This Day in JoCo

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This page is a compilation of dates, not necessarily important dates, with JoCo relevance. (If the relevance to JoCo is not obvious, please provide a link!) See also the shows calendar for a more chronological version of JoCo shows.

January[edit]

January 01, 1970: Beginning of the Unix Epoch.
January 03, 1977: Apple Computer incorporated.
January 05, 1933: Calvin Coolidge died.
January 06, 1918: Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor died.
January 06, 1919: Theodore Roosevelt died.
January 06, 2006: Thing a Week #16, You Could Be Her, released
January 07, 1800: Millard Fillmore born.
January 07, 1844: Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Bernadette) born.
January 07, 2003: Aluminum PowerBook G4 announced.
January 07, 2011: Down Today and Now I Am An Arsonist debuted live.
January 07, 2011: Big Dick Farts a Polka performed live for the first time.
January 08, 1815: US forces, unaware that the War of 1812 had ended in the Treaty of Ghent two weeks earlier, defeat Britain in the Battle of New Orleans.
January 09, 1913: Richard Nixon born.
January 17, 1893: Rutherford B. Hayes died.
January 17, 1991: "Operation Desert Storm" begins.
January 18, 1854: Thomas A. Watson born.
January 18, 1862: John Tyler died.
January 20, 1953: Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
January 20, 1961: Inauguration of John F. Kennedy.
January 20, 1969: Inauguration of Richard Nixon.
January 20, 1977: Inauguration of James "Jimmy" Carter.
January 20, 1981: Inauguration of Ronald Reagan.
January 20, 1989: Inauguration of George H. W. Bush.
January 20, 1993: Inauguration of William "Bill" Clinton.
January 20, 2001: Inauguration of George W. "Dubya" Bush.
January 20, 2006: Thing a Week #17, I Will, released
January 22, 1973: Lyndon B. Johnson died.
January 24, 1941: Neil Diamond born.
January 25, 1870: Niels Fabian Helge von Koch born.
January 27, 2006: Thing a Week #18, Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance, released
January 29, 1843: William McKinley born.
January 30, 1882: Franklin D. Roosevelt born.

February[edit]

February 02, 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed, marking the end of the Mexican-American War.
February 03, 1924: Woodrow Wilson died.
February 03, 2006: Thing a Week #19, So Far So Good, released
February 04, 1992: Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Mack Daddy" album released.
February 06, 1911: Ronald Reagan born.
February 07, 1812: Charles Dickens born.
February 09, 1773: William Henry Harrison born.
February 10, 2006: Thing a Week #20, Curl, released
February 11, 1858: Marie-Bernade Soubirous (Bernadette) had the first of her visions.
February 12, 1809: Charles Darwin born.
February 12, 1809: Abraham Lincoln born.
February 12, 2008: Lady Aberlin's Muumuu released
February 13, 2006: The 2006 US Olympic curling team plays its first game.
February 13, 2008: Betty "Lady" Aberlin comments on JoCo's blog
February 14, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell's lawyer files a patent application for the telephone.
February 17, 1876: Bell calls Watson: "Mr. Watson -- come here -- I want to see you."
February 16, 2012: Charlottesville, VA Show
February 17, 2006: Thing a Week #21, Chiron Beta Prime, released
February 18, 1930: Pluto discovered.
February 20, 2004: Flickr launched by Ludicorp.
February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson died.
February 21, 2007: LA show.
February 22, 1732: George Washington born.
February 22, 2006: US Men's Curling team loses Olympic semifinal to Canada
February 22, 2008: San Francisco DVD show
February 23, 1847: Zachary Taylor leads US Army forces in the Battle of Buena Vista.
February 23, 1848: John Quincy Adams died.
February 23, 2006: US Men's Curling team wins Olympic bronze medal game over the United Kingdom
February 24, 1868: Andrew Johnson impeached by the House of Representatives.
February 24, 2006: Thing a Week #22, Take Care of Me, released
February 24, 2007: Seattle show

March[edit]

March 01, 1845: Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas passed by Congress.
March 03, 1845: Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor born.
March 03, 1847: Alexander Graham Bell born.
March 03, 2006: Thing a Week #23, A Talk with George, released
March 04, 1797: Inauguration of John Adams.
March 04, 1801: Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson.
March 04, 1809: Inauguration of James Madison.
March 04, 1817: Inauguration of James Monroe.
March 04, 1825: Inauguration of John Quincy Adams.
March 04, 1829: Inauguration of Andrew Jackson.
March 04, 1837: Inauguration of Martin Van Buren.
March 04, 1841: Inauguration of William Henry Harrison.
March 04, 1845: Inauguration of James K. Polk.
March 04, 1849: Inauguration of Zachary Taylor.
March 04, 1853: Inauguration of Franklin Pierce.
March 04, 1857: Inauguration of James Buchanan.
March 04, 1858: Commodore Matthew Perry died.
March 04, 1861: Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.
March 04, 1869: Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant.
March 04, 1877: Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes.
March 04, 1881: Inauguration of James A. Garfield.
March 04, 1885: First inauguration of Grover Cleveland.
March 04, 1889: Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison.
March 04, 1893: Second inauguration of Grover Cleveland.
March 04, 1897: Inauguration of William McKinley.
March 04, 1909: Inauguration of William Howard Taft.
March 04, 1913: Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.
March 04, 1921: Inauguration of Warren G. Harding.
March 04, 1929: Inauguration of Herbert Hoover.
March 04, 1933: Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
March 07, 2008: Alexandria show
March 08, 1874: Millard Fillmore died.
March 08, 1930: William Howard Taft died.
March 08, 2008: Austin show
March 10, 2006: Thing a Week #24, Don't Talk to Strangers, released
March 11, 1924: Niels Fabian Helge von Koch died.
March 13, 1901: Benjamin Harrison died.
March 14, 1882: Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński born.
March 15, 1767: Andrew Jackson born.
March 16, 1751: James Madison born.
March 17, 2006: Thing a Week #25, Stroller Town, released
March 18, 1837: Grover Cleveland born.
March 18, 1927: George Ames Plimpton born.
March 19, 1915: Earliest known photograph of Pluto taken.
March 19, 1944: Sirhan Sirhan born.
March 20, 2008: London show
March 22, 2008: Atlanta show
March 24, 2001: Mac OS X released.
March 24, 2006: Thing a Week #26, Re: Your Brains, released
March 25, 2011: Glasses debuted live.
March 26, 1931: Leonard Nimoy born.
March 28, 1969: Dwight D. Eisenhower died.
March 29, 1790: John Tyler born.
March 29, 2007: San Fran show
March 30, 1926: Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, born.
March 30, 1937: Warren Beatty born.
March 31, 2006: Thing a Week #27, Madelaine, released

April[edit]

April 01: April Fools' Day
April 01, 2008: Still Alive released on Rock Band
April 02, 2008: Philadelphia show
April 03, 2008: Northampton show
April 04, 1841: William Henry Harrison died after one month in office; John Tyler sworn in.
April 05, 2008: Northeastern University show (not open to public)
April 06, 1917: US declares war on Germany, formally entering World War I.
April 06, 1928: James Watson born.
April 06, 1930: Twinkies invented.
April 07, 1933: US release of the original [[De-Evolving|King Kong.
April 07, 2006: Thing a Week #28, When You Go, released
April 09, 1865: Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House; the event is generally regarded as marking the end of the Civil War.
April 10, 1794: Birth of Commodore Matthew C. Perry.
April 12, 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt [[[Wikipedia:Franklin_D._Roosevelt|died]]; Harry S. Truman sworn in.
April 12, 1989: Walker Smith, Jr. (Sugar Ray Robinson) died.
April 13, 1743: Thomas Jefferson born
April 14, 2006: Thing a Week #29, Code Monkey, released
April 15, 1865: Abraham Lincoln died; Andrew Johnson sworn in.
April 16, 1879: Death of Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Bernadette), subsequently Feast Day of St. Bernadette.
April 16, 1958: Rosalind Franklin died.
April 16, 1958: Ride of Paul Revere.
April 19, 1882: Charles Darwin died.
April 20, 1932: Giuseppe Peano died.
April 22, 1994: Richard Nixon died.
April 22, 2008: JocoPedia goes public!
April 23, 1791: James Buchanan born.
April 23, 1898: Spain declares war against the United States.
April 24, 2011: Artificial Heart debuted live.
April 25, 2008: Portland show
April 26, 2008: Seattle show 1
April 27, 1822: Ulysses S. Grant born.
April 27, 2008: Seattle show 2
April 28, 1758: James Monroe born.
April 28, 1937: Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti born.
April 28, 1977: The Bigfoot episode of In Search of ... airs.
April 28, 2006: Thing a Week #30, The Presidents, released
April 29, 1945: German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies, ending World War II on the Western front.
April 30, 1789: Inauguration of George Washington.
April 30, 1803: Louisiana Purchase signed.

May[edit]

May 01: Outdoor fucking starts today!, which means it's time for the First of May Olympics.
May 01, 1941: US release of Citizen Kane
May 01, 2008: Minneapolis show
May 02, 2008: Madison show
May 03, 1921: Walker Smith, Jr. aka Sugar Ray Robinson, born
May 03, 2008: Chicago show
May 05: Europe Day
May 05, 2006: Thing a Week #31, Just as Long as Me, released
May 06, 1882: Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act
May 07, 2006: Visual Thing A Week for Just as Long as Me released on Flickr
May 08, 1884: Harry S. Truman born
May 08, 1945: Victory in Europe day
May 09: Europe Day, again
May 09, 1973: Soylent Green released.
May 10, 1818: Paul Revere died
May 12, 2006: Thing a Week #32, Till the Money Comes, released
May 13, 1846: The US declares war on Mexico
May 15, 1868: Senate vote on Andrew Johnson's eleventh article of impeachment fails by one vote
May 15, 2008: Phoenix show
May 17, 1977: Kandi Burruss born
May 17, 2008: San Diego show
May 18, 2008: Los Angeles show
May 19, 1994: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Jackie O) died
May 19, 2006: Thing a Week #33, Tom Cruise Crazy, released
May 20, 1908: James "Jimmy" Stewart born
May 21, 1980: US release of The Empire Strikes Back
May 23, 2005: Tom Cruise appears on Oprah, jumps on couch.
May 24, 1626: Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan
May 25, 1977: US release of Star Wars
May 25, 1983: US release of Return of the Jedi
May 26, 1868: Senate votes on Andrew Johnson's second and third articles of impeachment both fail by one vote
May 26, 2006: Thing a Week #34, Famous Blue Raincoat, released
May 28, 1830: Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act
May 29, 1917: John F. Kennedy born
May 30, 1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed, marking the end of the Missouri Compromise

June[edit]

June 01, 1868: James Buchanan died.
June 02, 2006: Thing a Week #35, Soft Rocked By Me, released
June 03, 1971: John Hodgman born
June 05, 1910: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) died.
June 05, 1968: Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy shot.
June 05, 2004: Ronald Reagan died.
June 06, 1944: Normandy Landings
June 06, 1968: Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy died.
June 08, 1845: Andrew Jackson died.
June 08, 1916: Francis Crick born.
June 09, 1870: Charles Dickens died.
June 09, 2006: Thing a Week #36, Not About You, released
June 09, 2011: Nobody Loves You Like Me debuted live.
June 12, 1924: George H. W. Bush born.
June 12, 1981: US release of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
June 13, 2008: Washy Ad Jeffy released.
June 15, 1849: James K. Polk died.
June 15, 1999: US release of Destiny's Child's Bills, Bills, Bills single.
June 16, 2006: Thing a Week #37, Rock and Roll Boy, released
June 17, 2005: Tom Cruise proposes to Katie Holmes.
June 18, 1812: The US declares war on Britain.
June 18, 1942: Paul McCartney born.
June 22, 1978: Charon discovered.
June 23, 2006: Thing a Week #38, Drinking With You, released
June 24, 1717: The Grand Lodge of England founded.
June 24, 1862: Martin Van Buren died.
June 24, 1908: Grover Cleveland died.
June 28, 1836: James Madison died.
June 28, 1919: Treaty of Versailles marks the formal end of World War I.
June 28, 1969: Sweet Caroline released.
June 30, 2006: Thing a Week #39, Pizza Day, released

July[edit]

July 02, 1881: James A. Garfield shot.
July 02, 1890: Benjamin Harrison signed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
July 02, 1961: Ernest Hemingway died.
July 02, 1997: James "Jimmy" Stewart died.
July 03, 1962: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (Tom Cruise) born.
July 03, 2008: Larry Harmon, longtime owner of Bozo the Clown, died.
July 04, 1826: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson di ed.
July 04, 1831: James Monroe died.
July 04, 1872: Calvin Coolidge born.
July 06, 1946: George W. "Dubya" Bush born.
July 07, 2006: Thing a Week #40, SkyMall, released
July 08, 1853: Commodore Perry arrives in Uraga Harbor.
July 09, 1850: Death of Zachary Taylor; Millard Fillmore sworn in.
July 09, 1938: Brian Mannion Dennehy born.
July 11, 1767: John Quincy Adams born.
July 14, 1913: Gerald Ford born.
July 14, 2006: Thing a Week #41, Seahorse, released
July 16, 1888: Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson born.
July 18, 1937: Hunter S. Thompson born.
July 19, 1947: Brian May born.
July 21, 1899: Ernest Hemingway born.
July 21, 2006: Thing a Week #42, Creepy Doll, released
July 21, 1726: Jonathan Moulton born.
July 22, 2010: Sticking It To Myself, Alone at Home, Nemeses, The Stache, Today With Your Wife, and Dissolve debuted live at JoCo's first performance with a full band.
July 23, 1885: Ulysses S. Grant died.
July 23, 1973: Monica Lewinsky born.
July 25, 1920: Rosalind Franklin born.
July 27, 1999: US release of Destiny's Child's "The Writing's on the Wall" album.
July 28, 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia, marking the beginning of World War I.
July 28, 1929: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (Jackie O) born.
July 28, 2004: Francis Crick died.
July 28, 2006: Thing a Week #43, Under the Pines, released
July 31, 1875: Andrew Johnson died.

August[edit]

August 01, 2008: JoCo declared winner of the first Masters of Song Fu contest.
August 02, 1922: Alexander Graham Bell died.
August 02, 1923: Warren G. Harding died; Calvin Coolidge sworn in.
August 04, 2006: Thing a Week #44, Big Bad World One, released
August 06, 1945: Truman drops the Bomb on Hiroshima.
August 09, 1974: Nixon resigns; Ford sworn in.
August 10, 1874: Herbert Hoover born.
August 11, 1954: David Ian "Joe" Jackson (the one with shoes) born
August 11, 2006: Thing a Week #45, Mr. Fancy Pants, released
August 12, 1898: Spanish-American War ends.
August 12, 1963: Anthony Ray (Sir Mix-a-Lot) born.
August 18, 2006: Thing a Week #46, You Ruined Everything, released
August 19, 1812: USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere.
August 19, 1946: William "Bill" Clinton born.
August 20, 1833: Benjamin Harrison born.
August 21, 2008: Masters of Song Fu Two, Round One entry Always the Moon released.
August 23, 1949: Richard Springthorpe (Rick Springfield) born.
August 24, 2006: Pluto demoted from "planet" to "dwarf planet".
August 25, 1954: Declan Patrick MacManus (The Great Elvis Costello) born
August 25, 2006: Thing a Week #47, I'm Your Moon, released
August 27, 1858: Giuseppe Peano born.
August 27, 1908: Lyndon B. Johnson born.
August 29, 2005: Jonathan Coulton quits his day job.
August 31, 2006: Thing a Week #48, The Big Boom, released

September[edit]

September 03, 1964: Adam Curry born.
September 05, 1946: Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) born.
September 08, 1890: Harland "Colonel" Sanders born.
September 08, 1974: Ford gave Nixon pardon for his crimes.
September 08, 2006: Thing a Week #49, Make You Cry, released
September 09, 1850: California admitted to the Union
September 11, 1862: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) born.
September 14, 1901: Death of William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt sworn in.
September 14, 2006: Second Life concert
September 15, 1857: William Howard Taft born.
September 15, 2006: Thing a Week #50, Pull the String, released
September 16, 1969: Sweet Caroline released as a single.
September 16, 2005: Thing a Week #1, See You All in Hell, released
September 18, 1787: Jonathan Moulton died.
September 19, 1881: James A. Garfield died; Chester A. Arthur sworn in.
September 21, 1934: Leonard Cohen is born
September 21, 1998: Florence Griffith-Joyner (Flo-Jo) died.
September 22, General: Often the Autumnal Equinox
September 22, 2006: Thing a Week #51, Summer's Over, released
September 23, General: Often the Autumnal Equinox
September 23, 2005: Thing a Week #2, My Monkey, released
September 25, 2003: George Plimpton died.
September 26, 1960: Richard Nixon sweated through the first televised presidential debate.
September 27, 1772: Samuel Adams born.
September 27, 1920: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's last Major League game.
September 27, 1947: Michael (fka Marvin) Lee Aday (Meat Loaf) born.
September 29, 2006: Thing a Week #52, We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, released
September 30, 1800: Convention of 1800 ends the Quasi-War between the US and France.
September 30, 2005: Thing a Week #3, W's Duty, released

October[edit]

October 01, 1919: First game of the 1919 World Series.
October 01, 1924: James "Jimmy" Carter born.
October 02, 1803: Samuel Adams died.
October 02, 1919: Second game of the 1919 World Series.
October 03, 1919: Third game of the 1919 World Series.
October 04, 1822: Rutherford B. Hayes born.
October 04, 1919: Fourth game of the 1919 World Series.
October 05, 1829: Chester A. Arthur born.
October 05, 2004: Maurice Wilkins died.
October 06, 1919: Fifth game of the 1919 World Series.
October 07, 1919: Sixth game of the 1919 World Series.
October 07, 1977: Queen's "We Are the Champions" single released.
October 07, 2005: Thing a Week #4, Shop Vac, released
October 08, 1869: Franklin Pierce died.
October 08, 1919: Seventh game of the 1919 World Series.
October 09, 1919: Eighth (yes, eighth) game of the 1919 World Series.
October 09, 2006: LA show
October 14, 1890: Dwight D. Eisenhower born.
October 14, 2005: Thing a Week #5, Baby Got Back, released
October 16, 1793: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (Marie Antoinette) died.
October 18, 1977: Planetoid 2060 Chiron discovered.
October 20, 1964: Herbert Hoover died.
October 20, 1967: Patterson and Gimlin film Bigfoot.
October 21, 1969: Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński died.
October 21, 2005: Thing a Week #6, Someone Is Crazy, released
October 27, 1858: Theodore Roosevelt born.
October 27, 1977: Queen's "We Will Rock You" single released.
October 28, 1977: Queen's "News of the World" album rele ased.
October 28, 2005: Thing a Week #7, Brand New Sucker, released
October 29, 1929: "Black Tuesday" stock market crash triggers the Great Depression.
October 29, 2011: Good Morning Tucson debuted live
October 30, 1735: John Adams born.
October 30, 1974: The Rumble in the Jungle.
October 31, 1978: UK release of Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him?".

November[edit]

November 02, 1755: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (Marie Antoinette) born.
November 02, 1795: James K. Polk born.
November 02, 1865: Warren G. Harding born.
November 03, 1957: Laika launched into space aboard Sputnik 2.
November 04, 2005: Thing a Week #8, Sibling Rivalry, released
November 09, 1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall, seen by many as defining the end of the Cold War.
November 11, 1918: Armistice on the Western Front marks the de facto end of World War I.
November 11, 2005: Thing a Week #9, The Town Crotch, released
November 13, 1705: Brookline, MA founded
November 17, 1973: Richard Nixon denied being a crook.
November 18, 1886: Chester A. Arthur died.
November 18, 2005: Thing a Week #10, When I'm 25 or 64, released
November 18, 2006: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes married
November 19, 1831: James A. Garfield born.
November 19, 1980: Opening of the first Applebee's.
November 20, 1866: Kenesaw Mountain Landis born
November 20, 1924: Benoît Mandelbrot born
November 20, 1925: Robert F. "Bobby" Kennedy born.
November 22, 1859: Release of On the Origin of Species.
November 22, 1963: Kennedy killed by a "magic bullet"; Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in.
November 23, 1804: Franklin Pierce born.
November 24, 1784: Zachary Taylor born.
November 24, 1991: Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) died.
November 25, 1944: Kenesaw Mountain Landis died
November 27, 1957: Caroline Kennedy born.
November 30, 2005: Thing a Week #11, Podsafe Christmas Song, released

December[edit]

December 01, 1970: Jonathan Coulton born
December 02, 1823: James Monroe's State of the Union Address establishes the Monroe Doctrine.
December 03, 1989: Conclusion of the Malta Summit, seen by many as defining the end of the Cold War.
December 05, 1782: Martin Van Buren born.
December 05, 1951: Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson died.
December 06, 1964: Rankin/Bass "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" airs for the first time.
December 08, 1933: Marie-Bernade Soubirous canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as St. Bernadette.
December 08, 2007: Chicago show
December 09, 1998: Archibald Wright (Archie Moore) died.
December 09, 2005: Thing a Week #12, Furry Old Lobster, released
December 10, 1962: Crick, Watson, and Wilkins formally awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
December 12, 1814: Treaty of Ghent marks the end of the War of 1812 between the US and Britain.
December 13, 1913: Archibald Wright (Archie Moore) born.
December 13, 1934: Thomas A. Watson died.
December 14, General: Monkey Day.
December 14, 1799: George Washington died.
December 14, 2005: US release of the Peter Jackson remake of "King Kong".
December 15, 1916: Maurice Wilkins born.
December 16, 1980: Harland "Colonel" Sanders died.
December 16, 2005: Thing a Week #13, Drive, released
December 18, 1978: Katie Holmes born.
December 19, 1843: Dickens' A Christmas Carol first published.
December 20, 1946: Release of It's a Wonderful Life.
December 21, 1937: Jane Fonda born
December 21, 1959: Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith-Joyner born
December 22, 1734: Paul Revere baptized.
December 22, 2005: Thing a Week #14, Flickr, released
December 25, General: Chr is tmas
December 26, 1972: Harry S. Truman died.
December 26, 2006: Gerald Ford died.
December 28, 1856: Woodrow Wilson born.
December 29, 1808: Andrew Johnson born.
December 30, 1942: Betty Aberlin born.
December 30, 2005: Thing a Week #15, Resolutions, released
December 30, 2006: Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti died.

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