Round up time.

Before I get at the second stage of my fun with video games I thought I'd do a quicky list of things that happened around the beginning of January from years past. Some notable, some laughable, some stupid.

Ok, here we go:

On January 1st, 404 AD, the last gladiator competition was held. Hmm, ran out of slaves, women and dwarfs?

On the same day in 1968 the Blue Velvets changed their name to Creedence Clearwater Revival. Thank God. And its way better than the Golliwogs.

Francesc d'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu (Xavier Cugat to you) was born in 1900. “I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.”

On January 2, 1974, Richard Nixon brought in a law limiting the speed motorists could drive to 55mph. 55alive.

And on this day in 1904 Sally rand was born. Ne Harriet Beck she gave us the fan dance AND the bubble dance. What a girl.

On January 3, 1833, Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands. Argentina tried to get them back in 1984 but blew it.

And in 1888 the drinking straw was invented. Amazing it took that long.

Lucretia Coffin Mott was born January 3 1793. A very early, if not the first American feminist, and political thorn in the side for women's rights. What a girl.

On this day in 1970 Davey Jones left the Monkees. Sob.

There you have it. I'm off to find some Xavier Cugat MP3s.