CALENDAR AND A LITTLE HISTORY FOR TODAY

Hi Guys and Dolls: Today we start to celebrate National Ventriloquism Week, so bring out those dummies and start practicing for America’s Got Talent. Daily observances for today include:

Get To Know Your Customers Day - Good thing to do if you want to keep a job.
Hot Dog Night – I wish I could get a Casino Italian Dog right about now.

Let’s see who was Born Today:
1746 – Giuseppe Piazzi – He discovered the first asteroid (Ceres).
1887 – “Shoeless” Joe Jackson – Black Sox Player, to me unfairly judged, “Say it ain’t so Joe.”
1907 – Barbara Stanwyck – Actress of many movies.
1963 – Phoebe Cates – Actress (Fast Times at Ridgemount High).
1971 – Corey Feldman – Actor (Lost Boys).

Died Today:
1981 – Harry Chapin – Singer
1991 – Frank Rizzo – Mayor of Philly (He did not take Number 2 from Anybody).

Here are some interesting things that occurred today:
1439 – Kissing is banned in England – Homey don’t play that.
1769 – Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1’st mission in California.
1935 – 1’st parking meter installed in Oklahoma City.
1941 – Joe DiMaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game.
1956 – Last Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent.
1970 – Pittsburgh Pirates replace Forbes Field.

Thought of the Day: “Two wrongs do not make a right; it usually takes three or more.”