Thursday, May 26, 2011

On this Date in 1936...

...in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.  The sign outside of a nearby church the next Sunday read, "Come join us this morning for services as we read through the entire Bible, we promise it will be shorter than the Appropriation Bill speech."

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