"Today" is a fluid concept... Thankfully.

Do you always have to be in the mood to write a blog to write a blog? Not really, but it will lack in substance. Today was a dull day filled with 11 hours of criminal law or EU Parliament depending on who you asked. Therefore, here are some very important things that didn't happen today, but did happen today in the years past...

General Interest
2005 : Pope John Paul II Dies
1513 : Ponce de Leon discovers Florida
1982 : Argentina invades Falklands

American Revolution
1777 : Ebenezer Learned is promoted to brigadier general

Civil War
1863 : Bread riots in Richmond
1865 : Union captures Petersburg line and General Hill is killed

Cold War
1989 : Gorbachev begins visit to Cuba

Disaster
1979 : Anthrax poisoning kills 62 in Russia

Entertainment
1902 : First movie theater opens

Literary

2007: Greg Koster writes his first blog

1805 : Hans Christian Andersen is born

Old West
1902 : First woman judge dies in Wyoming

Presidential
1917 : Wilson asks for declaration of war

Vietnam War
1972 : North Vietnamese troops capture part of Quang Tri
1975 : South Vietnamese evacuation begins at Qui Nhon.

Wall Street
1792 : Minting the Mint
1980 : Carter signs Windfall Act

World War II
1941 : "The Desert Fox" recaptures Libya