tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post114462892623616305..comments2024-03-23T22:14:24.292-04:00Comments on Wisdom Weasel: Not At All Related to History FridayWisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144762592924646292006-04-11T09:36:00.000-04:002006-04-11T09:36:00.000-04:00I love the fact that all told something interestin...I love the fact that all told something interesting appears to have happened on every day of the year, ever.<BR/><BR/>Bill, go for it- after all I lifted it from somewhere else too.Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144734097866749342006-04-11T01:41:00.000-04:002006-04-11T01:41:00.000-04:00June 15Events: 763 BC - Assyrians record a solar e...June 15<BR/><BR/>Events: <BR/><BR/>763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.<BR/><BR/>1752 - Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.<BR/><BR/>1954 - UEFA (the Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland.<BR/><BR/>Birthdays:<BR/><BR/>1932 - Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York<BR/><BR/Bill Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922855320952748683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144708195660645142006-04-10T18:29:00.000-04:002006-04-10T18:29:00.000-04:00Since I'm crap with history, I went for more recen...Since I'm crap with history, I went for more recent events.<BR/><B>July 20<BR/>Events:<BR/>1969</B> - Apollo Program: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon <I>(this is the easy answer when asked about important events that took place on my birthday)</I><BR/><B>1984</B> - Officials of the Miss America pageant ask Vanessa Lynn Williams to quit after Penthouse published nude photos of her.<BR/><B>2005</B> - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144707593961216252006-04-10T18:19:00.000-04:002006-04-10T18:19:00.000-04:00CM: Would you ever expect to learn about the Red S...CM: Would you ever expect to learn about the Red Sox doing something and the Yankees <EM>not</EM> spoiling it?<BR/><BR/>Listo: I'm just psyched that you are going current, not retrospective. Its all so much more opinionated than Peter Gammons.Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144706695766509352006-04-10T18:04:00.000-04:002006-04-10T18:04:00.000-04:00ah man, thanks for the promo. love my new nickname...ah man, thanks for the promo. love my new nickname too.Listmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503400201264578579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144697903601402472006-04-10T15:38:00.000-04:002006-04-10T15:38:00.000-04:00events1932 - First Sunday game at Fenway Park, the...events<BR/>1932 - First Sunday game at Fenway Park, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 13-2 (Of Course!)<BR/>1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places<BR/>1863 - U.S. Civil War: The final and bloodiest day of the Battle of Gettysburg<BR/>born<BR/>1947 - Dave Barry, American writer<BR/>1893 - Mississippi John Hurt,country mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895621724085155609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144691210264556532006-04-10T13:46:00.000-04:002006-04-10T13:46:00.000-04:00Ach, Muriel Spark is so last century. I'll be comb...Ach, Muriel Spark is so last century. I'll be combining the best of Irvine Welsh, Jo Rowling, Sandy McCall Smith and Iain Banks.<BR/><BR/>That'll be a wizard's hat and lively African print dress accessorised with a broken pool cue and pocketful of dead wasps then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144688854406755472006-04-10T13:07:00.000-04:002006-04-10T13:07:00.000-04:00Cuz, I was going to email you and warn you that th...Cuz, I was going to email you and warn you that there is a good chance that US Customs will make you take a plunge in sheep dip before letting you through for the nupituals. You should have seen the fuss when we returned from our hols in 2001 when Blighty was in the grip of foot and mouth.<BR/><BR/>Me in a kilt, you in suitable Edinburgh garb (trews and a Maggie Smith mask?), and even Little Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144688706890913472006-04-10T13:05:00.000-04:002006-04-10T13:05:00.000-04:00August 16: Events:1920 - Ray Chapman of the Clevel...August 16: <BR/>Events:<BR/><B>1920</B> - Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the only player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.<BR/><B>1954</B> - Sports Illustrated magazine is first published.<BR/><B>1962</B> - The Beatles fire drummer PeteJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01302163125402760502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1144688305160786502006-04-10T12:58:00.000-04:002006-04-10T12:58:00.000-04:00Less of the cracks about swan fallout, lest ye for...Less of the cracks about swan fallout, lest ye forget that one of your wedding guests spent five years working for a swan charity and can see the bonnie Fife coast from his living room window...<BR/><BR/>Which reminds me - since we are both genetically 1/16 Scottish and I actually live in the darned place, I'll be trying to out-Jock you on the big day in my Groundskeeper Willie outfit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com