Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Short & Sweet

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2010. There are 100 days left in the year. Autumn arrives at 11:09 p.m. EDT2009PDT. [Fuck you, Eastern elitists. — Ed.]

Today’s Highlight in History:
On Sept. 22, 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Cap't. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British in New York.
On this date:
In 1761, Britain’s King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
In 1927, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous “long-count” fight in Chicago.

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