Wednesday, September 18, 2024

This Date in History - September 18

 

Happy birthday, Frankie Avalon.  Still missing Annette.

14:  TIBERIUS IS CONFIRMED AS ROMAN EMPEROR BY THE ROMAN SENATE FOLLOWING THE NATURAL DEATH OF AUGUSTUS.

That's because they did change some rulers due to "unnatural" deaths.

96:  NERVA IS PROCLAIMED ROMAN EMPEROR AFTER DOMITIAN IS ASSASSINATED.

Like I said...

1502:  CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS LANDS AT HONDURAS ON HIS FOURTH AND FINAL VOYAGE.

Not counting his 1979 appearance on the Love Boat.

1635:  HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR FERDINAND II OF AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON FRANCE.

Hey, Ferdie, did you hear what happened to Domitian?

1759:  DURING THE SEVEN YEARS WAR, THE BRITISH CAPTURE QUEBEC CITY.

A war that has enough years to be sold to TV syndication.

1793:  THE FIRST CORNERSTONE OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING IS LAID BY GEORGE WASHINGTON.

What?   The wife had a headache?

1809:  THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN LONDON OPENS.

Good. Now the Phantom has some place to live.

1837:  TIFFANY AND COMPANY OPENS IN NEW YORK.

Good.  Now Audrey Hepburn has some place to have breakfast.

1838:  THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE IS ESTABLISHED.

First target?  The TV show Hee Haw.

1851:  FIRST PUBLICATION OF WHAT WOULD BECOME THE NEW YORK TIMES.

And today we're wondering what became of the New York Times.

1870:  OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER IS OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

By somebody who got very wet.

1895:  DANIEL DAVID PALMER GIVES THE FIRST CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT.

PS, he wasn't a doctor.

1905:  ACTOR EDDIE ANDERSON IS BORN.

Rochester!

1905:  DANCER AGNES DE MILLE IS BORN.

Oklahoma!

1905:  ACTRESS GRETA GARBO IS BORN.

You're not alone on this date.  Rochester and Agnes are here, too.

1906:  A TYPHOON AND TSUNAMI KILLS 10,000 PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.

Weather's classic one-two punch.

1916:  ACTOR ROSSANO BRAZZI IS BORN.

Delicious with a glass of chianti.

1919:  FRITZ POLLARD BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL FOR A MAJOR TEAM, THE AKRON PROS.

Major team????

1924:  POLICE OFFICER JD TIPPIT IS BORN.

The other guy killed in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

1927:  THE COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM GOES ON THE AIR.

Except on Time Warner cable systems.

1933:  ACTOR ROBERT BLAKE IS BORN.

You did it!

1934:  THE USSR IS SUBMITTED TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

But they changed their mind because there was no DH.

1939:  THE NAZI PROPAGANDA BROADCASTER KNOWN AS LORD HAW HAW BEGINS TRANSMITTING.

The German version of Hee Haw.  Please notify the Anti-Corn League.

1939:  SINGER FRANKIE AVALON IS BORN.

Given his current height, how small a baby was he?

1939:  ACTOR FRED WILLARD IS BORN.

Saw him once in a movie theater.  No, not that kind of movie theater.

1943:  ADOLF HITLER ORDERS THE DEPORTATION OF DANISH JEWS.

And any Jews that eat danishes.

1945:  GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MOVES HIS COMMAND HEADQUARTERS TO TOKYO.

Please remove your boots at the door.

1947:  THE US AIR FORCE BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT BRANCH OF THE US ARMED FORCES.

Off we go into the wild, blue yonder.  By the way, what the hell is a yonder?

1961:  UN SECRETARY GENERAL DAG HAMMARSKJOLD DIES IN A CONGO PLANE CRASH.

Truly a loss.  And a name that would be almost 82 points on Scrabble.

1962:  BURUNDI, JAMAICA, RWANDA, TRINIDAD, AND TOBAGO ARE ADMITTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

You might want to rethink the admittance of Rwanda.

1968:  ACTOR FRANCHOT TONE DIES.

Once married to Joan Crawford.  I'm surprised he lived this long.

1970:  ROCK MUSICIAN JIMI HENDRIX DIES.

In what other blog today would you find both the names of Franchot Tone and Jimi Hendrix?

1973:  THE BAHAMAS, EAST GERMANY, AND WEST GERMANY ARE ADMITTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

Hey, you Germans, that's separate dues for the both of you.

1975:  PATTY HEARST IS ARRESTED AFTER A YEAR ON THE FBI MOST WANTED LIST.

And Match.com's Least Wanted List.

1990:  LICHTENSTEIN BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

Whoever you are, welcome.

1997:  MEDIA MOGUL TED TURNER DONATES ONE BILLION DOLLARS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

Somebody wants a discount at the UN gift shop.

2001:  FIRST MAILING OF ANTHRAX LETTERS FROM TRENTON, NEW JERSEY IN THE 2001 ANTHRAX ATTACKS.

You think that's bad?  I'm still getting junk mail from Capital One.

2004:  DIRECTOR RUSS MEYER DIES.

He did lots of soft porn.  God bless him.

2009:  THE SOAP OPERA GUIDING LIGHT ENDS ITS RUN AFTER 72 YEARS.  

So, what was the final count on illegitimate pregnancies?

2020:  RUTH BADER GINSBURG OF THE US SUPREME COURT DIES.

Years after she should have quit.

Dinner last night:   Hamburger.

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