Oct. 23rd, 2007

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1:21 pm - This Day In History #2,194,152
4004 B.C.E. - According to 17th century divine James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, and Dr. John Lightfoot of Cambridge, the world was created on this day, a Sunday, at 9 a.m.

Happy Birthday Universe! Does this mean Adam's birthday is next Monday?

1915 - Around 25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.

Uppity bitches.

1980 - Soviet Union Premier Alexei N. Kosygin resigned.

I don't even remember this dude.

1983 - Two-hundred forty-one U.S. Marines and sailors in Lebanonwere killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the Marine Operations Center.At the same time at another peacekeeping base, 58 French paratrooperswere killed by a Lebanese suicide truck-bombing.

Aaaand, a couple months later we cut and ran like pussies. Remember this next time you hear someone going on and on about how we don't quit, and how we can't let the terrorists win. Cuz we did, long before Bush's dad was president.

1987 - The U.S. Senate rejected the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork.

A rare moment of sanity.

1996 - The civil trial of O.J. Simpson opened in Santa Monica, CA.

Which didn't last long.

Hey check out the birthdays: Johnny Carson, Pelé, and Weird Al who is 10 years, 2 days older than me.

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