Christmas video countdown -
Today in History:
December 3, 1890 -
Isaac Jordan, the U.S. Congressional Representative from the great state of Ohio, dies after taking a drunken stumble down an open elevator shaft in his law offices.
This is a special safety message to all our elected officials - remember to check if the elevator is there when entering, especially if you are drunk.
December 3, 1948 -
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne, rock star, 'Prince Of Darkness', heavy drug user and animal vivisectionist is born on this date.
December 3, 1968 -
St. Elvis appears to his devoted acolytes. The leather clad Elvis, not the sweaty Elvis. This is the "Elvis has left the building" Elvis.
Touch the screen and feel his healing powers.
December 3, 1974 -
During a shoot for the cover of Pink Floyds the Animals album, one of the props, an inflatable pig broke free due to a strong gust of wind (gaining a lot of press coverage). It disappeared from sight within five minutes, and was spotted by airline pilots at forty thousand feet in the air. Flights at Heathrow Airport were cancelled as the huge inflatable pig flew through the path of aircraft, eastwards from Britain and out over the English Channel, finally landing on a rural farm in Kent that night.
The pig that floated above Battersea Power Station was called "Algie"
There is nothing worse that a free flying porcine roaming the English countryside.
December 3, 1979 -
At Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, eleven concertgoers are trampled several dozen others injured in the rush for seating at the opening of a sold-out concert by The Who. Only a few doors were in operation that night, and there are reports that management did not open more doors due to the concern of people sneaking past the ticket turnstiles.
Festival seating anyone.
December 3, 1984 -
Methyl Isocyanate leaks from a Union Carbide pesticide plant located at a slum in Bhopal, India. The gas kills 4,000 people and injures 200,000 others, many of whom were permanently blinded or disabled. The event set a standard for industrial accidents that has yet to be equaled. What else can one say.
19 more shopping days until Hanukkah, 22 more shopping days until Christmas.
And so it goes.
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