He Can't Do That, Can He?

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Today in History:
217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.

1093 - The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin. This is the NEW one?

1149 - Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.

1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de León declares Florida a territory of Spain . Thief!!!

1832 - Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.

1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield - Union forces are thwarted by a Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.

1895 - The United States Supreme Court declares income tax to be unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. Did you read that? Read it again. UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!

1899 - Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair. Yay for women's rights.

1904 - British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law.

1904 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.

1916 - In Corona, California, car racer Bob Burman crashes, killing three and badly injuring five spectators.

1918 - World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York, New York's financial district.

1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilities. Can he do that? I guess he did.

1946 - The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held.

1952 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike. Can he do that? I guess he did.

1960 - The U.S. Senate approves the Civil Rights Act of 1960 despite Southern senators' marathon filibuster effort.

2006 - Shedden massacre: the bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang. I should join a gang. Hmmm.


Happy Birthday!!!
1842 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)

1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States

1941 - Peggy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)

1960 - John Schneider, American actor

1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)

1963 - Julian Lennon, English musician and singer



Deaths on this Day:
1861 - Elisha Otis, American elevator builder (b. 1811)

1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist and sculptor (b. 1881)