TGIF Trivia & False Confessions For All!
DateTime:9/27/2009 11:20:23 AM

TGIF and Happy False Confession Day! I confess that I killed someone this morning and stashed the body in the woods across the street. First person to find the stashed body will win a gazillion dollars! Birthdays today include... Quake III Arena , Ken Griffy Jr. , Bjork , Nicollette Sheridan , Tim Robinson  and Goldie Hawn .

• 1789 - North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state.
  
• 1871 - Moses F. Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC).
  
• 1871 - The 1st human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot.
  
• 1942 - Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties".
  
• 1980 - Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill).
  
• 1989 - Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush.
  
• 1989 - TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons.
  
• 1989 - Atari introduces the Lynx hand-held video game system. It features a 4.0 MHz 65C02 processor, 16-bit graphics processor, 6 sound channels, 3.5-inch color LCD screen, 16 colors out of 4096 palette. Weight is under one pound. Price is US$150-200, with the Galifornia Games video game cartridge. (This is the first color hand-held video game system in the US.)
  
• 1992 - Oregon Senator Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances.
  
• 1999 - Quake III Arena goes gold