1888
Following a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh cut off part of his own earlobe
Van Gogh arrived at a brothel called House of Tolerance and asked for “Rachel”…He then handed her his ear, saying “Keep this and treasure it.” Then he disappeared.
Police went to the man’s address the next morning and found him lying in bed and giving almost no sign of life. artist was admitted to hospital as an emergency case.
This didn’t kill him, however…he committed suicide in 1890
1970
In New York, the topping out ceremony for original One World Trade Center, the north tower, took place
The South Tower’s ceremony took place on July 19, 1971
1972
The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an NFL playoff game on a last-second play that was dubbed the Immaculate Reception
Pittsburgh’s Franco Harris caught a deflected pass and ran it in for the winning touchdown
1978
Michigan becomes one of the first states to raise its drinking age to 21 over concerns about high school students drinking and driving
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 (23 U.S.C. § 158) was passed on July 17, 1984. It punished every state that allowed persons below 21 years to purchase and publicly possess alcoholic beverages by reducing its annual federal highway apportionment by ten percent.
1997
Terry Nichols was convicted by a Denver jury on charges of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter in the 1995 federal building bombing in Oklahoma City
The bomb killed 168 people
and then lastly…
2006
Sugarland had the #1 hit in the country world with Want To
IMO, this is THE best Sugarland song! Hard to believe it’s almost 10 years old!
-Tyler Jackson
