Friday, January 05, 2007

Odd Trivia

In case you were wondering what happened today in history, here are some juicy tidbits:

1592:

Shah Jahan, Moghul emperor of India, builder of Taj Mahal born


1914:

Ford Motor Co. increased its daily wage from $2.34 for a nine-hour day to $5.00 for eight hours of work.


1923:

The Senate debates the benefits of Peyote for the American Indian.


1928:

Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the U.S. born ( i had to put this one is as we went to the same college. And I felt bad for him in 2003)


1933:

In San Francisco, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge. (Did they mention that the toll was supposed to go away after the bridge paid for itself? Which it did a while ago? And now it pays for the bus system, which runs itself further in to debt every year).


1993:

The 103rd Congress convened. (This one just seems slightly random - not unlike this post)

LOTR; Fellowship enters Moria (If you don't know what LOTR stands for, and te hint 'Moria' didn't give it away. Go away. Seriously. You are not dorky enough to be here.)

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1 comment:

Indiana said...

You must have had way too much time on your hands this day.... But I know your mind is an endless storage unit for useless trivia!