Good Morning Guys and Dolls:
A happy December 1 to you all. In December we celebrate National Tie Month, Safe Toys and Gifts Month and Universal Human Rights Month. This week we celebrate Cookie Cutter Week and today Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day. I can’t do that one, without my 3 level computer glasses I’m sunk. I have placed some Christmas tunes on my blog to get you all in the spirit of things, so I hope you enjoy them as you are reading.
Let’s see what famous births, deaths and history occurred this date:
Born Today:
1671 –Francesco Stradivari – Italian Violin maker.
1904 – W.A. “Tony” Boyle – United Mine Workers President.
1925 – David Doyle – Bosley of Charlie’s Angels fame.
1934 – Billy Paul – Singer “Me and Mrs. Jones”, we got that thing going on.
1940 – Richard Pryor – Comedian/Actor, also Freebase Guy.
1944 – Bette Midler – Singer.
1949 – Pablo Escobar Gaviria – Columbian Drug Baron.
Hit the Pearly Gates Maybe:
1842 – Philip Spencer – 1st US Naval Officer hanged for mutiny.
1973 – David Ben-Gurion – Founding Father of Israel.
1994 – Lionel Stander – Actor Max on “Hart to Hart”.
Stuff That Happened:
1804 – Napoleon marries Josephine.
1831 – Erie Canal closes for 1 month due to cold weather.
1878 – 1st White House telephone installed.
1891 – James Naismith creates the game of Basketball/
1917 – Boys Town is founded by Father Edward Flanagan – “There’s no such thing as a bad boy.”
1939 – Himmler begins to deport Polish Jews.
1942 – Gas rationing starts in the US.
1957 – Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly and the Crickets appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
There's more but that’s all for today folks.
5 comments:
Hi Joe:)
I hear from time to time but
don't know if its true that..
the first organized Basketball
game was in Trenton.
And I am sorry but if Charlies
Angels worked for me I am at the
office and on a speaker phone..
what was up with Bosley?? :))
Bosley was just watching Angels. Mack, I think Trenton will claim it was number one for anything. Tomato Pies YES. Maybe they did play the first organized game. I may check that out.
Hi Guys: I also understand that the first professional basketball game was played at Moose Hall in a so called cage. There were no outsides and you had to dribble with both hands. When I played, there was a center jump after each basket, which resulted in low scoring games. So, you see there have been major changes in the sport. Regards.
Hi guys: I also understand that the first professional basketball game was held at the Moose Hall. The game was played in a cage with no outsides. You had to dribble with both hands and there was a center jump after each basket. The result was very low scoring games and major changes in the game as we know it today. Regards.
Ralph thanks for that information, it must have been hard dribbling with both hands. I heard about the jump ball and when Dr. Naismith invented the game they used a peach basket and had to empty it after each basket. Thanks again Ralph.
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