1565 – Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established. Immediately overrun by snowbirds…
1830 – The Tom Thumb presages the first railway service in the United States.
1837 – Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce. Life is good!
1962 – 22 inches (55.9 cm) rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record). Hackberry is about fifteen miles south of me.
1963 – Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream speech” at Lincoln Memorial in front of a crowd of 200,000. Poor, poor deluded man. Who’s gonna believe that “they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” nonsense?
1981 – The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi’s sarcoma in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS. At that point the spread can be prevented by sitting on your butt and keeping your mouth shut…
Now I know why Worcestershire sauce tastes like medicine. Sauces are supposed to be made from a rue of butter and flour and the natural (blood) glaze from the meat. If you like a bite, then add a ginny pepper or two.