There are days in history which might well not have been, at least for those of us who record history on the universal, or even on the local scale.
The founding of the English Football League in 1888 is not going to gain my interest.
The release of The Beatles' first album "Please Please Me" in 1963 is even less likely.
The first movie screening by the Lumière brothers in 1895 could merit a quick google-surf, but maybe on another occasion.
As to the United States passing the Beer and Wine Revenue Act in 1933, I shall simply post a link to Dave Van Ronk singing Moonshiner (click here).
But apparently World Water Day is thirstily observed on this date in the calendar (but was skipped in 1903 at Niagara Falls, because - hard to imagine it I know, but true for all that - they temporarily ran out of water due to a drought). Click here
And in 1784 the Emerald Buddha was moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand: moved from where, and why, and why to here, and why is this so important? I have no idea.
Apparently my next-door-neighbour's great-aunt died on this date in, I forget which year she told me, and I know for certain that this was the day, in 1994, when my cousin Jackie gave birth to her first child... so clearly this day does count as historic, at least for some people.
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