HAPPY HUMP DAY GUYS AND DOLLS

Happy Hump Day Speakies:

Well the weather is turning around here in Central Florida, highs in the upper 70’s and lows in the 50’s with plenty of sunshine in the forecast. That should make all the Northern visitors happy after spending time locked in from those long winter days and nights. We have a couple of holidays today:

Bunsen Burner Day – A Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen is a common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame which is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.

National “She’s Funny That Way Day” - How do the women in your life make you laugh? Pay tribute to the female funny bone today by making a list of the things your favorite ladies do to make you laugh.

Let’s look at some Birthdays, Passing On and Stuff That Happened on March 31, not a lot I’ll try to pick the most important ones for you to retain. Here we go:

Born:
1847 – Jarolslaw Zielinski – Polish Composer, of course I have to mention a Polak.
1903 – Arthur Godfrey – TV host.
1924 – Leo Buscaglia – “Dr. Hug”, the Love Psychologist.
1927 – Cesar Chavez – That Lettuce Labor Leader.
1948 – Al Gore – 45th US VP. Now into Earth saving.

Died:
1931 – Knute Rockne – Famed Notre Dame football coach.
1980 – Jesse Owens – 1936 Berlin Olympic hero, showed the perfect race who was boss on the track.
1995 – Selena – Mexican singer, killed by a fan.

Stuff That Happened:
1870 – Thomas P. Mundy – 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy, NJ).
1889 –Eiffel Tower opens.
1921 – Albert Einstein – lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity.
1932 – 150 wild swans die in Niagara Waterfall – wrong place, wrong time.
1968 – LBJ says “No more President stuff for me.”
1982 – The Doobie Brothers split up – My My.
1990 – Carol and Company featuring Carol Burnett premieres on TV – One funny show to watch.
1991 – Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite in Arizona – it’s all downhill for Danny after that one.

That’s it for today March 31. Have a great day; you’ll never know if I will return with more stuff.