Pop Culture Trivia for February 16, 2014
► 1894 - Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin is pardoned after spending 15 years in a Texas prison for murder. Hardin shot and killed a man just for snoring, by firing through the wall at the sleeping snorer.
► 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen. He had been looking for King Tut's tomb since his first trip the Egypt in 1891. The outer chambers were discovered in November, 1922.
► 1959 - Fidel Castro was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a communist guerrilla campaign that forced dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile.
► The Ash Wednesday brushfires in Southern Austalia took the lives of 71 people in 1983, becoming Australia's worst fire ever
► The NHL canceled their 2004-2005 season over a labor dispute
Joke of the Day:
A policeman stops a motorist and asks, "Excuse me, Sir, have you been drinking?"
The motorist says, "Why -- do I got an ugly girl next to me?"
Quote of the Day:
The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? Pablo Picasso
Random Daily Factoid:
Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937! (East London, UK)
Have a fangtastic Phoenix day! Brock
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