Today, July 13, is not only the day that my most recent parking ticket is due, it was also on this day, in:
*1568 that the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, of blessed memory, perfects a way to bottle beer (may we have a moment of silence, please?)
-and-
*1898 that Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio.
Taken together, they made it possible for you to stay home, drink a beer, and listen on the radio as, on this day in 1934, Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run (against Detroit).
Coincidence? No way. This right here is enough to make me believe in a higher power.
On a more serious note, today in 1793 Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, was murdered in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday. There is a cool link to a small bio for Corday here.
Posted by Random Penseur at July 13, 2004 09:31 AM