I've always held the belief that this day is a great day in history. Momentous events have always occurred on this day. Or so I thought. Here is a short list of things that I found have occurred on this date.

* 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
* 1331 - the Battle of Plowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order took place.
* 1540 - The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
* 1590 - Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
* 1605 - The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
* 1787 - The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.
* 1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
* 1822 - Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
* 1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
* 1854 - The steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
* 1903 - Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
* 1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" in Annalen der Physik. This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.
* 1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
* 1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
* 1937 - Last Balinese Tiger killed.
* 1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
* 1940 - World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
* 1941 - The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
* 1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
* 1949 - The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
* 1953 - TV Record, Brazilian TV Network, debuts.
* 1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
* 1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
* 1964 - The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
* 1968 - The stage musical Hair opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof's collapsing in July 1973.
* 1977 - The 300 metre tall CKVR-TV transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
* 1979 - The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
* 1980 - Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms. The greatest man in the world was born in Las Vegas, NV.
* 1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
* 1985 - Hurricane Gloria hits Long Island, New York.
* 1986 - Cliff Burton, ex-Metallica bassist, died in a bus crash in Ljungby, Sweden.
* 1988 - The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
* 1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
* 1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
* 1997 - Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
* 1998 - Google is established.
* 1999 - The last professional baseball game is played at historic Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.
* 2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
* 2003 - Smart 1 satellite is launched.

Wow, just lame. I read through all of this, and save a couple of "key" dates, this day sucks. As for today, I think this day is special because I discovered that Dustin "Screech" Diamond has a sex tape. Yep. Screech has a sex tape will soon be released:

Everyone who remembers Diamond as a lovable putz is in for a shock once they see a 40-minute video in which he engages in a kinky three-way with two women, sources tell us.

We can't get too graphic here, but word is that the action includes some bodily functions and an act known as a "Dirty Sanchez."

Awesome. I cannot wait. Screech wiping poo on a chick's face. And you thought that the picture above was totally irrelevant and sign of my growing dementia. Imagine that mug giving you the "boo-yah" post-sanchezing. And if you don't know what a Dirty Sanchez is, well, my friend, tough cookies. Ask your parents. Anywho, let's keep it short today and end with something that puts a smile to my face. I wish I knew a Florida Gator fan who's NOT my boss so I could go taunt them unmercilessly. Trust me, for this video, you'll want some video. Alas, this won't happen this weekend because a) it's in Gainesville and b) Mike Shula is a moron.

Posted by Victor on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 11:48 AM | Permalink