Anti-alcohol activist Carrie
Nation took her hatchet to a New
York saloon on this day in 1901.
Carrie never told her husband
when she went out to bust up a
saloon. All she said was that
she was going chopping.
Brigham Young, who had 27 wives,
died on this day in 1877. It was the happiest day of his life. They say at the funeral he
looked
sooo relieved.
The
National Old-Time Country Music Festival is this week in Le
Mars, Iowa. You know it’s "old-time"
country music when you notice the snuff juice dribbling down their chins onto their
fiddles.
And you suddenly smell something funny when they start
pattin’ their feet really fast.
Michael Farady discovered
electromagnetic induction on this day in 1831. He discovered it quite unexpectedly when
the magnet he was sitting on was struck by lightning.
The term "hatchet job"
was born on this day in 1901 when Carrie Nation chopped up boxing champ John L. Sullivan's
saloon in New York City. When John L. stormed in and yelled, "Awright, who did the
hatchet job on me?" Carrie proudly uttered that famous phrase, "I cannot tell a
lie ... I did it ... with my little hatchet."
John the Baptist was
beheaded on this date in about 29 A.D. It was Salome’s idea. She didn’t want to
repent, and she sure didn’t want some preacher making her feel guilty about
it. Of course, today we don’t have preachers beheaded -- we just start ugly rumors
about them.
On this day in 1821 the Ku Klux
Klan tarred and feathered 43 Texans. They used duck feathers, and they were condemned far
and wide for inhumane duck plucking.
Singer Michael Jackson
would have been 53 today.. It's incredible.
Even in death,
Michael still looks the same -- different.
Morman leader Brigham Young died
on this date in 1877. I don't know what he died of. He had 27 wives, so it may have
been exhaustion.
On this date in 1977 three grave
robbers were arrested in Memphis for trying to steal Elvis. You have to admit, it would
have been the ultimate Elvis souvenir.
Though I'm not sure just three guys could have carried him.
