almanac of Absurdities 1/10

On this date in 49 BC, General Julius Caesar violated a serious Roman Republic Law, bringing his army into Rome's Central territory, a capital offense, and one that inevitably led to the Civil War that brought about the empire. Caesar and his troops Crossed the Rubicon river, and “crossing the Rubicon” remains in our language today. It's Paul Henried's Birthday, he was Victor Laslo, also Donald Fagen of Steely Dan.