Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1920 – The League of Women Voters is founded (More info)
1929 – Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago in what would come to be known as the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre (More info)
It seems like every major city in America has an MLK Blvd or Ave or St, right? Ironically Memphis hasn't...until now.
Good, Lawd...It's 2012!!! Despite what happened there in April of 1968, Memphis IS 65% African American. Now I don't care one way or the other, but I was quite surprised to find out that Memphis is JUST NOW adding a street named after Martin Luther King.
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1935 – Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh (More info)
1942 – In the largest espionage case in United States history, the FBI convicts 33 members of the Duquesne Spy Ring (More info)
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1879 – Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time (More info)
1907 – The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square — then known as Longacre Square — in New York City (More info)
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Christmas is full of familiar traditions: carving the ham, leaving cookies out for Santa, listening to Uncle Morty talk about his gall bladder removal surgery while you’re trying to enjoy some egg nog. These
This could be a very bad thing for the rest of the world. It's the "Zerox" law of nature. A copy is never as good of quality as the original. A copy of that copy is even worse. And so on. This also applies to incest (for those in Kentucky) AND world leaders that get tehir gig because their daddy gave it to them.
At the very best, from the looks of him, he will provide enrtaining show fodder for late night comics.
The over fed D-Bag in the pic below is Kim Jong Un...the son, and heir apparent, of the now deceased Kim jong Il. Nobody knows much about him. Although his "temperament" is "in question" . Ever heard the phrase, "Sometimes better the devil you know, then the devil you don't" ??
Kim Kardashian? Really? She's hot. Like...too hot to be real. Ironic that she's a "reality" star. But is her life and personality fascinating?
I guess having the second most high profile wedding of the year, to an NBA
She's hot. Really hot. But according to "Men's Health" Magazine, she's THEEE hottest woman of all time!! ALL TIME ? Seriously?
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1898 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the Spanish-American War (More info)
1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace (More info)
It’s time to bake a very large cake and get a lot of candles ready, because Friday is the Statue of Liberty’s 125th birthday. Celebrations on Liberty Island will mark the October day in 1886 when the gift from France, a symbol of friendship, was inaugurated in front of then-President Grover Cleveland.
