February 27th



1964: The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. Most of the world's drunks respond by wondering what the trouble is.


1974: People magazine is published for the first time, America's cumulative I.Q. has not yet recovered.


2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%. The nation responds by adding a fourth shift to its poison toys and pet food factories.