Here is a list of some interesting factoids concerning this most sacred of days.
Today in History:
1649 - King Charles 1 beheaded for treason
1847 - Town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco
1862 - US's first Navy ironclad, the "Monitor" was launched
1917 - Original Dixieland Band record "The Darktown Strutters Ball," considered to be the first ever jazz record
1933 - Hitler named German Chancellor
1933 - Lone Ranger debuts on radio in Detroit, MI
WWII - RAF launches massive daytime raid on Berlin
1948 - Gandhi assisnated
1956 - Elvis records "Blue Suede Shoes"
1962 - Two members of the Flying Wellendas high wire act killed in seven person pyramid collapse in Detroit, MI
1969 - Beatles last public appearace to film "Get Back" (ironically enough my favorite Beatles tune) for the movie "Let it Be"
Vietnam - Tet Offensive begins
1972 - Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland
1978 - Marti is born unto the world to bring untold joy and much knitted wear
Famous Birthdays
1882 - FDR
1931 - Gene Hackman
1937 - Vanessa Redgrave
1941 - Dick Cheney
1974 - Christian Bale (worst Batman EVER!)
1079 - Diva Zappa
Nothing interesting happened in Canadian history on this day. Believe me, I looked. It's all obscure political history, as is mostly the case with Canadian history in general.
Todays word on my Forgotten English word-a-day desk calendar:
butterfly's kiss
A kiss with the eyelashes.
-Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
That's all the interesting crap for now. I'm going to lay down cuz I'm pretty sure I'm getting sick. Hippy Barthyad to me...
1 comment:
"I left my heart....in yarbe..
Ugh - I'm glad Tony Bennet didn't have to sing that!
The Bean and I say thank you for the good birthday wishes and we bounce them right back at ya!
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