January 14, 2009
Posted by mike
Way Back Wednesday
Here we go. More useless trivia to add to the growing pile already on your brain. One of these days this info may actually be useful, or lead to exciting dinner conversation. Maybe even a job interview. Then you’ll thank me (through the comment section, of course), and I’ll simply say “You’re welcome”.
On this day, January 14th:
- 1949 :: the US gov’ment (say that with me) got involved in busting up AT&T so that they wouldn’t run a monopoly on telecommunications (read: phones) and electric power. AT&T focused their efforts on phones. Now they have a monopoly on the iPhone. How ironic. Speaking of irony, wouldn’t it be fun if in the board game “Monopoly”, whenever a player is on the verge of winning, the other players could file anti-trust suits, get the gov’ment to bust it up, other players would be allowed back in the game…game continues. Yes?
- 1784 :: the continental congress got together in Annapolis, MD (home of the US Naval Academy – Shelly and I have played there a few times) ratifying the Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the American Revolution…in turn, making the USofA a sovereign nation
- 1951 :: the 1st NFL Pro Bowl game was played in Los Angelos, CA. The Pro Bowl is still inconsequential.
- 1990 :: “The Simpson’s” premiered on FOX. I wasn’t allowed to watch it as it fit into the “filth/trash” category. To this day, I won’t watch the show out of fear that my mom or dad may walk in the room and find it on. They trained me well.
So there you have it. What other important things happened?
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