Ten Random Fridays

(1) Friday, December 22, 1775: The Continental Congress appoints Esek Hopkins as the first Commander-in-Chief of the new Continental Navy.

(2) Friday, June 11, 1509: Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon, his first wife.

(3) Friday, August 16, 1901: The Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the New York Giants, 4-1, at Washington Park.

(4) Friday, June 25, 1993: Kim Campbell becomes the first woman Prime Minister of Canada.

(5) Friday, September 18, 1964: TV show Route 66 airs its 116th and final episode.

(6) Friday, February 1, 1861: Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the Union.

(7) Friday, March 26, 1937: America's first monument to cartoon character Popeye the Sailor was unveiled in Crystal City, Texas.

(8) Friday, June 18, 1954: Popular radio show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (not to be confused with the TV show of the same name) airs its last show.

(9) Friday, July 16, 1999: John F. Kennedy Jr., along with his wife and his sister-in-law, perish in a plane crash.

(10) Friday, May 29, 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
[That's all, folks]