HAPPY HUMP DAY HISTORY

Happy Hump Day Speakies:

We are going to have a little history lesson today, than this afternoon, you can be free to watch the Phillies play. Get your pencils and paper ready and here we go.

Born Today:
1728 – Caesar Rodney – Patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
1889 – Clarence Muse – Actor Sam in Casablanca, “Play it Sam.”
1904 – Chuck Klein – 43 Home Runs for the Phillies in 1929.
1905 – Andy Devine – Actor (Andy’s Gang).
1917 – June Allyson – Actress.
1931 – Desmond Tutu – Anglican Archbishop of South Africa.
1943 – Ollie North – That Contra Military Man.
1955 – Yo-Yo Ma – Chinese cellist.

Zapped Away:
1849 – Edgar Allen Poe – The Raven no more.
1959 – Mario Lanza – dies of heart attack age 38.
1991 – Leo Durocher – “The Lip”, baseball coach and manager.

Famous Stuff Today:
1777 – Americans beat the British in 2’nd Battle of Saratoga.
1780 – Americans beat the British near Kings Mountain, SC.
1868 – Cornell University opens.
1950 – Phillies lose World Series to the Yankees.
1957 – “American Bandstand” premiers in Philadelphia.
1960 – “Route 66” debuts on TV.
1985 – PLO terrorists seize Italian liner Achille Lauro.

That’s enough history for today, let it absorb in that grey matter and than relax and watch Baseball.