Good morning, Cbz and good morning Sarge, Juke, Yeags, ABQ, Zrin, Zax, Leon, ISapin1, and Bob.
I don't see Juke yet, so I'll share events on this day, however trivial:
1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
1989 Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
(That's for Bob)
1994 Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
1962 London trolley buses go out of service
1963 "Dr No" premieres in US (Best Bond film?)
1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WWII ends in Europe
1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park (Started by a Yankees fan?)
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire (For SERIOUS sports fans)
1886 Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine)
1866 Australian Rules Football is created (I still don't understand the rules)
1847 Robert Thompson patents rubber tire. The next day, he fixes the first flat.
I've got too much tiime on my hands. Have a good one, guys.