Happy birthday to Stevie Nicks, who has certainly aged well.
946: KING EDMUND I OF ENGLAND IS MURDERED BY A THIEF WHOM HE PERSONALLY ATTACKS.
This is obviously in the pre-bodyguard years.
961: KING OTTO I ELECTS HIS 6-YEAR-OLD OTTO II AS HEIR APPARENT AND CO-RULER OF THE EAST FRANKISH KINGDOM.
Chocolate milk for everybody!!!
1573: THE BATTLE OF HAARLEMMERMEER, A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE DUTCH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
I just wanted to type that word.
1857: DRED SCOTT IS EMANCIPATED BY THE BLOW FAMILY, HIS ORIGINAL OWNERS.
A good day to be Dred Scott.
1868: THE IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON ENDS WITH HIS ACQUITTAL BY ONE VOTE.
Don't tell me he was colluding with Russia, too.
1886: ACTOR AL JOLSON IS BORN.
Yeah, we ain't heard nothing yet.
1897: "DRACULA," A GOTHIC NOVEL BY BRAM STOKER, IS PUBLISHED.
Book report due Friday.
1907: ACTOR JOHN WAYNE IS BORN.
Howdy, Pilgrim.
1923: ACTOR JAMES ARNESS IS BORN.
Mr. Dillon!!
1924: COMPOSER VICTOR HERBERT DIES.
Corpses in Toyland.
1927: THE LAST FORD MODEL T ROLLS OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE AFTER A PRODUCTION RUN OF 15 MILLION VEHICLES.
How many recalls?
1939: SPORTSCASTER BRETT MUSBERGER IS BORN.
Hiccup.
1940: WORLD WAR II - ALLIED FORCES BEGIN A MASSIVE EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK, FRANCE.
So that's where they got the idea for the movie.
1948: SINGER STEVIE NICKS IS BORN.
Love Fleetwood Mac!
1949: ACTRESS PAM GRIER IS BORN.
Foxy Brown!
1962: ACTRESS GENIE FRANCIS IS BORN.
General Hospital fans, please note.
1967: THE BEATLES "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" IS RELEASED.
Interesting album cover.
1968: TRAFFIC CHANGES IN ICELAND FROM DRIVING ON THE LEFT TO DRIVING ON THE RIGHT OVERNIGHT.
That must have a positive impact on auto body shops there.
1972: THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION SIGN THE ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY.
Collusion!
1998: THE SUPREME COURT OF THE US RULES THAT ELLIS ISLAND, THE HISTORIC GATEWAY FOR IMMIGRANTS IS MAINLY IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, NOT NEW YORK.
This was a thing?
1998: THE FIRST "NATIONAL SORRY DAY" WAS HELD IN AUSTRALIA.
I missed it. Sorry.
2005: ACTOR EDDIE ALBERT DIES.
You've got that countryside now.
2008: DIRECTOR SYDNEY POLLACK DIES.
I once saw him at the dry cleaners.
2010: TV HOST ART LINKLETTER DIES.
Adults Die The Darndest Deaths.
Dinner last night: Leftover eggplant pecorino.
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