Today in History
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @maniacalmorgan
1534 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada and claims it for France. Why did it have to be France?
1847 Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah. Oooh, those Mormons.
1870 1st trans-national rail service begins in the U.S.
1911 Hiram Bingham discovers the Lost City of the Incas. Now it's The Found City of the Incas.
1929 60 year old Monteverde wins a New York to San Francisco foot race after 2 months. I get tired after running down the street. And by running I mean walking. And by down the street, I mean to my living room.
1935 1st greeting telegram sent in Britain. They'd shit their pants if they saw Twitter.
1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China. As we know, they totally listened.
1958 Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again. I guess Ron Artest took this as a challenge.
1969 Apollo 11 returns to Earth.
1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes.
1988 U.S. and Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup. Scoreless? Sounds like my love life.
Happy Birthdays
Jennifer Lopez is 41.
Barry Bonds is 46.
Lynda Carter is 59. She played the first female superhero on TV; Wonder Woman