This isn't musically related at all, but I found it somewhat amusing. People on Facebook don't generally care, twitter is too short, and not many people see my tumblr, so I figured I'd post it here.
Today is, of all days, my birthday, and I was looking through the newspaper and saw "Today in History", and proceeded to get an enormous kick out of the quantity of black humor I found there. Allow me to explain: (The following dates and events are copied, for the most part, verbatim from the Journal News; I don't claim for them to be mine.)
On today's date in 1749, England's King Charles I was beheaded.
On today's date in 1798, a brawl broke out in the U.S. House of Representatives in Philadelphia, as Matthew Lyon of Vermont spat in the face of Roger Griswald of Connecticut.
On today's date in 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
And, finally, on today's date in 1948, Gandhi was fatally shot in New Dehli by a Hindu extremist.
So, all in all, not one of the most peaceful and pleasant days to apparently be born.
Today is, of all days, my birthday, and I was looking through the newspaper and saw "Today in History", and proceeded to get an enormous kick out of the quantity of black humor I found there. Allow me to explain: (The following dates and events are copied, for the most part, verbatim from the Journal News; I don't claim for them to be mine.)
On today's date in 1749, England's King Charles I was beheaded.
On today's date in 1798, a brawl broke out in the U.S. House of Representatives in Philadelphia, as Matthew Lyon of Vermont spat in the face of Roger Griswald of Connecticut.
On today's date in 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
And, finally, on today's date in 1948, Gandhi was fatally shot in New Dehli by a Hindu extremist.
So, all in all, not one of the most peaceful and pleasant days to apparently be born.
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