All Things in Moderation

I’ve been thinking about making an effort at maintaining a new ATiM daily feature…Today in History. Maybe it will spark a few conversations. With Brent on sabbatical for a couple days, now seems like a good time to start. We’ll see how long I last.

1988 – The Chicago Cubs finally succumb to modern times as the first night game ever is played under the newly installed lights at Wrigley Field. The game, however, is rained out in the 4th with the Cubs leading the Phillies 3-1. I like day games, and I really like Wrigley Field.

1974 – President Richard M. Nixon takes to the airwaves to announce his resignation, effective the next day at noon. I remember my parents gathering us kids in the family room to watch the announcement, telling us the removal of a President would be a once in a lifetime event. Clinton almost proved them wrong. I wish Obama would.

1966 – The future Mrs. ScottC is born.

1960 – Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini hits number 1 on the Billboard charts.

1945 – President Harry Truman signs the United Nations Charter and the US becomes the first nation to ratify membership in the UN.

1942 – Six German saboteurs who had secretly landed on Long Island in June are executed after a military tribunal finds them guilty of spying. The case would later be cited by the Bush administration in support of trying unlawful combatants by military tribunals rather than in civilian courts.

1911 – The Apportionment Law (Public Law 62-5), setting the number representative in the House at 435, passes Congress. I think it is high time for the size of the House to be increased again. Too few reps representing too many people.

1882 – Snow falls on Lake Michigan, prompting Democrats to propose economy-destroying regulations in a panic over catastrophic global cooling. (OK, I made up that second part.)

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