The antisemites at a certain airline screwed up everything about OMWC’s travel to Orlando yesterday, getting him to his hotel at sometime after o’dark-thirty, so he’s even more incoherent than usual this morning and asked me to fill in on links duty.

Because you all KNOW how sparkly I am in the morning!

 

 

 

 

Birthdays

1289: Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, King of Hungary (1301-05) and King of Bohemia and Poland (1305-06), born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1306)

1744: James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1813); later went on to fame as a .criminal.attorney. under a pseudonym.

1803: Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Prussian physicist and climatologist, born in Legnica, Poland (d. 1879)

1846: George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur and engineer, born in Central Bridge, New York (d. 1914)

1955: Tony Dungy, American football coach

OK, and a bunch of other people. I’m tired of this section. 

 

History

1857: First American Chess Congress hosted by the American Chess Association

1884: Naval War College forms in Newport, Rhode Island

1889: Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture

1890: General Conference of the Mormon Church outlaws polygamy

1911: Cy Young’s farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game

1926: Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5

1939: Adolf Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem

1956: Dr Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine

1966: Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout

OK, enough of this, too.

 

 

Links

Sheesh, I hope no Glibs were involved.

I should probably look into this.

What the fuck did they think they were getting?

And they still arrested them.

Fuck off, slavers!

Have a great day, Glibs. I’m off to sleep, I hope.

I’ll let Todd and Co have the last word.