A LITTLE BIT FOR THE GREY MATTER

Good Morning Speakies:

Are you ready for some knowledge; well here we go for Tuesday, October 20:

Born Today:
1823 – Thomas Hughes – Author, “Tom Brown’s School Days.”
1911 – Will Rogers, Jr.
1923 – Herschel Bernardi – Actor, also the voice of Charlie the Tuna.
1930 – “Grandpa” Louis M. Jones – Country Singer Hee Haw fame.
1931 – Mickey Mantle – Yankee great.
1934 - Martin Landau – Actor, original Mission Impossible TV show.
1935 – Jerry Orbach – Actor Law and Order Fame, My Man “Lenny Briscoe”.
1953 – Tom Petty – Singer.

Passed On:
1964 – Herbert Hoover – 31’st President.

Happened Today:
1803 – U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1847 – Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa – Bad little Billy.
1944 – General MacArthur returns to the Philippines, utters those great words, “Lucy I’m Home.” Tell the kids that one was a joke.
1968 – Jacqueline Kennedy weds Ari Onassis. – Money to Money.
1973 – OPEC oil embargo begins. – I remember those long gas lines.
1987 – Air Force jet crashes into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis, 10 die.