On This Dreary Date In History...

Author: luminous_luciano

Date: January 16, 2006

1547: Ivan the Terrible is crowned the first czar of Russia. (Terrible, eh?)
I always think of the bloodsuckers from that classic "Fearless Vampire Killers" film when I think of Ivan... I wonder why?!?
Maybe because the special effects on that one were terrible indeed...? They had no CGI back in those days...!
1843: New York State Lunatic Asylum opens in Utica. (It gets worse...!)
It's about time! They opened one way back in 1833 - the State Lunatic Hospital - in Worcester, Mass.!
Always imitating, never initiating... eh, Nuuuu York? Apple is rotten to the core...!
1991: Operation Desert Storm begins, as U.S. starts bombing Iraq.
And THAT's NOT the worst yet...! It got worse still... still is... on a daily basis down there...
A week with less than 50 casualties in Iraq is a MIRACLE...