SUMMER SCHOOL IN SESSION SPEAKIES

Happy Hump Day Guys and Dolls:

How about a little summer school today, we have to keep those minds sharp and ready for September when those little tykes start asking questions. So today we will check to see what famous people were born, died and important stuff that happened on this date.

LET ME OUT MOMMA:

1858 – George Washington Goethals – Engineer who built the Panama Canal.
1901 – Nelson Eddy – Actor and Singer “I’ll be Calling You Sweetheart.”
1919 – Slim Pickens – Actor Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles and many more movies.
1936 – Harmon Killebrew – Baseball great with the Minnesota Twins.
1944 – Gary Busey – Actor, liked him in the Buddy Holly Story and Stephen King’s “Silver Bullet”. Looks like he sort of flipped out of it now.
1948 – Fred Grandy – Actor turned politician, was Gopher on the Love Boat.

WENT UP OR DOWN TODAY:

1941 – Ignace Paderewski – Polish statesman and pianist.
1967 – Jayne Mansfield – Actress, dies in car crash.
1978 – Bob Crane – That Hogan Hero man murdered. I know nothing.

STUFF TODAY:

1863 – Lee orders his troops to concentrate near Gettysburg, not a good move for Lee.
1916 – First Boeing aircraft flies.
1927 – First air flight from the West Coast arrives in Hawaii, wonder how long that took.
1941 – Jolting Joe DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 games.
1956 – Federal interstate highway system act signed.
1969 – First Jewish worship service held in the White House.
1989 – Poor Susan Lucci loses the Daytime Emmy for the 10th straight year. Don’t fret ladies and gents she finally will win one.

I don’t want to overload those circuits today so that’s all the info you have to absorb. Have a great day and be careful out there.