Oscar Wilde's last words, "One or other of us HAS to go!", were uttered to the wallpaper in a Paris hotel in 1900


In 1894, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried for political bias


Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married in 1940


Barbados became independent of Great Britain today in 1966


In 1974 the fossilized remains of a female human ancestor named Lucy (after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) were found in Ethiopia.


The Brady Bill, requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, is signed today in 1993


In 1995, President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland


Finally........


Today is Saint Andrews day, a celebration of the Patron Saint of Scotland!! (of Russia too, but we don't talk about that!!)


Slainte, everybody!

DM

__________________
The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind