437 -
Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. This unifies the two branches of the House of Theodosius and also starts the ‘OK incest’ trend.
1787 -
Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague, The Don was said to have been most displeased with the end result, as he had a large investment in Wolfgang ‘The Clef’ Motzart
1886 -
The ticker-tape parade is invented in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated. It was actually invented by Iris Goldfaddski, as she was throwing garbage at her cheating husband. Also, it must be noted that shortly after the dedication Americans started forgetting who gave us the Statue of Liberty.
1957 - 1. Rosemarie Nitribitt, apparently the first celebrity call girl dies of mysterious circumstances in Germany. Setting the industry standard. (b. 1933)
1992 - The Food and Drug Administration approves Depo Provera for use as a contraceptive in the United States. The collective sigh of relief from men the world over, caused an unprecedented release of carbon dioxide into the air and wiped out a small population of gulls off the coast of New Zealand.
2004
Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. That wasn’t the last time we heard W. say ‘heh heh gotcha bithes’
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