACE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THE HIGHLIGHT IS MARILYN MONROE'S RENDITION OF "HAPPY BIRTHDAY."
I'm sure Jackie wasn't pleased. And she'll hate this date even more in 32 years.
1963: THE NEW YORK POST SUNDAY MAGAZINE PUBLISHES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL.
Who in jail carries stamps with them?
1986: THE FIREARM OWNERS PROTECTION ACT IS SIGNED INTO LAW BY US PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN.
He thought he was ordering lunch.
1992: DISC JOCKEY MARSHMELLO IS BORN.
Have a funny name? Get mentioned in my blog.
1994: JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS DIES.
Like I said.
1996: ACTOR JOHN BERADINO DIES.
So much for preferential treatment at General Hospital.
2015: SOCIALITE HAPPY ROCKEFELLER DIES.
I wonder how many times husband Nelson felt...oh, never mind.
2015: THE REFUGIO OIL SPILL DEPOSITED 142,800 GALLONS INTO THE COASTLINE AROUND CALIFORNIA.
Slick!
2016: ACTOR ALAN YOUNG DIES.
Wilbur!
2016: JOURNALIST MORLEY SAFER.
"I'm Morley Safer." Um, not any more.
2018: THE WEDDING OF PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE IS HELD.
You may have heard of these two idiots.
Dinner last night: Barbecued pork.
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