On this Day In History
1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew the kite with a key tied to its string and
proved that lightning contained electricity, a fact frequently ignored by golfers who like to play in lightning storms holding metal clubs.
1775 - The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George
Washington as head of the Continental Army. I often thought they should have elected Martha to give head, but what do I know.
1836 - Arkansas became the 25th state. C’mon… you know… it’s that state way down there below Missery.
1844 - Charles Goodyear received a patent for his process to strengthen
rubber. A fact that many unwed mothers would find issue with I’m sure.
1846 - Representatives of Great Britain and the United States signed the
Oregon Treaty, which established the US-Canadian border. It is also not widely known that few if any of them could either draw a straight line, or hold their liquor.
1956 - Sixteen-year-old John Lennon of the music group, The Quarrymen, met
14-year-old Paul McCartney and invited him to join the group. Who the hell knows what George and Ringo were doing at the time… don’t ask.
1969 - "Hee Haw" premiered on TV. Proving, once again, that all the truly good TV has already been done.