***ON THIS DAY IN...*** **326 CE** - Pope Sylvester I conse..
Added 2023-11-18 21:42:49 +0000 UTC***ON THIS DAY IN...*** **326 CE** - Pope Sylvester I consecrated the old St. Peter's Basilica. in Rome. **1493 CE** - Christopher Columbus figures out that the island now known as Puerto Rico exists. **1872** - Susan B. Anthony is arrested for illegally voting on account of having been born with a vagina. **1922** - Marcel Proust dies. **1928** - Mickey Mouse was "born." **1963** - the first telephone with push-button goes into service. **1978** - the Jonestown Massacre happened in Jonestown, Guyana. **1993** - South Africa approves a new constitution that expands voting rights and ends white majority rule. **2003** - Massachusetts becomes the first state in the US to recognize same-sex marriage. **2013** - The MAVEN probe to Mars is launched by NASA. It is also the day I was born. SO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. If you'd like to contribute to my birthday dinner, I'd be forever grateful.
