Happy Hump Day Guys and Dolls:
With no serious holidays today, it’s time for a history lesson to sharpen that grey matter. Of course I will be throwing in my personal views on those who were born, died and stuff that happened on this date.
SEES THE LIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME:
1879 – Leon Trotsky – Russian revolutionist. You be Comrade.
1910 – John Cardinal Krol – Former Archbishop of Philadelphia. He tried to bless those sports fans but had no success.
1914 – Jackie Coogan – Uncle Fester.
1917 – Felix the Cat – That dirty cartoon Cat.
1946 – Pat Sajak – That Wheel of Fortune guy.
1947 – Jaclyn Smith – One of the Original Charlie’s Angels.
1947 – Hilary Clinton – Ex-President Clinton’s main squeeze.
1954 – Lauren Tewes – Julie of the Love Boat TV show.
1962 – Cary Elwes – Actor from Glory and the Princess Bride. Reminds me of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
BYE BYE CRUEL WORLD:
1909 – Prince Ito of Japan – Assassinated by a Korean after eating the last spring roll.
1984 – Sue Randall – She was Miss Landers on Leave it to Beaver. I never had a teacher look that good.
1991 – Lori Rae Matthews – She was crushed to death by an artist’s 485 lb. umbrella – I guess one can say she got covered.
STUFF FOR TODAY:
1825 – The Erie Canal opens.
1881 – Shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, AZ, Wyatt and the boys win, Dr. Holliday buys the bar a round.
1941 – US Savings Bonds go on sale.
1942 – US Carrier Hornet sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.
1949 – Prez. Truman raises the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents an hour. Good move Prez.
1951 – Rocky Marciano beats Joe Louis at MSG.
1958 – PanAm flies the 1st transatlantic jet trip NY to Paris; I bet that was a first class flight even in tourist section.
1972 – Guided tours of Alcatraz by the Park Service begin.
1988 – Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2 Million for 4 month advisory service, Mike starts thinking he likes ears as a snack.
And I leave you with this thought: YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN SOMETHING STUPID.
With no serious holidays today, it’s time for a history lesson to sharpen that grey matter. Of course I will be throwing in my personal views on those who were born, died and stuff that happened on this date.
SEES THE LIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME:
1879 – Leon Trotsky – Russian revolutionist. You be Comrade.
1910 – John Cardinal Krol – Former Archbishop of Philadelphia. He tried to bless those sports fans but had no success.
1914 – Jackie Coogan – Uncle Fester.
1917 – Felix the Cat – That dirty cartoon Cat.
1946 – Pat Sajak – That Wheel of Fortune guy.
1947 – Jaclyn Smith – One of the Original Charlie’s Angels.
1947 – Hilary Clinton – Ex-President Clinton’s main squeeze.
1954 – Lauren Tewes – Julie of the Love Boat TV show.
1962 – Cary Elwes – Actor from Glory and the Princess Bride. Reminds me of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
BYE BYE CRUEL WORLD:
1909 – Prince Ito of Japan – Assassinated by a Korean after eating the last spring roll.
1984 – Sue Randall – She was Miss Landers on Leave it to Beaver. I never had a teacher look that good.
1991 – Lori Rae Matthews – She was crushed to death by an artist’s 485 lb. umbrella – I guess one can say she got covered.
STUFF FOR TODAY:
1825 – The Erie Canal opens.
1881 – Shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, AZ, Wyatt and the boys win, Dr. Holliday buys the bar a round.
1941 – US Savings Bonds go on sale.
1942 – US Carrier Hornet sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.
1949 – Prez. Truman raises the minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents an hour. Good move Prez.
1951 – Rocky Marciano beats Joe Louis at MSG.
1958 – PanAm flies the 1st transatlantic jet trip NY to Paris; I bet that was a first class flight even in tourist section.
1972 – Guided tours of Alcatraz by the Park Service begin.
1988 – Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2 Million for 4 month advisory service, Mike starts thinking he likes ears as a snack.
And I leave you with this thought: YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN SOMETHING STUPID.
2 comments:
Our own Saint Hedwig's was in glory when John Krol made Archbishop and his niece was in my class (a year behind you), needless to say having an Uncle that high, she was an instant teachers pet. She was pretty smart to begin with but after that she could darn near walk in the rain without getting wet.
The yellow umbrella took one life here but when "Christo" ordered them taken down, the blue counterpart in Japan caused the electrocution of a worker on a crane that was lowering it.
Somehow there is a moral to this umbrella thing but I can't figure out what it is?
Skip
SKIP, I'LL LET YOU FIGURE OUT THE MORAL TO THAT ONE. FOUND MY OLD ND YEARBOOK YESTERDAY AND STILL LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, CAN'T REMEMBER HALF THE CLASS.
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