(Sorry for the late abbreviated post - I'm a little under the weather)
Today in History
September 20 1970 -
A jury in Miami, Florida finds vocalist Jim Morrison guilty of profanity and indecent exposure for whipping out his mojo at a Doors concert in Coconut Grove the previous year. Oh you naughty Mr. Mojo Rising ...
September 20, 1973 -
A Beechcraft D-18 charter plane crashes into a tree near Natchitoches, Louisiana, killing singer/songwriter Jim Croce, his lead guitarist, and the entire flight crew. I guess if he could have put time in a bottle, the first real thing he would have done would be chartering a different plane.
September 20, 1975 -
David Bowie's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks
September 20 1986 -
Officials in Latvia test the structural integrity of a 40-year-old bridge by driving 14 heavy vehicles containing gravel on top of it. A 250-foot span of the bridge collapses, killing ten people.
September 20 1992 -
Nine months prior to the infamous Bobbitt incident, a Los Angeleno named Aurelia Macias castrates her husband with a pair of scissors. Macias is found innocent by reason of insanity, and the case never generates much publicity. (It turns out that such deeds are not uncommon in certain third world countries, notably Thailand and the Philippines.)
There is a lesson here somewhere but I just can't seem to find it at the moment as I am cringing and clutching my crotch.
And so it goes
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