This Day in JoCo

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

• 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 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

• 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 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

• 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 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

• 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 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

• 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

• 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 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

• 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 died.
• 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 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

• 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

• 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 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: Autumnal Equinox (many years)
• September 22, 2006: Thing a Week #51, Summer's Over, released
• September 23, General: Autumnal Equinox (many years)
• 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

• 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 released.
• October 28, 2005: Thing a Week #7, Brand New Sucker, released
• October 29, 1929: "Black Tuesday" stock market crash triggers the Great Depression.
• 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

• 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

• 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, 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: Christmas
• 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.