Tom: WELCOME BACK, KIM, THIS
NEXT SEGMENT IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST ENTERTAINING ONES WE
EVER DO.
IN FACT, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
OZARKS LOVE IT AND CAN HARDLY
WAIT TO SEE IT EVERY WEEK.
ARE YOU READY?
HERE IS TOM TRTAN BACK TIME.
OH NO.
[MUSIC]
Tom: OH NO, REALLY?
YEAH.
Tom: HERE WE GO, HERE IS
WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK IN
HISTORY.
AUGUST 19, ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS
CHALLENGED TO A DUO, IN 1842
LETTER TO THE EDITORS PUBLISHED
IN THE LOCAL PAPER CALLING
JAMES SHIELDS A FOOL AS WELL AS
A LIAR AND SAY IF I WAS DEAF
AND BLIND I COULD TELL HIM BY
THE SMELL.
LINCOLN HAD WRITTEN THIS UNDER
A PSEUDONYM OF A NAME REBECCA.
HIS FUTURE WIFE, MARY.
[NAME] IS ACCUSED OF WRITING
THESE LETTERS WITHOUT LINCOLN'S
KNOWLEDGE.
WHEN SHIELDS FOUND OUT HE
CHALLENGED LINCOLN TO A DUO AND
IT TURNS OUT SHIELDS WAS AN
EXCELLENT MARKSMAN.
BUT HE CHALLENGED LINCOLN, HE
GOT TO CHOOSE FIRST AND DUE TO
HIS HEIGHT AND REACH ADVANTAGE
HE CHOSE CALVARY SAVERS AS THE
WEAPONS TO USE.
THEY MET AND A PLANK WAS PLACED
BETWEEN THEM WHICH NEITHER WAS
ALLOWED TO CROSS.
HOWEVER LINCOLN REACHED OUT AND
CUT OFF AT TREE BRANCH THAT WAS
ABOVE SHIELDS HEAD.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, A TRUCE WAS
CALLED.
[LAUGHING]
WELL DONE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PRESIDENT
BILL CLINTON, BORN IN 1946 OUR
42ND PRESIDENT.
ALSO A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GENE
RODDENBERRY BORN IN 1921, THE
CREATOR OF STAR TREK.
ON APRIL 20, IT'S THE
ANNIVERSARY EXCUSE ME, AUGUST
20 IS THE DATE BACK IN 480 BC,
THAT WAS THE BATTLE OF
MONOPOLY.
THAT IS THE FAMOUS BATTLE THAT
THE MOVIE 300 WAS BASED ON.
KING LEONIDAS OF SPARTA, LEADS
300 SPARTANS IN A TRAITOR
NAMED EFFIE LCS LED THE
PERSIANS TO A PATH THAT RAN
BEHIND THE GREEK LINES
RESULTING IN THEIR DEFEAT, THE
300.
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GARY JAMES
COLLINS BORN IN 1940.
HE WAS A WIDE RECEIVER AND A
PUNCTURE FOR THE CLEVELAND
BROWNS WHO IN THE 1970s SCORED
THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN ON MONDAY
NIGHT FOOTBALL.
1959 ON AUGUST 21, HAWAII
BECOMES THE 50TH STATE AND A
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHRISTOPHER
ROBIN BORN IN 1920.
HE AND HIS STUFFED ANIMALS WERE
THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS FATHER
AA MILLS WINNIE THE POOH ON HIS
FIRST BIRTHDAY HE RECEIVED AN
ALPHA FOR NOW TEDDY BEAR WHICH
WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR POOH
BEAR.
AUGUST 22 1902 PRESIDENT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT BECOMES THE
FIRST PRESIDENT TO RIDE IN AN
AUTOMOBILE AS HE TOURS HARTFORD
CONNECTICUT AND THIS IS THE
CAR, A COLUMBIA ELECTRIC
VICTORIA.
THEY MADE ELECTRIC CARS WAY
BACK WHEN.
1911, LEONARDO DA VINCI'S
FAMOUS PAINTING THE MONA LISA
IS STOLEN FROM THE LOUVRE IN
PARIS.
IT WAS RECOVERED UNHARMED TWO
YEARS LATER.
Tom: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BORN IN
1945, RON DANTE WAS THE LEAD
SINGER FOR THE ARTERIES.
REMEMBER THAT SUGAR SUGAR?
THAT IS THE ONE.
THAT WAS BACK IN 1969.
AUGUST 23, THE ARTWORK FOR THE
FAMOUS NATIVE AMERICAN HEAD
TEST PATTERN WAS COMPLETED BY
RCA.
[COUGHING] SOME OF THE YOUNGER
PEOPLE MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS,
WE DON'T THROW THESE UP TOO
MUCH BECAUSE TELEVISION TENDS
TO BE 24 HOURS BUT THAT WAS I
KNOW FROM WHEN I WAS A KID I
REMEMBER IT.
IN 1784, EAST TENNESSEE
DECLARES ITSELF AN INDEPENDENT
U.S. STATE.
CHOOSING THE NAME FRANKLIN, THE
STATE OF FRANKLIN.
IN HONOR OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
ITS LEGITIMACY WAS DENIED BY
U.S. CONGRESS AND CEASED TO
EXIST IN 1788.
Tom: BORN IN 1922, HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO JEAN DARLING.
DOROTHY JEAN LOCKEY.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE LITTLE
RASCALS.
SHE APPEARED IN 35 FILMS,
PEOPLE REMEMBER THEM BUT SHE
WAS ALSO IN BRIDE OF
FRANKENSTEIN, I THINK SHE WAS A
MERMAID IN THAT.
IN TOYLAND.
FINALLY, THIS QUESTION FOR
YOU KIM.
OH MAN.
THIS IS IN YOUR FIELD.
WHAT WINE BARREL SIZE CONTAINS
10 GALLONS?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
Tom: YOU DON'T?
IT'S CALLED AN ANCHOR.
A AND KOR.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
THAT WRAPS UP ANOTHER
SEMI-PAINLESS EDITION OF TRTAN
BACK TIME.