Inspired by Rosa Parks’ 1955 refusal to give up her Birmingham, Alabama bus seat to a white person, and the yearlong bus boycott that followed, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which ultimately integrated the Birmingham buses, I knew I had to do something meaningful as well.
Now, before you read any further, please consider sometimes my aspirations fall far short of the greatness of others.
Today in history, January 16, 27 BC, The Roman Senate declared Augustus Caeser, the adopted son of Julius Caeser, the first Roman Emperor.
His first official act, for "strategic reasons," was to try to seize Greenland. Unfortunately, Augustus Caeser could not find Greenland on a map, and the attack was shelved for over 2,000 years.
California has begun issuing new driver's licenses with beautiful images of redwoods, poppies, and the coastline and incorporates enhanced security elements like a digital security signature. Name and birth date are stored in the barcode.
And while I have yet to verify this, rumor has it that new California licenses will soon have 3 other features:
That dog was Maya, registered to vote by her human companion, Laura Lee Yourex, 62 of Orange County. Maya voted in the 2021 California governor recall election and the 2022 primary election.
Mail-in ballots were used to cast Maya's votes and she posed with an "I voted" sticker.
Her 2021 vote was successfully counted, but her 2022 ballot was rejected. Until recently, Maya was still receiving her mail-in ballots but due to passing away, was unable to vote them.
Ms. Yourex joyfully shared this adventure on social media, and after there was no response from authorities, later turned herself in. She faces possible prosecution for illegally casting votes and other charges.
On this day in history, August 26, 1939 the first televised baseball game was broadcast. It was between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds.
On July 23, 1962, using the Telstar Satellite, the first Transatlantic Satellite TV Transmission took place connecting North America with Europe.
As over 100-million people witnessed this major scientific breakthrough, for the first time in history, live satellite transmission was broadcast, and it would soon include every continent on earth.
Instantaneously, the world could now see and hear events from everywhere.
As a result, on that day, there was another revolutionary change. Reported exclusively in this fable, here is what happened next:
