What happened on this day in History? Time Marches On! Let me give you a one paragraph rundown on today's significance throughout the entire vast panoply of Recorded events! Famines! Battles! Births! Catastrophes! Weird occurances! Imagine how much more wise you'll be when you make your daily visit! Unfortunately you're going to have to visit timemarcheson.wordpress.com, because I've moved the blog.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Almanac of Absurdities for 9/17/2010
On this day in 1862, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, as General George McClellan stops General Robert E. Lee’s northward advance in the battle of Antietam. Manfred Van Richtofen shoots down his first enemy plane near France in 1916…later they’ll call him the Red Baron. Birthdays for Fee Waybill of “The Tubes” and Cassandra Peterson…Elvira to you.
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