Wednesday, November 29, 2023

This Date in History - November 29

 

Happy birthday in Heaven to our old and cherished friend Vin Scully.   We miss you.

800:  CHARLEMAGNE ARRIVES AT ROME TO INVESTIGATE THE CRIMES IMPUTED TO POPE LEO III.

CSI:Vatican.

1549:  THE PAPAL CONCLAVE OF 1549-50 BEGINS.

That is one long meeting.

1729:  NATCHEZ INDIANS MASSACRE 138 FRENCHMEN, 35 FRENCH WOMEN, AND 56 CHILDREN NEAR MODERN-DAY NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI.

35 French women for 138 Frenchmen and only 56 children?

1781:  THE CREW OF THE BRITISH SLAVE SHIP ZONG MURDERS 133 AFRICANS BY DUMPING THEM INTO THE SEA TO CLAIM INSURANCE.

And, no, Rachel Maddow, Trump was not the captain.

1783:  A 5.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEW JERSEY.

Except nobody lived there to feel it.

1847:  MISSIONARIES DR. MARCUS WHITMAN, HIS WIFE, AND 15 OTHERS ARE KILLED BY INDIANS, CAUSING THE CAYUSE WAR.

Talk about your Whitman Sampler.

1877:  THOMAS EDISON DEMONSTRATES HIS PHONOGRAPH FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Playing at 2 RPM.

1890:  THE MEIJI CONSTITUTION GOES INTO EFFECT IN JAPAN AND THE FIRST DIET CONVENES.  

Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

1902:  THE PITTSBURGH STARS DEFEATED THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS, 11-0, AT THE PITTSBURGH COLISEUM, TO WIN THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP ASSOCIATED WITH AN AMERICAN NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME.

Yay!  I had Philadelphia with 12 points.

1927:  DODGER BROADCASTER VIN SCULLY IS BORN.

National holiday petition, please!

1929:  US ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD LEADS THE FIRST EXPEDITION TO FLY OVER THE SOUTH POLE.

As the Byrd flies...

1944:  WORLD WAR II - ALBANIA IS LIBERATED BY THE PARTISANS.

The Partisans, but which side?

1947:  FIRST INDOCHINA WAR - FRENCH FORCES CARRY OUT A MASSACRE AT MY TRACH, VIETNAM.

My Trach is Your Trach.

1949:  COMIC GARRY SHANDLING IS BORN.

And we lost him too soon.

1952:  KOREAN WAR - US PRESIDENT-ELECT DWIGHT EISENHOWER FULFILLS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE BY TRAVELING TO KOREA TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO END THE CONFLICT.

Well, you can tell them to stop shooting for one.

1955:  COMIC HOWIE MANDEL IS BORN.

Celebrate by putting a rubber glove over your head.

1963: US PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON ESTABLISHES THE WARREN COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.

Just make sure you say Oswald worked alone, wink, wink.

1967:  VIETNAM WAR - US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT MCNAMARA ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION.

He got out just as we were really starting to lose big.

1969:  YANKEE CLOSER MARIANO RIVERA IS BORN.

Too late to watch the Mets win the World Series.

1972:  ATARI ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF PONG, THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL VIDEO GAME.

Ping, Pong.

1981:  ACTRESS NATALIE WOOD DIES.

Or "is murdered" depending upon your viewpoint.

1986:  ACTOR CARY GRANT DIES.

The Corpse and the Bobby Soxer.

1887:  KOREAN AIR FLIGHT 858 EXPLODES OVER THE THAI-BURMESE BORDER, KILLING 115.

So, play the number 858115 in today's lotto.

1999:  TV HOST GENE RAYBURN DIES.

"Gene doesn't look so good today.   That's because he's________."

2001:  BEATLE GEORGE HARRISON DIES.

Our Sweet Lord.

2009:  MAURICE CLEMMONS SHOOTS AND KILLS FOUR POLICE OFFICERS INSIDE A COFFEE SHOP IN WASHINGTON.   

That's a waste of four good donuts.

2016:  MTM FOUNDER GRANT TINKER DIES.

Saw him multiple times here.   In a car wash and a restaurant twice.

Dinner last night:  Salad.

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