COACH HUMPS HISTORY FACTS 12/17 942: William I of Normandy is assassinated. 1538: Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1623: Trial by Jury is established by the Colony of Plymouth. 1777: During the American Revolution, France formally recognizes the US. 1790: The Aztec Calendar Stone is discovered buried in Mexico City. 1791: The first One Way street is created in New York City. 1835: The Great Fire of New York levels lower Manhattan. 1862: During the Civil War, Union General Grant orders the expelling of all Jews from parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi. 1892: The first issue of Vogue is published. 1903: The Wright Brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier than air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1933: The first NFL Championship game is played in Chicago with the Bears beating the NY Giants 23-21. 1938: Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy. 1957: The US successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral Florida. 1963: Washington DC radio station WWDC plays the first Beatle song in America. I Want to Hold Your Hand was so popular they played it every hour. 1965: Judy Garland and The Supremes become the first musical acts to perform in the Houston Astrodome. 1969: The US Air Force officially closes its study of UFOs, Project Blue Book. 1969: 50 million viewers tune in to the Tonight Show to watch Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky. (I was one of them) 1976: Marriage of the Century: Jeff Humphries marries Lee Ann Theis. 1982: Karen Carpenter makes her last live appearance. 1989: The first episode of The Simpsons airs in the US. 2002: McDonalds reported their first quarterly loss in its 47 year history. WANT TO FEEL OLD: Actor Barry Livingston (Ernie on My 3 Sons) is 61. QUOTE: Laughter will always be the best medicine, silence will always be the best revenge, and love will always be all you need DYK: Today is Wright Brothers Day and Maple Syrup Day. FYI: The tradition of exchanging wedding rings goes back to ancient Egyptian times. WOULD YOU RATHER: be stuck on a desert island with 4 people you hate OR alone? THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.
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