Here's your Today in History -
March 24, 1401 -
Tamerlane conquered Damascus. Tamerlane (Timur the Lane) was a descendant of Ghenghis Khan, and one of the greatest Tater leaders ever, expanding the Mongol empire from the Pacific to the Meditterranean. Tamerlane is best remembered for having built pyramids out of human skulls, owing to a faulty understanding of architecture which no one ever had the courage to correct.
March 24, 1874 -
Harry Houdini, magician, escape artist, was born on this date. He is still working on perfecting his final trick of coming back from the dead.
March 24, 1895 -
Arthur Murray, American dancer who founded dance schools, proving to millions of Americans that they have no innate sense of rhythm.
March 24, 1973 -
Lou Reed's ass bitten onstage by rabid fan (and not a fan with rabies) in Buffalo. I wonder if you can get a contact high from ass biting.
March 24, 1989 -
Cold Fusion is announced. To celebrate this amazing advancement in energy, Captain Joseph Hazelwood downs, in rapid succession, five double vodka on the rocks and pilots the Exxon tanker Valdez, into a well-charted reef at Prince William sound, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil.
And so it goes
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