Freedom on this Day
468 A.D. St. Simplicius replaces Pope Hilarius, putting an end to the papal stand-up routine.
1634 Samuel Cole flips the bird to New England puritans by opening America’s first tavern in Boston.
1791 The government finally realizes that citizens aren’t willing to fight back anymore and passes the 1st Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
1917 Lame–Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
1931Sweet– on this day the star spangled banner officially became our nation’s anthem.
1971 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles, proving that yes indeed, they are more popular than Jesus and they definitely have more street cred.
1991 LAPD’s impromptu bare-knuckle boxing with Rodney King is caught on tape.
1993- society’s outcasts find a new voice when the Howard Stern radio show premiers in Boston.
Filed under: Jesus is Magic, Pop! Goes the Culture
Mar 4th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I don’t see the 1931 event as particularly “Sweet”
America was doing just fine with people choosing which song to use themselves. The Star-Spangled Banner happened to be the more popular one at the time, versus the original (de facto) national anthem and others.