The Almanac of Absurdities for August 21, 2010

Fats Waller recorded “Ain't Misbehavin'” on this day in 1938. On this day in 1945, Manhattan Project Scientist Harry K. Daghlian dropped a Tungsten Carbide Brick on to a sphere of Plutonium, the so-called “Demon Core” and instantly received a fatal dose of radiation, (not instantly fatal, poor man) the first known fatality due directly to a Nuclear Weapon. Birthday of the Legendary and Beloved animator Friz Freleng.