ON THIS DAY

On this date in 1639, the first American log cabin was built in Wilmington, Delaware.

• Until that time, Log Cabin Maple Syrup was just called Maple Syrup.
• It was a joyous occasion for the homeowners but an even greater day for termites.
• Up until then, Log Cabin Republicans didn't know what to call themselves.
• Until that time, Log Cabin maple syrup had the hardest time trying to think of a name for itself.
• We don't know if any log cabin Republicans lived there.
• Someone said, "You know, that toy is so cute, we should build one of those human-size!"

In 1793, Philadelphia stopped being the U.S. capital when all federal government offices moved to Washington, DC. Up until that time, we didn't blame all of our country's problems on Washington, DC.

On this date in 1869, the very first shipment of frozen beef arrived in New Orleans. Everyone sang, "Freeze a jolly good Heifer, Freeze a jolly good Heifer.

It was on this date in 1935 that Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by two men who would rather not give their names.

On this date in 1943, the ball point pen was invented. Bic deal. It worked much better than the ball point pencil.

In 1977, Apple introduced the very first Apple 2 computer. They were originally going to giveaway a block of cheddar with every computer sold, but at that time, no one was that much into Mac and cheese.

On this date in 1989, the Reverend Jerry Falwell announced the disbanding of the Moral Majority. The Immoral Minority celebrated that night, but we can't tell you how.