ON THIS DAY

On this date back in 1621, Edward Winslow married Susanna White in the first wedding among the new colonists in America. However, both were injured when leaving the ceremony. Since there was no rice, guests were forced to throw ears of corn.

In 1870, Manitoba became a Canadian province.

• I'm completely surprised there hasn't been a drive to rename it Person-itoba.
• Of course, in an effort to be more politically correct, it's now called "Person-atoba."
• Up until that time, most people thought it was a sea creature.
• Up until that time, the big question in Canada was, "What's a Manitoba?"

On this date in 1896, New York City made a law that made it illegal to spit on the city sidewalks. It didn't do much to stop people, but the good news, most of it gets peed away.

In 1978, the commerce department announced that hurricanes would no longer be named only after women. Finally, equality for men. Yeah, I was highly offended by... oh, who am I kidding? WHO CARES! Just give them appropriate names like Monstro and Demon... it's just not right to lose your home to a hurricane named Buffy.

On this date in 1984, the World's Fair opened in New Orleans.

• Eventually, it actually went bankrupt. See, it really did represent the world.
• One of the biggest attractions was "It's a broke world after all."
• It showed the future better than any other World's Fair.