Stella and Bruce Nickell married in 1976, shortly after seven people were killed in Chicago, Illinois, from poisoned Tylenol pills. According to Stella’s daughter from a previous marriage, Stella had begun planning Bruce’s murder almost from the honeymoon. The Chicago Tylenol incident (which was never solved) had a lasting impact on Stella, who decided that cyanide would be a good method of murder.
On this day in 1792, Congress passed the second portion of the Militia Act, requiring that every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years be enrolled in the militia.
And on this day in 1963, with the release of Dr. No, moviegoers got their first look–down the barrel of a gun–at the super-spy James Bond (codename: 007), the immortal character created by Ian Fleming in his now-famous series of novels and portrayed onscreen by the relatively unknown Scottish actor Sean Connery.
Judge for yourself:
Score | Your Message |
All 10 | You are the mysterious 001, no doubt. |
7-9 | We’ll draft you for our vocab team. |
4-6 | You were shaken and stirred. |
2-3 | Are you Alice? When she’s ten feet tall? |
0-1 | You are the mysterious 999, no doubt. |
Intro text: history.com
Definitions: Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary
NOTE: Stella is up for probation this year. I suggest you suffer through your aches and pains without pills.