We must agree with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs when he tweeted: "And yes Mr. Vice President, you're right... "
Today is National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day - a day to enjoy this tasty combination of chocolate and fruit. Chocolate lovers who like raisins, find the combination simply irresistible. Kids find them irresistible, too.
Just make sure nobody owns a rabbit at the home where you are enjoying those Raisinets (TM).It's also World Tuberculosis Day, commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus
(also it is supposed to remind people that tuberculosis still remains an epidemic in much of the world.)But weighing that with the the celebration of raisinets, I went with the chocolate.
March 24, 1939 -
The first appearance of Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of the Baskervilles premiered in New York on this date.
Oh, Watson, the needle!
March 24, 1951 -
Scent-Imental Romeo, another funny Looney Tunes short starring Pepé Le Pew, is released on this date.
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, 1603 -
Tudor Queen Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen," died. She had reigned from 1558-1603.
Scottish King James VI, son of Mary, became King James I of England in the union of the crowns.
March 24, 1874 -
Harry Houdini, magician, escape artist, was born as Erik Weisz (Ehrich Weiss) in Budapest.
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, was born on this date.
He proved to millions of Americans that they have no innate sense of rhythm.
March 24, 1944 -
76 Allied officers escaped Stalag Luft 3. In 1949 Paul Brickall authored "The Great Escape." The story of Jackson Barrett Mahon, an American fighter pilot, and the Allied POW escape from Stalag Luft III in Germany during WW II.
The 1963 film "The Great Escape" starred Steve McQueen, was directed by John Sturges and was based on the true story.
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.
He run the Valdez into a well-charted reef at Prince William sound, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil. An estimated 250,000 seabirds were killed.
Oops
And so it goes
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