Thursday, March 31, 2011
On this Date in 1889...
...the Eiffel Tower is inaugurated. Apparently the French let anything run for President.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
On this Date in 1842...
...anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long. To the untrained eye it looked suspiciously like a rubber mallet.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
On this Date in 1982...
...Queen Elizabeth II gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended all remaining dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom by a process known as "patriation". At which point Canada turned to the United States and said, "See, if you would have just waited a couple hundred years all you would have had to do was ask."
Monday, March 28, 2011
On this Date in 1979...
...a partial core meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US, resulted in the release of an estimated 43,000 curies (1.59 PBq) of radioactive krypton to the environment. Which explains the sudden nose-dive Superman took when he happened to be flying over that day.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
On this Date in 1958...
...Nikita Khrushchev became Premier of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin. Russians everywhere were furious, until they found out that Nikita was, in fact, a man.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
On this Date in 1934...
...the driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom. Thus marking the beginning of the end for all automobile accidents in the United Kingdom.
Friday, March 25, 2011
On this Date in 1655...
...Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens. His first reaction was, "Wow, thaat thing's big!"
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