It was a slow day in history today
June 23, 1611 -
The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again. So much for loyality.
June 23, 1860 -
The U.S. Secret Service is founded to fight counterfeiting, protect the President and give Robert Conrad a career.
June 23, 1894
Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , later to be known as the Duke of Windsor and briefly Edward VIII, King of England who abdicated his throne to marry American divorcee, and possible transverstite, Wallis Simpson, was born.
June 23 1968 -
A soccer stampede towards a closed exit leaves 74 crushed to death and 150 injured in Buenos Aires.
June 23 1979 -
The rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona" . Could be one of the worst songs every.
June 23 1993 -
In the middle of the night, Lorena Bobbitt severs her husband John's penis and drives off, casually discarding the organ in a farm field. Surgeons successfully reattach the penis, allowing John to enter the porn industry. The media devotes 1.3 million column-inches of type to the story as both Lorena and John gain celebrity status; consequently, their last name becomes a verb.
And on a personal note:
Happy Birthday David
and so it goes.
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