Word does that sometimes to me as well when I copy and paste.

There is a button at the bottom of the advanced post, where you can disable smilies. n00b.

I just had my grandmother cremated on a funeral pyre at Tom Sawyer's Island.

Done. Hopefully its fixed now.

BTW, my earlier reference was to Bill Bennett's new book: An American Patriot's Almanac. It is basically a daily historical record, not unlike what you are doing here.

This day in history BigVE married his "high school sweetheart" and has been broke ever since.

On January 5th, 1651, Abel Tasman, the discoverer of Tasmania, had his rank reinstated after a nasty little administrative problem arising from the fact that he hanged one of his crew members without a trial.

Ah, thanks for that. Never seen/heard of that book. My scope is far more than just US history, however, which should be apparent by now. :p

Happy (??) anniversary! :p

Since Amnorix has apparently made the decision to tease us with a little King Henry VIII history but now apparently plans to leave us hanging:

January 6, 1540 - King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves

Edit to add: :p :p :p

January 6, 1649 - The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.

January 6, 1912 - New Mexico is admitted to the Union.

January 6, 1936 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act was unconstitutional in the case of the United States vs. Butler et al.

Donger? That you...?

:p

January 6, 1936
Debut of Porky Pig

Porky Pig makes his world debut in a Warner Brothers cartoon, "Gold Diggers of '49." When Mel Blanc joined Warner Brothers the following year, he became the famous voice behind Porky as well as the Warner Brothers characters Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, and Tweety.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...=entertainment

Yes, I sensed your historical geekness has no boundaries.

Takes one to know one. :D