Been a while, but didja know that today in:
622 - -- the Islamic era began. (Obama's fault, probably)
1054 - - the "Catholic" church split in two. (one allows priests to marry, you know what the other one
goes in for).
1099 - - The Crusaders herded the Jews in Jerusalem into a synagogue and burned them (840 years
later, the Germans try this in Europe).
1439 - - Kissing is banned in England (573 years later Tennessee follows suit).
1790 - - US Congress establishes the District of Columbia (600, 000 folks still don't get to vote).
1861 - - first Battle of Bull Run (didn't turn out well for the Union)
1941 - - Joe DiMaggio hits in his 56th consecutive game (went 3 for 4 - - damn Yankees !!)
1951 - - "The Catcher in the Rye" published. (high school students across America scream in anguish)
1964 - - Barry Goldwater nominated for President by the Republican party (knew him, a great man - -
and nowhere near what the repubs today would have one believe).
Thus endeth today's history lesson
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