Smoke 2...one each for Kevin Hall and Scott "longashes" Richmond, who both have
birthdays, today. (Kevin wanted to share a birthday, but Scott wanted
to get his own, custom one.)
Elsewhere in history...
TODAY IN ROTTEN HISTORY
we live in a slightly mad world
Mar 30 315
The Donation of Constantine grants to the See of Rome dominion over all
earthly thrones of Europe, a document made by that Roman emperor after
his conversion to Christianity in return for being cured from leprosy.
But in 1440, anachronisms in the document prove that it was really a
fraud written around 752 AD, during the reign of and under orders of
Pope Stephen III.
Mar 30 1282
After vespers on Easter Monday, a French soldier touches the breast of a
young Sicilian bride, causing an outrage that precipitated the slaughter
of perhaps 2,000 Frenchmen living and ruling over Sicily.
Mar 30 1968
Two children in the Bowery come across the body of a homeless drug
addict later identified as Bobby Driscol, 31, the voice of Disney's
"Peter Pan".
Mar 30 1981
While President Reagan undergoes surgery for a life-threatening gunshot
wound, Secretary of State Alexander Haig announces to the press: "As of
now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending return of the
Vice President."
Mar 30 1995
A police officer who was also a member of the Aum Supreme Truth cult
fires three shots into Takaji Kunimatsu, chief of Japan's National
Police Agency. Takaji is seriously wounded but survives. Investigators
try unsuccessfully to hide the fact that the gunman was a police officer.
--
Please take off your pants or I won't read your e-mail.
I will not, no matter how "good" the deal, patronise any business which sends
unsolicited commercial e-mail or that advertises in discussion newsgroups.