Flag Day, part II
Events which according to the internet have occurred on Flag Day:
* Anne Frank begins her diary.
* The Germans take Paris in 1940.
* The United States Army is founded.
* The Stars and Stripes is adopted as the official flag of the United States of America.
* The words "under God" are added to the Pledge of Allegiance.
* Sabitathica is born deep in the heart of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, swathed in flax, placed in a basket, and sent sailing solemnly down a river, where after seven weeks he is discovered and raised by a Pharaoh. And also wolves. Fifty years later he will write a brief autobiographical synopsis of questionable accuracy.
* The Boston Strangler takes his first victim. Coincidence?
* Charles Babbage proposes what will later become the first automatic calculator.
* UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer becomes operational.
* Bambi released.
* The first non-stop transatlantic flight takes place in 1919.
* Player piano patented.
* Sabitathica turns fifty and almost goes hang gliding.
* The first execution of a witch in Massachusetts Colony occurs in 1648. Coincidence?
* Flag Day is the Feast Day of Saint Elisha.
* When you wake up on Flag Day, there are 200 days remaining in the year.
* The Bounty's mutiny survivors reach land after traveling 4,000 miles in an open boat.
* Sandpaper is patented and the Bunsen burner invented.
* The first compulsory education law in America is passed by Massachusetts, 1642.
* Sabitathica convinces the other three Beatles to fire Pete Best.
* Superman was born when Action Comics Number 1 was issued in 1938. Coincidence? Really?
* The Vatican abolishes its Index of Prohibited Books in 1966, in existence since 1557.
* First Breach-of-Promise lawsuit filed, 1623.
* Bourbon created. No coincidence.
Plus, some of Earth's greatest humans happen to have been born on Flag Day. In fact, it reads like a list of Humanity's Greatest Hits:
Che Guevara, revolutionary, vegetarian
Burl Ives, composer of compositions
Boy George, famous person
Sabitathica, friend of the downtrodden, fancier of ragdoll kittens
Donald Trump, misanthropic philanthropist
