My birthday in history according to Wikipedia:
1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
Music, I can dig it.
1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
Uhh… okay.
1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
Well. Fuck.
