Yet another fun topic on Twitter today, this time started by Joe Bozic. It’s #RidiculousHistory. Here are mine:

In 1936, “Action” Jackson Pollack discovered his trademark style when he shot a fellow spy, spraying blood on a canvas.

Davy Crockett & his faithful partner Ricardo Tubbs successfully defended the Alamo from a force of Indians in Miami, FL. (To which @OnanRulz replied, “Don’t forget David Bowie, who bravely defended the Alamo from Carlos Santana’s troops with his trusty knife.”)

One from @OnanRulz: “In 1912, passenger liner RMS Caribbean Queen, under the command of Capt. William Ocean, hits an iceberg and sinks,” to which I replied, “Capt. Ocean’s last words were, ‘Get out of my dreams and into the lifeboats.’”

In 1977, Elvis Costello suffered a heart attack in his bathroom and died, joining his first husband Lou in death.

In 1990, Muppet creator Jim Henson dies from strep; Sesame Street character Streppy Phlegmstein is immediately retired.

5/7/1718, Bienville founds the city of New Orleans, named in honor of Better Than Ezra’s “King of New Orleans.”

1871, Fire decimates Chicago, as per Nostradamus’ prediction: “Chicago, you’re gonna have a big fuckin’ fire.”

1888: Jack Tripper cuts a swathe through London’s Whitechapel district, brutally murdering area women.