Today in History:
888 - Odo, Count of Paris, becomes King of the Franks.
1404 - The Act of Multipliers is passed by the English Parliament forbidding alchemists to use their knowledge to create precious metals (it was feared that if any alchemist should succeed it would bring ruin upon the state)
1695 - Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1928 - RCA and GE install three test television sets in homes in Schenectady, New York allowing American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson to demonstrate the first home television receiver which delivered a poor and unsteady 1.5 square inch picture
1943 - Hitler declares "Total War"
1957 - Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee
1968 - Johnny Cash performs at Folsom Prison.
1982 - Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington, DC, & falls into Potomac River, killing 78
2000 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
?? - TPW's Little Sis is born.
