ON THIS DAY

On this date in 1820, missionaries in Hawaii attempt to ban surfing as "immodest and a waste of time." Fortunately, the surfers just rode the wave out... They were either very prudish or "hang 10" had a completely different meaning back then.

In 1829, a foot of hail fell on Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Afterwards, the tusc were even loosa.

On this date in 1878, the U.S. quit producing the 20-cent coin.

• It practically destroyed the career of the first pioneer rapper, 20 Cent.
• From that day forward, when someone asked if you had "change for a 20?", you knew they were talking dollars.
• Of course, getting rid of it made it a lot harder to get change for an 80-cent piece.
• Being a fifth of a dollar, there was too much confusion when panhandlers would ask, "Can you spare a fifth?"

In 1885, the very first issue of Good Housekeeping was published. Actually, back then, it was "Good Cabin Keeping."

On this date in 1945, the FCC approved regularly scheduled TV programming. Up until then, when they wanted to interrupt the regularly scheduled program, they had nothing.