September 27th

1590: Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope. Cardinal Frankie “the Fisher” Franconi is held without bail in the case.

1822: Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone… and concludes that it’s all ancient porn.


2002: East Timor joins the United Nations in the hopes of getting a decent parking space for the samosa cart it owns on East 47th and Lex.