Ain’t History Somethin’

1513 * Ponce de León lands near present-day St. Augustine, claims Florida for Spain. Looking at Florida today, Spain says it was a really good move in 1819 selling Florida to U.S.

1884 * London prison for debtors closed. Senator Mitch McConnell says U.S. should build a replica in Georgia; paid for by a tax on out of work Americans receiving stimulus checks.

1931 * 17-year old girl Jackie Mitchell strikes out New York Yankees stars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition baseball game. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem believes 17-year old girls and strikes don’t constitute baseball.

1954 * Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced. Hen House News Org (later bought by Fox) ran multiple weeks of outrage at proposed Passports required to enter It’s A Small World at Fantasyland section of the park.

1978 * TV night time soap opera “Dallas” starring Larry Hagman and Barbara Bel Geddes premieres on CBS – as a 5 week mini-series. It goes on to become major hit. Senate and House Republicans say if President Biden really believed in bi-partisanship he would order DOJ to open investigation to find who really killed J.R.

2020 * US Department of Labor reports record 6.6 million Americans filed claims for unemployment in last week, 10 million over 2 weeks. Senator Lindsey Graham on news of the report was heard saying: But what about gangs coming to take the jobs! We need to be ready!

2021 *  U.S. officials and other signatories to Iran nuclear deal to meet in Vienna next week. Fox “News” afternoon hosts blast Biden’s blatant reelection move and say it’s just stupid to have the meeting in Iran’s capitol.