Today In History.................

In 1830.............

The Great New Orleans, Louisiana Fire begins. FEMA slow to respond. Bush widely blamed.

In 1832 or 34.......
Author of multiple"Rags to Ritches" stories Horatio Alger was born.


In 1842.............

Dr. William Brydon a surgeon with the British Army became famous for being the only survivor out of a Army of 16,500 who attempted to march from Kabul to Jalalabad during the First Afghan-English War. The Afghans are not people to play around with which makes me wonder if the Light Bringer knows just what he has gotten himself into. Kipling put it best when he wrote in the poem " The Young British Soldier"

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.

In 1957.................

The Wham-O company produces the first Frisbee. They made my dog, very, very happy............

(A h/t to Mostly Cajun who I stole some of this post from)