LBS Presents: This Day in History – June 4th
1896 – Henry Ford made a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage, called a quadricycle, through the streets of Detroit. He later discovered he did not have to kill the horses that WOULD have drawn the carriage to “balance it all out.”
1942 – The Battle for Midway begins – pitting bearded women, dog faced boys, three-legged men and two- headed babies against each other.
1984 – Bruce Springsteen releases the album, “Born in the U.S.A.” Meanwhile, Rick Springsteen leased a “real bitchin’” IROC.
1992 – The U.S. Postal Service announced the results of a nationwide vote on the Elvis Presley stamp, saying the “younger Elvis” design won. The term “Younger Elvis” was agreed upon because it was “nicer” than their original term, “thinner Elvis.”
2003 – Martha Stewart stepped down as head of her media empire, hours after she was charged with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, securities fraud, lying to investigators and wearing white after Labor Day.
2009 – At the age of 72, actor David Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok hotel closet pantsless with a rope tied around his neck, dead due to a presumed failed attempt of autoerotic asphyxiation… or as they call it in Bangkok, “Natural Causes.”
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