March 6: booooooooooooooo-ring

 

1932 – American conductor and composer John Philip Sousa dies:(

1975 – For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of JFK is show in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J Groden and Dick Gregory.

1981 – After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.

1982 – Author Ayn Rand dies.

1986 – Georgia O’Keeffe dies.

March 5th: Mostly Bad Stuff

 

1770 – The Boston Massacre:(

1836 – Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.

1960 – Alberto Korda takes his iconic photograph of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Hipsters everywhere rejoice.

1955 – Penn Jillette is born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Atheists and Magic-Nerds everywhere jump for joy.

1970 – John Frusciante, guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers (and a bunch of other stuff…)

1962 – Patsy Cline dies.

1982 – John Belushi dies. I am sad.

March 4th to Victory!

 

1628 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. YAYYYY!

1791 – Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state! Leaf-peepers everywhere are thrilled!

1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated. Deep-dish pizza lovers everywhere rejoice!

1932 – Ed Roth is born. Hot Rod Enthusiasts everywhere are overjoyed!

2008 – Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons dies. Nerds & Dorks everywhere shed a little tear…

 

 

Seacrest Out.

March Third, aka March Turd.

 

 

1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th United State…deadbeat dads everywhere breathe a sigh of relief…

 

1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem…baseball fans everywhere breathe a sigh of relief…

1939 – in Mumbai, Ghandi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.

1847 – Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone) is born! Teen girls everywhere breathe a sigh of relief…

1940 – American fashion designer Perry Ellis is born. Rich White People everywhere breathe a sigh of relief

1959 – Ira Glass is born. Hipsters and Nerds everywhere breathe a sigh of relief…

1982 – Jessica Biel is born. Justin Timberlake breathes a sigh of relief.

February 28th: Not a Great Day…

 

 

1827 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1953 – James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA.

1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group’s leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.

2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.

1906 – American gangster, Bugsy Siegel is born (d. 1947)

February 27th, a day on which not much happened.

 

 

1902 – John Steinbeck is born

1934 – Ralph Nader is born.

1958 – Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sid Vicious, is born.

1962 – Adam Baldwin is born. (if you haven’t watched Firefly or Chuck, how are you even a human being???)

1971 – Rozanda Thomas, aka Chilli from TLC, is born.

1980 – Chelsea Clinton is born.

2003 – Mr. Rogers dies :(

 

 

February 26th…a monumental day in history!

 

1909 – Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.

<— A Visit to the Seaside

 

1919 – President Wilson signs an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (The Grand Canyon National Park).

 

1929 – President Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

 

1802 – Author, poet and playwright Victor Hugo is born.

 

1829 - German-American fashion designer Levi Strauss is born.

 

1932 – Johnny Cash is born.

 

1952 – Michael Bolton is born.

 

1971 - Erykah Badu is born.

 

(I’ve omitted stuff that would bum one out…)