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 06, 2006: Thing a Week #16, You Could Be Her, released
• January 20, 2006: Thing a Week #17, I Will, released
• January 27, 2006: Thing a Week #18, Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance, released

February

• February 03, 2006: Thing a Week #19, So Far So Good, released
• February 10, 2006: Thing a Week #20, Curl, released
• February 12, 2008: Lady Aberlin's Muumuu released
• February 13, 2008: Betty "Lady" Aberlin comments on JoCo's blog
• February 17, 2006: Thing a Week #21, Chiron Beta Prime, released
• February 22, 2006: US Men's Curling team loses Olympic semifinal to Canada
• February 23, 2006: US Men's Curling team wins Olympic bronze medal game over the United Kingdom
• February 24, 2006: Thing a Week #22, Take Care of Me, released

March

• March 03, 2006: Thing a Week #23, A Talk with George, released
• March 07, 2008: Alexandria show
• March 08, 2008: Austin show
• March 10, 2006: Thing a Week #24, Don't Talk to Strangers, released
• March 17, 2006: Thing a Week #25, Stroller Town, released
• March 20, 2008: London show
• March 22, 2008: Atlanta show
• March 24, 2006: Thing a Week #26, Re Your Brains, released
• 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 05, 2008: Northeastern University show (not open to public)
• April 07, 2006: Thing a Week #28, When You Go, released
• 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, 2006: Thing a Week #30, The Presidents, released
• April 29, 1945: The 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, 2006: Thing a Week #31, Just as Long as Me, released
• May 06, 1882: Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act
• May 08, 1884: Harry S. Truman born
• May 08, 1945: Victory in Europe day
• 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 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 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 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 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 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 04, 2006: Thing a Week #44, Big Bad World One, released
• August 11, 1954: Joe Jackson (the one with shoes) born
• August 11, 2006: Thing a Week #45, Mr. Fancy Pants, released
• August 18, 2006: Thing a Week #46, You Ruined Everything, released
• August 25, 1954: The Great Elvis Costello born
• August 25, 2006: Thing a Week #47, I'm Your Moon, released
• August 31, 2006: Thing a Week #48, The Big Boom, released

September

• September 08, 2006: Thing a Week #49, Make You Cry, released
• September 09, 1850: California admitted to the Union
• September 14, 2006: Second Life concert
• September 15, 2006: Thing a Week #50, Pull the String, released
• September 16, 2005: Thing a Week #1, See You All in Hell, released
• September 21, 1934: Leonard Cohen is born
• September 22, 2006: Thing a Week #51, Summer's Over, released
• September 23, 2005: Thing a Week #2, My Monkey, released
• September 29, 2006: Thing a Week #52, We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, released
• September 30, 2005: Thing a Week #3, W's Duty, released

October

• October 07, 2005: Thing a Week #4, Shop Vac, released
• October 09, 2006: LA show
• October 14, 2005: Thing a Week #5, Baby Got Back, released
• October 21, 2005: Thing a Week #6, Someone Is Crazy, released
• October 28, 2005: Thing a Week #7, Brand New Sucker, released

November

• November 04, 2005: Thing a Week #8, Sibling Rivalry, released
• November 11, 2005: Thing a Week #9, The Town Crotch, released
• November 13, 1705: Brookline, MA founded
• November 18, 2005: Thing a Week #10, When I'm 25 or 64, released
• November 18, 2006: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes married
• November 20, 1866: Kenesaw Mountain Landis born
• November 20, 1924: Benoit Mandelbrot born
• November 25, 1944: Kenesaw Mountain Landis died
• November 30, 2005: Thing a Week #11, Podsafe Christmas Song, released

December

• December 01, 1970: Jonathan Coulton born
• December 05, 1951: Shoeless Joe Jackson died
• December 08, 2007: Chicago show
• December 09, 2005: Thing a Week #12, Furry Old Lobster, released
• December 16, 2005: Thing a Week #13, Drive, released
• December 21, 1937: Jane Fonda born
• December 21, 1959: Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith-Joyner born
• December 22, 2005: Thing a Week #14, Flickr, released
• December 30, 2005: Thing a Week #15, Resolutions, released