June 10th, 2008
Aside from lavish humidity and ice cold justice, in the form of ishing on fraudulent credit card holders, what is June 10th really about?
– The ball point pen was patented by the Biro brothers in 1943. One was a chemist, the other a journalist. How fitting. Aqui!
– London nearly burned to the ground. Aqui!
– In 1778, France declares war on Great Britain. This doesn’t seem like a great day to be English.
– 1940, the Luftwaffe begin to attack Southern England by air, opening the “Battle of Britain.”
– In 1821, the United States balled out and bought Florida from Spain. Que bueno, nino!
– The highest tsunami wave goes on the books in Alaska at Lituya Bay: 524 m, or 1572 feet, or 262 times myself.
– “1997 – London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neandertal skeleton which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution placing an “African Eve” at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.” Word.
– 1925, the Scopes Monkey trial begins!
– Death Valley hit 134 degrees, back in 1913, tragically before central air. Bad day to be English, bad day for extreme weather.
6/10 isn’t a great day to be born, either. Some important folks — Marcel Proust, American bootlegger Jack “Three Legs” Diamond, Jake LaMotta, Sofia Vergara — sprung to on this not-so-fine day. In fact, it’s better to die on July 10th. You’ll share the date with two emperors, four kings, an arch-duke, Jelly Roll Morton, and John Rockefeller the Tre. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, also died (stick a carrot in him, he’s done.)
Who knew that July 10th, historically speaking, sucks. I do now.
