Happy Thursday Guys and Dolls:
With school in full progress allow Joey Z to fill your grey matter with a little knowledge of birthdays, ups and downs and events in history today. You will impress the little ones.
Happy “B” Day:
With school in full progress allow Joey Z to fill your grey matter with a little knowledge of birthdays, ups and downs and events in history today. You will impress the little ones.
Happy “B” Day:
1789 – James Fenimore Cooper – 1st American novelist.
1907 – Fay Wray – King Kong’s original girlfriend.
1913 – John Mitchell – Tricky Dick’s attorney general who paid the price in jail.
1921 – Jackie Cooper – Actor and director.
1927 – Norm Crosby – That double talking comedian.
1941 – Miroslaw Hermaszewski – 1st Polish space traveler.
1946 – Oliver Stone – Director “Good Morning Vietnam.”
1946 – Tommy Lee Jones – Actor.
1984 – Prince Hank – William’s redheaded brother.
Went Up or Down Today:
1907 – Fay Wray – King Kong’s original girlfriend.
1913 – John Mitchell – Tricky Dick’s attorney general who paid the price in jail.
1921 – Jackie Cooper – Actor and director.
1927 – Norm Crosby – That double talking comedian.
1941 – Miroslaw Hermaszewski – 1st Polish space traveler.
1946 – Oliver Stone – Director “Good Morning Vietnam.”
1946 – Tommy Lee Jones – Actor.
1984 – Prince Hank – William’s redheaded brother.
Went Up or Down Today:
1979 – Tommy Leonetti – Singer/actor (Gomer Pyle USMC).
1983 – Willie Bobo – Jazz drummer.
Stuff:
1983 – Willie Bobo – Jazz drummer.
Stuff:
1620 – Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 Pilgrims.
1830 – Bad Luck William Huskisson – 1st to be run over by a train.
1904 – Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight.
1935 – Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship and make the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
1940 – The RAF puts a hurting on the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, the tide turns to a British victory.
1949 – The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV.
1958 – Commuter train crash in Newark, NJ claims 48 lives.
1965 – Lost in Space premiers on TV. “DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON.”
1969 – Phil’s Steve Carlton strikes out 19 NY Mets.
1990 – Florida Lottery goes over $100 million, I was still in Jersey.
And remember those words spoken by Winston Churchill after the Battle of Britain. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” That’s all the history for today Speakies, have a great day.
1830 – Bad Luck William Huskisson – 1st to be run over by a train.
1904 – Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight.
1935 – Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship and make the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
1940 – The RAF puts a hurting on the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain, the tide turns to a British victory.
1949 – The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV.
1958 – Commuter train crash in Newark, NJ claims 48 lives.
1965 – Lost in Space premiers on TV. “DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON.”
1969 – Phil’s Steve Carlton strikes out 19 NY Mets.
1990 – Florida Lottery goes over $100 million, I was still in Jersey.
And remember those words spoken by Winston Churchill after the Battle of Britain. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” That’s all the history for today Speakies, have a great day.
2 comments:
Hi Joe:)
Ahh Merry Olde England, the land that gave Trenton QUOITS :)))
Mack: A game played at every picnic when I was a kind, that or horse shoes.
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