Happy birthday to Geena Davis! I love your movies!
Today in 1789 the first American novel was published; it was called The Power of Sympathy, or the Triumph of Nature by William Hill Brown.
Rather appropriately, today in 1952 William Shawn became the editor of the New Yorker (after Harold Ross).
From Barbara Ann Kipfer's 365 Days of Savoring: Things to Be Happy About in 2011: marathon game-playing night
I'm told my many uncles used to have these in their rich-though-poor childhoods...
It's national New England Clam Chowder Day.