Interrogatories
How’s the new year treating you so far? Any hangover?
Do you remember when they advertised cigarettes on TV? What ads do you remember?
What time zone is Real Time?
How do you plan to start off this new year?
The Twitter Emitter
Fewer Republicans believe in evolution but nearly 100% believe big oil is looking out for their best interests.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 31, 2013
Think of what you scream when a car alarm starts relentlessly blaring. Now think about what you scream when Isaa speaks. #SameThing
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) December 31, 2013
Afghanistan is now our most unpopular war. This never would've happened if Romney were president– Iran would've been the unpopular war.
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 31, 2013
Kind of wish MSNBC hosts would quit apologizing to butthurt conservatives. It won't make them any less butthurt; it's their natural state.
— TBogg (@tbogg) December 31, 2013
GOP: please proceed with your minority outreach by screaming about Duck Dynasty Phil's free speech rights, and then demanding MHP be fired.
— Zandar (@ZandarVTS) December 31, 2013
PJ O'Rourke will be on @jaketapper 's show today to help usher in 1988
— TBogg (@tbogg) December 31, 2013
If Utah thinks marriage is linked to procreation, they’re not allowing any post-menopausal women get married, right?
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) December 31, 2013
2014 is already terrible and I broke all of my resolutions.
— CrutnackerNutcracker (@Crutnacker) January 1, 2014
After 2 hours in 2014, let me report that everything is better. Colors more vivid. Food tastes better. Really great. Also, I'm pretty baked.
— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) January 1, 2014
On This Day
In 404, a furious Roman mob ripped Telemachus, a Christian monk, to pieces for trying to stop a gladiators’ fight in the public arena held in Rome.
In 1772, the first traveler’s cheques, good in 90 European cities, went on sale in London.
In 1788, the first edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, was published.
In 1801, the legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland was completed to form the United Kingdom.
In 1804, French rule ended in Haiti. Haiti became the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States.
In 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States was banned.
In 1833, the United Kingdom claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation took effect in Confederate territory.
In 1885, 25 countries adopted Sandford Fleming’s proposal for standard time (and also, time zones)
In 1890, the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, was first held.
In 1892, Ellis Island opened as the processing station for immigrants coming into the United States.
In 1902 , the first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl, between Michigan and Stanford, was held in Pasadena, California.
In 1908, a ball was dropped in New York’s Times Square for the first time to signify the start of the New Year at midnight. There is no truth to the rumor that Dick Clark officiated.
In 1912, the Republic of China was established.
In 1971, cigarette ads were banned on American television.
In 1985, the Domain Name System for the Internet was created.
In 1994, NAFTA came into effect.
In 2012, Kim Jong-un was officially declared the new Supreme Leader of North Korea.
Born on This Day
1571 – Rutilio Manetti, Italian painter (b. 1639)
1618 – (Baptized) Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682)
1735 – Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress. (d. 1836) The story about her making the first flag appeared in 1870, coming from her grandson, who heard it from his mother. It is said the only contribution to the design from her may have been making the original six pointed star into a five pointed star.
1787 – Domenico Quaglio, German painter and architect (d. 1837)
1860 – Dan Katchongva, Native-American Hopi activist (d. 1972)
1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
1879 – E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
1888 – Vladimir Baranoff-Rossiné, Ukrainian painter and multimedia artist (d. 1944)
1889 – Charles Bickford, American film actor (d. 1967)
1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972)
1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1911 – Basil Dearden, British film director (d. 1971)
1912 – Toshia Mori, Japanese-born actress (d. 1995)
1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
1919 – Carole Landis, American film actress (d. 1948)
1919 – J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
1921 – Barbara Goalen, fashion model (d. 2002)
1923 – Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1999)
1925 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
1933 – Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
1935 – B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
1947 – Jon Corzine, American politician
1956 – Andy Gill, guitarist (Gang of Four)
1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian musician (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
Died on This Day
1617 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1558)
1661 – Pieter Claesz van Haarlem, Dutch Baroque painter, specializing in Still Life (b. 1597)
1768 – Jean Restout II, French Neo-classical painter (b. 1692)
1793 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
1877 – Adolphe Alexandre Dillens, Belgian painter (b. 1821)
1939 – Frank Tenney Johnson, US painter (b. 1874)
1953 – Hank Williams, influential American country singer and songwriter, not to be confused with the inferior Hank Jr. (b. 1923)
1958 – Óscar Domínguez, Spanish surrealist painter (b. 1929)
1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress, screenwriter (b. 1909)
1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor (b. 1888)
1984 – Alexis Korner, British blues musician (b. 1928)
1994 – Cesar Romero, American actor (b. 1907)
2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924)
Today is
New Year’s Day
Bloody Mary Day
Apple Gifting Day
First Foot Day
Z Day
This Month is
Bread Machine Baking Month
National Slow Cooking Month
National Bath Safety Month
Eye Care Month
National Blood Donor Month
National Braille Literacy Month
National Hobby Month
National Staying Healthy Month
National Thank You Month
National Candy Month
National Egg Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Meat Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Soup Month
National Wheat Bread Month
Prune Breakfast Month
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