It’s finally here, June 8, 2020. Humans have been waiting around 200,000 years for this day. The dinosaurs waited 165 million years and didn’t make it, unless you consider birds to be their descendants. Here we are. What are we going to do with this day? It’s only going to last another 18 hours or so and then it will fade away. We can celebrate Best Friends Day, Betty Picnic Day (if you know anyone named Betty), Jelly Filled Doughnut Day, Name Your Poison Day and Thomas Paine Day. I’ll go with either vodka or rum as my poison. Now to history: On this day in 1794, Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution’s new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being. He said, “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him”. The religion was short lived. It ended when they cut Robespierre’s head off in July 28 of 1794. On this day in 1959 the USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via a rocket (Missile Mail). On this date in 1972 the picture of a nine-year-old girl burned by napalm running down a road would become an iconic picture of the Viet Nam War. Today is the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday (1867). He said, “The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes”. This is also the date that Andrew Jackson assumed room temperature. President Jackson said, “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.” I agree. Now, find something to make this day memorable. It will be gone too soon. Abide
