All of a sudden, I am looking at history a bit differently.

I guess this is a direct result of my recent travels and experiences.  I looked at “Today’s Historical Events” and discovered these little gems.  It seems that each one of them … for one reason or another…  seems somehow “relatable” to me.

A short list…. of “On This Day” … in the year…..

1660 – Denmark & Sweden sign ceasefire.  (Heck… I’ve been in both Denmark AND Sweden.)

1703 – St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great.   (Well… looky there.  I spent a couple of days in St. Petersburg too.)

1883 – Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow.  (Wouldn’t you know?  I walked through the same halls where Czar Alexander’s feet-in-boots walked.)

1907 – Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco.  ( How about that them Baked Beans!   I ate Sourdough bread for lunch.)

1933 – Walt Disney’s “3 Little Pigs” released.  (It just keeps going.  I had ham on my Sourdough Bread Sandwich.)

1930 – Richard Drew invents masking tape.  (When I was a kid, I read the Nancy Drew Mysteries.  I have used masking tape on many occasions.)

Holy Canoly.  This is such a HUGE Small world.  All connected.  And intertwined.

Like cable.  And fence posts.  Sort of.  Or electrical wire, maybe.  Or even string cheese at a deli.

“And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.”  —   Spike Milligan