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Breaking News – Donna Summer Passes Away At 63
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No CommentsI didn’t think we’d have to say this again so soon… but let’s say it again right now. Cancer sucks! And it took another legend today. Donna Summer, the... -
An Excuse To Drink – A Salute to the Life of an Emperor
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsTomorrow is Cinco De Mayo. But it also happens to be the day of Emperor Napoléon’s passing. Thanks to our friends at Mandarine Napoléon and Zignum Mezcal we offer the... -
An Excuse to Drink “Re-Run” – April 26, 1865: The Death of John Wilkes Booth & The “John Wilkes Booth” Cocktail
Posted on April 26, 2012 | No CommentsOn this date in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia. He was 27. Booth, an American stage actor was... -
BREAKING: Jonathan Frid of ‘Dark Shadows,’ Dead at 87
Posted on April 19, 2012 | No CommentsIt seems fitting that the actor that played one of our favorite characters, Barnabas Collins, died last Friday, which was the 13th. The 87-year-old actor reportedly died of natural causes... -
Breaking News: Remembering “Soul Train” Creator Don Cornelius
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe Los Angeles Times reports that, Don Cornelius, creator of “Soul Train,” has died of an apparent suicide at his Sherman Oaks, CA home. He was 75. Born Donald Cortez... -
An Excuse to Drink – R.I.P. Heavy D
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsToday we have a tribute to the late great Dwight Arrington Myers, better known as the rapper Heavy D who died yesterday at age 44. Also known as “The Overweight... -
An Excuse To Drink – October 29, 1901 Leon Czolgosz, McKinley’s Assassin, Excecuted
Posted on October 29, 2011 | No CommentsToday marks the 110th anniversary of the execution by eletrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley. On September 6th, Czolgosz,shot the President twice in the abdomen with... -
An Excuse To Drink – October 16, 1793: Marie Antoinette Guillotined
Posted on October 16, 2011 | No CommentsToday we remember Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and consort of King Louis XVI, who on this date in 1793, at the height of the French Revolution, was executed at... -
In Memoriam – 10/5/2011: Steve Jobs
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsWe here at A History of Drinking rarely comment on breaking news, but we just had to post a salute to Steve Jobs, chairman and co-founder of Apple Computing, who... -
An Excuse To Drink – July 11, 1804: The Burr-Hamilton Duel
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsToday, in 1804, the famous pistol duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton occurred. The vice-president and the former Secretary of the Treasury squared off in the early morning hours...
