Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/October 16

October 16: Opening day of hunting season for mimes (United States)

• 1804 - The first mime turns up in France (at the time, "Non-English England")
• 1811 - A Deaf Mute begins asking ordering a Big Mac from McDonalds by emulating a heart attack, giving ideas to an Asian businessman
• 1901 - Overwhelming number of mimes begins the Chinese one mime per family inititive
• 1914 - Mime hunting season initiated to control the number of mimes.
• 1935 - Wisconsin Fish and Game officials note that the current three-a-day bag limit for mimes is unsustainable and could result in the Wisconsin population of mimes being wiped out. As a result, the bag limit is raised to seven a day.
• 1944 - The 102nd Division of the United States Mime Corps begins its assault on the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. Although the unit was extremely stealthy, their invisible rifles were useless against the Germans. As a result, the 102nd Division would suffer 10,000 mimes lost- a 100% casualty rate- within the first hour of the battle. This was widely viewed as a victory for both sides.
• 2003 - PETA argues that the mime problem should be solved humanely, by imprisoning them in invisible boxes.
• 2004 - A disgruntled mime uses a magnum to "remove" any extra mimes in the area, he is promptly arrested. apparently the mime wasn't using a silencer.
• 2006 - Vice President Dick Cheney shoots a mime in the face on a hunting "accident."