May 28th
On this day in history Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat
was published and Mr. X sat in the automat
drinking coffee
and everyone wore hats.
Jim Thorpe was born, fire was invented and Mrs. Y
wondered why the subway was so crowded.
On this day in history The Duke of Windsor died,
the first lie was told by a politician,
a king burped, the 1st indoor swimming pool opened,
and four sisters
got stuck in an elevator.
On this day in history four pounds of Brussels sprouts
were eaten, the wheel invented, the big bang banged
and Severinus began his reign as
Catholic Pope, and said nope in Latin twenty seven times.
And on this day in history, Fire in Cincinnati nearly
destroyed the Reds’ grandstand,
bread was baked for the first time,
writing invented, and Mars began drying up.
Fred Landry (aboard The Parader) won the 26th Preakness,
Margaret Truman played the piano for the first time
to her father…
and
this was the day the Attorney General said
it was legal for women to wear trousers anywhere,
the 1st night game was played at Washington DC’s,
Griffith Stadium (Yankees 6, Senators 5) and
Thales Miletus predicted a solar eclipse,
and Rockefeller sang “John Henry”
oh yeah, and Morse sent the first
telegraph message and
this was the day the first joke was told,
the missionary position invented,
the first fish crawled onto land and
Chrysler Corporation merged with
Dodge Brothers, Inc.
On this day in history Elvis Presley performed
live in Fort Worth, TX.
The U.S. sent 400 Stinger missiles to Saudi Arabia,
toilets were invented, the first song sung, the first
handshake shook, and Ian Fleming was born.
On this day in history GOD was born,
art was created, a dinosaur got
sick, it rained, snowed, the sun shined and
hats were invented — and later.
everyone wore them.