Marching down to the South

Here is your Today in History -

There's been a casualty on the way to South Carolina - Bill Richardson will be going home. Hopefully he'll be able to take the home version of the primary game with him.



Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously (not that Tom didn't know his name - it was theorically punishable by death to denounce the crown and Tom wasn't quick looking for death at that time) on January 10, 1776, before the American Revolution. Paine wrote it with editorial feedback from Benjamin Rush, who came up with the title. The document denounced British rule, and through its immense popularity contributed to fomenting the American Revolution. The second edition was published soon thereafter. A third edition, with an accounting of the worth of the British navy, an expanded appendix, and a response to criticism by the Quakers, was published on February 14, 1776.

January 10 1883 -A fire at the six-story Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee kills more than 71 people. For years this was considered one of the worst single structure fires in the United States. Two famous midgets residing there, General Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton ) and his brother-in-law Commodore Nut, are rescued by firefighters.

January 10 1927 -The film Metropolis was released. It was the most expensive silent film of the time, costing approximately 7 million Reichsmark to make. While that seems like a very large sum of money due to the incredibly crushing inflation running rampant in Germany at the time, you could also just about buy a loaf of marble rye with that amount of money.

January 10 1982 -You could no longer go to Paul Lynde to block on this date. Mr. Lynde was found dead (and naked) in his West Hollywood home. By the next morning, Lynde's mysterious male companion had fled.

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January 10 1998 -German psychologist Heidi Fittkau-Garthe was charged in the Canary Islands with a plot of murder-suicide in which 31 cult followers, including five children, were to ingest poison. After the suicides they were to be picked up by spaceship for an unspecified destination. Since she was found alive, I guess she didn't believe quite as much as those other 31 people. Remember people, DON'T drink the purple Flavor-Aid (remember, it wasn't Kool Aid).

---THIS WEEK’S HEALTH TIP---Quit stuffing your face and get off your big fat ass.

And so it goes.