This day in history – August 31

Posted on August 31, 2013 by ScottC

2009 – ScottC and lmsinca (posting as lindaS) meet each other and have their first ever interaction on Greg Sargent’s The Plum Line (see the posts starting at 9:52pm). They continue to argue with and annoy each other 4 years later.

1990 – Playing for the Seattle Mariners, Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. become the first father and son to ever play in the same game for the same team in MLB history. Each goes 1 for 4. Kinda cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G2AnNdjBu4

1976 – Former Beatle George Harrison is found guilty of “subconscious plagiarism” for his song My Sweet Lord. He was sued by the estate of Ronnie Mack, who had written the song He’s So Fine, recorded by The Chiffons, and from which Harrison was alleged to have plagiarized. Earnings from the song are ordered to be paid to Mack’s estate. Eh….I sort of get it. Sort of. You be the judge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rinz9Avvq6A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VUIB41EUFA

1888 – The mutilated body of prostitute Mary Ann Nichols is found in London’s east end neighborhood of Whitechapel. Nichols is the first of five recognized victims of the infamous, and to this day still un-named, serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. If you ever go to London and are looking for something interesting to do in the early evening, do the Jack the Ripper walking tour guided by Donald Rumbelow, a renowned British crime historian. I thought it was pretty good.

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