[Dingfod]

Dingfod's Addendum: May 24th:

1543
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus died. He died the year his major work was published, saving him from the outrage of some religious leaders who later condemned his heliocentric view of the universe as heresy.

1844
Samuel Morse sent the first telegraph message, "What hath God wrought?", from the U.S. Capitol to Baltimore.

1863
The good citizens of Bannack, Montana elect Henry Plummer as their new sheriff, not realizing he is a hardened outlaw who will use his office to rob and murder them.

1892
Thomas Edison was issued a patent for an electric locomotive and an electric railway.

1899
The first parking garage opened in Boston by W.T. McCullough as the Back Bay Cycle and Motor Company. McCullough advertised the garage's opening as a "stable for renting, sale, storage, and repair of motor vehicles."

1929
The Marx Brothers first movie, The Cocoanuts, opened. Nuttier things were to occur.

1938
A patent was issued for the coin operated parking meter to Carl McGee of Oklahoma City. If each parking meter in the U.S. made 25 cents per day, the total would be over $1.25 million each day.

1940
Igor Sikorsky made the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight in a machine of his own invention. Things have been up and down for Sikorsky ever since.

1941
Bobby Zimmerman was born in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1962, Zimmerman, inspired by poet Dylan Thomas, legally changed his name to Bob Dylan. What I want to know is who told him he could sing?

1964
Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz) suggested using nuclear weapons on North Vietnam. Most of his contemporaries in Congress don't exactly give the idea glowing reviews.

1968
Quebec separatists bomb the U.S. Consulate in Quebec City. Damn beret-wearing, French-speaking, poutine-eating, America-hating terrorists.