On this date in 1822, Boston officially incorporated as a city. Up until then, it had been a driving school. Of course, 185 years of no driving instruction has really taken its toll. Ever driven in Boston? In 1836, the siege of "The Alamo" began in San Antonio, Texas. I'll stop there in case you don't know how it ended. But that's all I can remember. If you didn't hear how it ended, would you care to make a small wager? That's when Davy Crockett said to Jim Bowie, "Shoot. Why did they have to remember it?" On this date in 1861, Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to become president. So Trump wasn't the first. What he most excited about? The free theater tickets. He took over on the same day that Texas left the union. Talk about your rough first day on the job. In 1887, America banned the import of opium from China, saying, "That ought to solve the problem." There was a time when you could buy an opium-b...