Happy Hump Day Guys and Dolls:
We finish this day at work and the weekend is 2 days away. Hope you all have a great day and a relaxing evening at home or whatever you will be doing. I may be back later in the day with breaking news or something that irks my bones but now it is time to enhance your minds.
Today we celebrate: Be Bald and Be Free Day
Born Today:
1644 – William Penn – English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania.
1890 – Dwight D. Eisenhower – WWII General and 34th President. – “I LIKE IKE” Buttons were real popular.
1910 – John Wooden – UCLA basketball coach.
1927 – Roger Moore, Actor (The Saint and James Bond).
1952 – Harry Anderson – Night Court star.
Died This Date:
1944 – Field Marshall Erwin Rommel – The Desert Fox.
1959 – Errol Flynn – One of my favorite old actors.
1977 – Bing Crosby – Actor, Singer and all around guy dies playing golf.
1986 – Keenan Wynn – Actor.
What Happened Today:
1774 – 1st Continental Congress declares colonial rights.
1867 – 15th and last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan.
1906 – All Chicago World Series, White Sox win.
1922 – 1st automated telephones – Pennsylvania exchange in NYC.
1980 – Bob Marley’s last concert.
1986 – Elie Wiesel wins the Nobel Peace Prize was a Concentration Camp survivor.
There you go some brain food for today.
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