On This Date.....

[Doorman]

Here is a new thread that I will be posting daily tidbits of somewhat useless information.
Today is August 3rd.......
TODAY IS: NATIONAL WATERMELON DAY
TONIGHT'S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING: WHITE: NO SPECIAL EVENT
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1946): DOIN' WHAT COMES NATURALLY- DINAH SHORE
(1954): HEY THERE- ROSEMARY CLOONEY
(1960): I'M SORRY- BRENDA LEE
IMAGE OF A GIRL- THE SAFARIS
(1968): HELLO, I LOVE YOU- THE DOORS
CLASSICAL GAS- MASON WILLIAMS ( TACO BELL'S THEME SONG ?)
(1986): PAPA DON'T PREACH- MADONNA

1971): PAUL MC CARTNEY ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF HIS NEW GROUP "WINGS"
(1966): LENNY BRUCE DIES FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE AT AGE 40

[Doorman]

For Wed. August 4th........
TODAY IS: TWINS DAY FESTIVAL
TONIGHT'S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING: WHITE: NO SPECIAL EVENT
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1955): AIN'T THAT A SHAME- FATS DOMINO
(1959): LONELY BOY- PAUL ANKA
(1963): DEVIL IN DISGUISE- ELVIS PRESLEY
(1967): I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER- STEVIE WONDER
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE- PROCOL HARUM
ODE TO BILLIE JOE- BOBBIE GENTRY
(1971): MR. BIG STUFF- JEAN KNIGHT
(1975): JIVE TALKIN'- THE BEE GEES
SOMEONE SAVE MY LIFE TONIGHT- ELTON JOHN
(1983): SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY- DONNA SUMMER

(1983): WHILE WARMING UP IN THE OUTFIELD IN TORONTO, DAVE WINFIELD OF THE
NEW YORK YANKEES KILLS A SEAGULL (HIS ONLY HIT OF THE GAME……)

[rob]

cool keep them coming daily dman

[love2sing]

1926 Tony Bennett (singer)

1940 Martin Sheen (actor)

[love2sing]

August 2, 2004, 5:50 PM EDT


NEW YORK -- Barring last-minute terrorism alerts or other problems, the Statue of Liberty will reopen to visitors on Tuesday for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked jetliners destroyed the World Trade Center and raised fear of attacks against American democracy's most cherished symbols.



God Bless America and all it stands for!!!

[Doorman]

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
MICHAEL DELUISE (34) (ACTOR: PLAYED ANDY SIPOWITZ JR. ON NYPD BLUE)
DR. PAUL KAUFMAN (MY NEPHEW)
ROGER CLEMENS (42)
LAUREN TOM (43)
BILLY BOB THORNTON (49)
*BOBBY BUNTROCK (52) (PLAYED LITTLE HAROLD BAXTER ON "HAZEL")
TINA COLE (59) (ACTRESS: PLAYED KATE DOUGLAS ON "MY THREE SONS")
RICHARD BELZER (60)
*TIMI YURO (64) (SINGER: "THE BIG HURT")
FRANKIE FORD (65) (SINGER: "SEA CRUISE")
YASSER ARAFAT (75)
HERB ELLIS (83) (JAZZ GUITARIST)
HELEN THOMAS (84) (U.P.I. JOURNALISTS: THE DEAN OF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS.
STARTS ALL PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCES)
*RAOUL WALLENBERG (92) (SWEDISH DIPLOMAT WHO SAVED OVER 10,000 JEWS IN W.W. II)
*CLARA PELLER (101) (WENDY'S SPOKESPERSON "WHERE'S THE BEEF")
*LOUIS ARMSTRONG (103) (THEN AND THEN)
*LADY ELIZABETH BOWES-LYONS, (104) (QUEEN MOTHER OF ENGLAND)
*SIR HARRY LAUDER (134) (BRITISH MUSIC HALL STAR)

[Doorman]

TONIGHT'S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING: WHITE: NO SPECIAL EVENT
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1956): MY PRAYER- THE PLATTERS
(1958): POOR LITTLE FOOL- RICKY NELSON
(1964): EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY- DEAN MARTIN
(1966): SUMMER IN THE CITY- THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL
LARA'S THEME (SOMEWHERE MY LOVE)- RAY CONIFF
(1974): THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED- PAPER LACE
FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE- ROBERTA FLACK
(1982): EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER- AIR SUPPLY

TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1861): THE U.S. LEVIES ITS FIRST INCOME TAX (3% OF INCOME OVER $800.00)
(1884): THE CORNERSTONE FOR THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS LAID ON BEDLOE'S ISLAND
(1914): FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT INSTALLED IN THE U.S (EUCLID AVE.& EAST 105TH ST.CLEVELAND)
(1936): AT THE BERLIN OLYMPICS, JESSE OWENS WINS HIS 3RD GOLD MEDAL
(1957): "AMERICAN BANDSTAND" GOES NETWORK (ABC-TV)
(1962): MARILYN MONROE PASSES AWAY AT AGE 36
(1984): RICHARD BURTON PASSES AWAY AT AGE 58
(2000): SIR ALEC GUINNESS PASSES AWAY AT AGE 86

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
JONATHAN SILVERMAN (38) (ACTOR: "BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS", "THE SINGLE GUY" ETC.)
FAITH PRINCE (47)
MAUREEN MCCORMICK (48) (MARCIA BRADY ON "THE BRADY BUNCH")
SAMANTHA SANG (51) (SINGER, KNOWN AS THE FEMALE BEE GEE "EMOTION")
LONI ANDERSON (58)
DAMITA JO (64) (JAZZ SINGER)
*HERB BROOKS (67) (1980 U.S.HOCKEY GOLD MEDAL OLYMPIC COACH)
JOHN SAXON (69)
NEIL ARMSTRONG (74)
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE (80)
*SELMA DIAMOND (84) (COMEDY WRITER AND PLAYED SELMA ON "NIGHT COURT")
*ROBERT TAYLOR (93) (ACTOR: "KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE" ETC. ETC.)
*JOHN HUSTON (99) (DIRECTOR: "MALTESE FALCOLN","AFRICAN QUEEN", ETC, ETC, ETC)
*REGINALD OWEN (117) (ACTOR: PLAYED DR.WATSON IN THE "SHERLOCK HOLMES" SERIES)
*JOHN MERRICK (142) (THE ELEPHANT MAN)

[GuitarPLYR]

Dom Perignon invents champagne

[love2sing]

August 4


1970 'POPPIN FRESH'
was trademark registered by the Pillsbury Company

[love2sing]

August 5 is . . . . . National Mustard Day!

So get out there and eat a hot dog with plenty of mustard on it!!

1997 Patent #5,652,975
for an automatic talking potty apparatus was issued to Glory Hoskin.

As if we don't have enough talking potty's on this board!



Famous People born on August 5th

1930 Neil Armstrong (astronaut). First man on the moon and should have taken more with him....
;)

[CarlW53]

2 years ago Mike Tyson told Lenox Lewis that he was going to eat his children.

Sidenote; Lewis doesnt have any kids.

[love2sing]

Originally posted by CarlW53
2 years ago Mike Tyson told Lenox Lewis that he was going to eat his children.

Sidenote; Lewis doesnt have any kids.

sure! NOW he doesn't!

[love2sing]

August 6

Today is National Friendship Day!
So go out and hug your friends!!


1935 William Coolidge obtained a patent for the cathode ray tube in 1935, a critical ingredient of TV and other electronic applications


Famous People born on August 6th

1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson (poet)

1911 Lucille Ball (actress, comedienne)

1917 Robert Mitchum (actor)

1928 Andy Warhol (artist, film director)

1972 Geri Halliwell, "Ginger Spice" (singer)


I love useless trivia...........
:cool:

[macca]

These events occurred on this day in Beatles history...



1961 - The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool.



1963 - The Beatles perform at the Springfield Ballroom in St. Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands. This is the first of five nights playing in the Channel Islands, four of them at this venue.



1965 - The Beatles album “Help!” (Parlophone PCS 3071) is released in the U.K. Songs: “Help!”, “The Night Before”, “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”, “I Need You”, “Another Girl”, “You’re Going to Lose That Girl”, “Ticket to Ride”, “Act Naturally”, “It’s Only Love”, “You Like Me Too Much”, “Tell Me What You See”, “I’ve Just Seen a Face”, “Yesterday”, and “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”. Highest chart position: No.1.



1966 - John and Paul, at Paul’s home on Cavendish Avenue, St. John’s Wood, London, record a BBC radio program, “The Lennon and McCartney Songbook,” giving opinions of already-released versions of Lennon-McCartney songs performed by other artists. Broadcast on August 29.



1969 - The Beatles in the recording studio, Studios Two and Three, EMI Studios, London. George Harrison records an acoustic guitar overdub for “Here Comes the Sun,” and Paul records Moog synthesizer onto “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.”



1980 - John Lennon records unreleased takes of “I’m Stepping Out.”

[CarlW53]

I get emails at least 3 times every week telling me that its National Friendship Day.

[love2sing]

Are they from anyone you know?

[love2sing]

USA Gymnastics Online: Events: 2004 National Gymnastics Day
Mark Your Calendar! National Gymnastics Day is. Saturday, August 7, 2004. National Gymnastics Day Affiliates. Thanks to our Affiliates! Our affiliates routinely provide useful corporate and community contacts. Children's Miracle Network ... Our goal with National Gymnastics Day has been to celebrate the sport of gymnastics and we ...
www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2004/ngd


Famous People born on August 7th

1876 Mata Hari (spy)

1960 David Duchovny (actor)

[love2sing]

August 7, 1997 STS 85 (Discovery 23) launches into orbit
August 7, 1997 Ung Huot appointed Cambodia's 1st premier
August 7, 1994 "Hedda Gabler" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 33 performances
August 7, 1994 1st telephone link between Israel & Jordan
August 7, 1994 Carolyn Hill wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mountain
August 7, 1994 Ernesto Samper sworn in as president of Colombia
August 7, 1993 "Camelot" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 56 performances
August 7, 1993 Tropical storm Brett ravages Venezuela, 118 killed
August 7, 1992 Cleveland Indians turn a triple play
August 7, 1992 Tampa Bay group purchases SF Giants
August 7, 1991 Charles Austin breaks US high jump record at 7'10´"
August 7, 1991 Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret US documents
August 7, 1991 Darrin Lewis hits his 1st major league HR
August 7, 1991 Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes
August 7, 1991 US sets 400m relay record at 37.67 seconds
August 7, 1990 Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
August 7, 1990 NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats & becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome
August 7, 1988 Martha Nause wins Planters Pat Bradley International Golf Tournament
August 7, 1988 Writers guild end their 6 months strike
August 7, 1987 5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala
August 7, 1987 Javed Miandad scores 260 v England at The Oval, 28 fours 1 six
August 7, 1987 Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 39¯F (4¯C) Bering Sea
August 7, 1986 "Honky Tonk Nights" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 4 performances
August 7, 1986 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina
August 7, 1985 Barbra Streisand records "Broadway Album"
August 7, 1985 Baseball players end a 2 day strike
August 7, 1984 David Rabe's "Hurlyburly," premieres in NYC
August 7, 1984 Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball
August 7, 1984 Jim Deshales becomes 1,000th playing Yankee
August 7, 1983 "Merlin" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 199 performances
August 7, 1983 1st World Track & Field Championships
August 7, 1983 65th PGA Championship: Hal Sutton shoots a 274 at Riviera CC LA
August 7, 1983 Bobby Murcer Day at Yankee Stadium
August 7, 1983 Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin)
August 7, 1983 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
August 7, 1983 Some 675,000 employees strike AT&T
August 7, 1980 Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed
August 7, 1978 Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss, & Larry MacPhail inducted to Hall of Fame
August 7, 1978 Thousands of mourners file past body of Pope Paul VI
August 7, 1977 "Shenandoah" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 1,050 performances
August 7, 1976 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Colgate-European Golf Open
August 7, 1976 US Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth
August 7, 1976 Scientists in Pasadena, Calif, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars
August 7, 1974 Actress Faye Dunaway weds Peter Wolf of J Geils Band
August 7, 1974 Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between twin towers
August 7, 1972 Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez & Early Wynn
August 7, 1971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth
August 7, 1970 1st computer chess tournament
August 7, 1970 Christine Perfect (McVie) joins Fleetwood Mac
August 7, 1970 WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
August 7, 1970 4, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, Calif (Police charge Angela Davis provided weapons)
August 7, 1966 Race riot in Lansing Michigan
August 7, 1964 31st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago 28, All-Stars 17 (65,000)
August 7, 1964 Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots
August 7, 1964 US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution
August 7, 1963 Jac Kennedy becomes 1st, 1st lady to give birth since Mrs Cleveland
August 7, 1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
August 7, 1961 Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2
August 7, 1961 Soviet premier Khrushchev predicts USSR economy will surpass US
August 7, 1960 Ivory Coast (Cìte d'Ivoire) gains independence from France
August 7, 1960 Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches
August 7, 1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
August 7, 1959 Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space
August 7, 1957 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
August 7, 1956 Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans
August 7, 1956 British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt
August 7, 1956 Dynamite transport explodes in Colombia; about 1200 die
August 7, 1955 Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel
August 7, 1955 KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins
August 7, 1954 "Golden Apple" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 125 performances
August 7, 1954 Charles Mahoney becomes 1st US black to serve as a full UN delegate
August 7, 1953 Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet
August 7, 1951 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph
August 7, 1951 US viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record)
August 7, 1950 Police bar white players-Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, & Frank Dyle, from playing in Negro League
August 7, 1949 "All after Love" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 121 perfs
August 7, 1948 1st Dutch government of Beel resigns
August 7, 1948 Delfo Cabrera wins 11th Olympic marathon (2:34:51.6)
August 7, 1947 Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef
August 7, 1946 1st coin bearing portrait of Negro authorized
August 7, 1944 Anton de Kom arrested by Surinam resistance fighter
August 7, 1944 Canada/Polish offensive direction Falaise: Total Cooperation
August 7, 1944 German counter attack at Avranches fails
August 7, 1944 July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin begins
August 7, 1944 US 3rd Army reaches suburbs of Brest Brittany
August 7, 1943 Red Army recaptures Bogodukov
August 7, 1942 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is
August 7, 1942 Resistance bombs Rotterdam railway
August 7, 1942 Transport 16 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
August 7, 1941 551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania
August 7, 1940 Churchill recognizes De Gaulle government in exile
August 7, 1940 Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1õ 1856 British Guiana)
August 7, 1938 2 die in a NYC subway accident
August 7, 1938 Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run
August 7, 1938 Nazi's close theologic department of Innsbruck university
August 7, 1935 60% of voters agrees to nazism in Danzig (Gdansk)
August 7, 1934 US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down govt's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses"
August 7, 1930 2 black guys lynched in Marion Indiana
August 7, 1930 Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government
August 7, 1929 Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch govt
August 7, 1929 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
August 7, 1927 Peace Bridge between US & Canada dedicated
August 7, 1927 US rum smuggler Horace Alderman kills 3
August 7, 1925 League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied
August 7, 1921 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world champ sprinter
August 7, 1915 Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die
August 7, 1915 St Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Bkln rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, & Card runner scores
August 7, 1914 British Gloucester vs German Breslau/Goeben off Greece
August 7, 1914 French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross
August 7, 1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas
August 7, 1914 German army occupies city of Liege Belgium
August 7, 1914 Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you," poster spreads over UK
August 7, 1912 Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for pres
August 7, 1909 US issues 1st Lincoln penny
August 7, 1907 Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland
August 7, 1904 Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colo during a flash flood, kills 96
August 7, 1900 Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike
August 7, 1893 53rd Congress (1893-95) convenes
August 7, 1888 Theophilus Van Kannel of Phila patents revolving door
August 7, 1885 5 German warships anchor at Zanzibar
August 7, 1884 Germany annexes Angra Pequena (Southwest-Africa)
August 7, 1882 Hatfields of south WV & McCoys of east Ky feud, 100 wounded or die
August 7, 1867 Battle of Moorefield, WV
August 7, 1820 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii
August 7, 1819 Battle of Boyaca; Bol°var defeats Spanish in Colombia
August 7, 1814 Pope Pius VII reinstates Jesuits
August 7, 1802 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)
August 7, 1789 Congress creates Dept of War & Lighthouse Service
August 7, 1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart
August 7, 1760 Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
August 7, 1750 Slave uprising on Curaáao
August 7, 1710 Earl van Godolphin resigns as English minister of Finance
August 7, 1620 Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft
August 7, 1620 Battle at Ponts-the-CÇ, Poitou: French king Louis XIII beats his mother Marie de Medici
August 7, 1588 English assault on Spanish Armada
August 7, 1573 Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
August 7, 1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean

[love2sing]

Okay that should be enough useless trivia for today! I ahte the fact that DMan takes off on the weekends and I'm stuck filling in for him! Just wait 'till he comes back to work!!! He's gettin' a beatin'!!!!!!!!!!

[ZEBRAFREAK]

Originally posted by love2sing
On this date in 1975 I lost my virginity and I haven't seen it since!

Yeah, that was a day, afternoon and night to remember!

THIS WASN'T USELESS TRIVIA!!! :p

I SAW SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLED IT WHEN I TOOK MY GLASSES OFF!!!
ARE YOU SURE IT'S MISSING???

[love2sing]

If you saw who I lost it to, you'd realize it was useless! As for what's missing I didn't know you could see that far away without your glasses!

BTW nice drums on TMWYW. Your performance was definitely the best one out of the group!! Keep it up!!!

I love sayin' that to a man!

[love2sing]

August 9


1898 Rudolf Diesel
of France was granted patent #608,845 for an "internal combustion engine" the Diesel engine.

[love2sing]

Chart Toppers
August 9,1944
I’ll Be Seeing You - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Frank Sinatra)
Amor - Bing Crosby
Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby
Is You is or is You Ain’t (Ma’ Baby) - Louis Jordan

1952
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home - Johnnie Ray
Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart - Vera Lynn
I’m Yours - Don Cornell
Are You Teasing Me - Carl Smith

1960
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini - Brian Hyland
It’s Now or Never - Elvis Presley
Image of a Girl - Safaris
Please Help Me, I’m Falling - Hank Locklin

1968
Hello, I Love You - The Doors
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

1976
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
Let ’Em In - Wings
You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
Golden Ring - George Jones & Tammy Wynette

1984
When Doves Cry - Prince
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
State of Shock - Jacksons
Mama He’s Crazy - The Judds

[love2sing]

Listen up Dormant...I mean Doormat.....ohhhh, DOORMAN! You need to get back to work with this thread. This is tough work!!!

[Doorman]

TODAY IS: NATIONAL POLKA FESTIVAL DAY
TONIGHT'S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING: WHITE: NO SPECIAL EVENT
AUGUST 9th

CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1962): AHAB THE ARAB- RAY STEVENS
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO- NEIL SEDAKA
I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU- RAY CHARLES
(1970): SPILL THE WINE- ERIC BURDON AND WAR
(1976): LET EM' IN- WINGS
(1978): THREE TIMES A LADY- THE COMMODORES

TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1859): NATHAN AMES PATENTS THE ESCALATOR
(1936): JESSE OWENS WINS HIS 4TH GOLD MEDAL AT THE BERLIN OLYMPICS
(1945): ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI
(1969): ON AN ESTATE ABOVE BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, SHARON TATE,
THE WIFE OF FILM DIRECTOR ROMAN POLANSKI, WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED
BY FOLLOWERS OF CULT LEADER CHARLES MANSON.
(1974): RICHARD NIXON RESIGNS THE PRESIDENCY, GERALD FORD BECOMES THE 38TH PRESIDENT
(1995): JERRY GARCIA PASSES AWAY AT AGE 53

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
GILLIAN ANDERSON (36) (PLAYS DR.DANA SCULLY ON "THE X-FILES")
WHITNEY HOUSTON (41)
AMANDA BEARSE (46) (PLAYED MARCY ON "MARRIED WITH CHILDREN")
MELANIE GRIFFITH (47)
BARBARA MASON (57) (SINGER: "YES, I'M READY)
KEN NORTON (59)
SAM ELLIOTT (60) (ACTOR: "FATAL BEAUTY" ETC.)
DAVID STEINBERG (62)
ROD LAVER (66)
BOB COUSY (76)
*ROBERT SHAW (77) (ACTOR: BEST KNOWN AS CAPTAIN QUINT IN "JAWS")
*CHARLES FARRELL (103) (PLAYED VERN ALBRIGHT ON "MY LITTLE MARGIE" ETC.)

[OU812]

copy and paste is great mr dowmang

[Doorman]

Originally posted by OU812
copy and paste is great mr dowmang
Jew got dat rite!

[Doorman]

TODAY IS: LAZY DAY
TONIGHT'S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING: WHITE: NO SPECIAL EVENT
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1953): I BELIEVE- FRANKIE LAINE
(1961): LAST NIGHT- THE MAR-KEYS
I FALL TO PIECES- PATSY CLINE
(1969): HONKY TONK WOMEN- THE ROLLING STONES
(1985): GLORY DAYS- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
THE POWER OF LOVE- HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS

TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1833): CHICAGO INCORPORATES AS A VILLAGE OF LESS THAN 200 PEOPLE
(1846): CONGRESS ESTABLISHES THE "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE"
(1921): F.D.R. STRICKEN WITH POLIO AT SUMMER HOME ON CAMPOBELLO ISLAND
(1950): THE FILM CLASSIC "SUNSET BOULEVARD" IS RELEASED
(1977): DAVID BERKOWITZ "SON OF SAM" IS ARRESTED
(1986): BILLY MARTIN DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM, HIS #1 IS RETIRED

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
ANGIE HARMON (32)
ANTONIO BANDERAS (44)
ROSANNA ARQUETTE (45)
PATTI AUSTIN (56) (SINGER/ACTRESS)
IAN ANDERSON (57) (JETHRO TULL)
RONNIE SPECTOR (61) (LEAD SINGER OF THE RONETTES)
*BOBBY HATFIELD (64) (WITH BILL MEDLEY MADE UP THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS)
JIMMY DEAN (76) (SINGER/SAUSAGE KING)
EDDIE FISHER (76)
MARTHA HYER (80)
RHONDA FLEMING (81)
*LEO FENDER (95) (FOUNDER OF FENDER GUITAR COMPANY)
*NORMA SHEARER (102)
*JACK HALEY (106) (THE TIN MAN IN THE "WIZARD OF OZ" ETC.)
*HERBERT HOOVER (130)

[OU812]

Originally posted by Doorman

Jew got dat rite! yo is be past n in shit

[love2sing]

TODAY IS: NATIONAL POLKA FESTIVAL DAY


My first boyfriend was Polish. He taught me what a Polish "ham" was. And I taught him how to Poke-her!

[love2sing]

Fay Wray dead at 96.

[Doorman]

Originally posted by love2sing
Fay Wray dead at 96.
FOR THOSE WHO REMEMBER THE YOUNG LADY
THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE FAMOUS LINE
"IT WAS BEAUTY THAT KILLED THE BEAST"
IN THE 1933 ORIGINAL "KING KONG"
PASSED AWAY TODAY, ONE MONTH SHORT
OF HER 97TH BIRTHDAY.

[chinarain62]

The lights on the Empire State building will be dimmed in honor of Fay Wray.

She only got $10,000 to do the movie which I guess in 1933 was deemed ALOT of cash!

She died in her sleep.

[Doorman]

TODAY IS: PRESIDENTIAL JOKE DAYCHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1960): WALK DON'T RUN- THE VENTURES
(1962): THE LOCO-MOTION- LITTLE EVA
(1968): PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE- THE RASCALS
SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE- CREAM
(1978): GREASE- FRANKIE VALLI
(1984): WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT- TINA TURNER
SAD SONGS (SAY SO MUCH)- ELTON JOHN

TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1896): HARVEY HUBBELL PATENTS THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB SOCKET WITH A PULL CHAIN
(1919): ANDREW CARNEGIE PASSES AWAY AT AGE 83
(1934): FIRST PRISONERS ARRIVE AT ALCATRAZ
(1956): JACKSON POLLOCK KILLED IN CAR CRASH AT AGE 44
(1965): WATTS RIOTS BEGIN IN SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES, LASTS SIX DAYS
(1968): THE BEATLES LAUNCH "APPLE RECORDS" LABEL
(1992): IN BLOOMINGTON MINNESOTA, THE MALL OF AMERICA OPENED.
IT WAS THE LARGEST SHOPPING MALL IN THE UNITED STATES

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
HULK HOGAN (51)
ERIC CARMEN (55) (SINGER: "ALL BY MYSELF" ETC.)
JERRY FALWELL (71)
CLAUS VON BULOW (78)
MIKE DOUGLAS (79)
ARLENE DAHL (80)
*ALEX HALEY (83) (AUTHOR: "ROOTS")
(HERE'S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT...BEFORE WRITING "ROOTS" MR HALEY WAS WRITING AN EXPOSE' OF THE
NEW YORK CITY GARMENT DISTRICT ENTITLED "SUITS"..............sorry)
*HENRY KULKY (93) (PLAYED OTTO SCHMIDLAP ON "THE LIFE OF RILEY")
*LLOYD NOLAN (102)

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August 10 is National

. . . . Lazy Day

Would have posted it sooner, but I was too lazy......

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doorman

*ALEX HALEY (83) (AUTHOR: "ROOTS")
(HERE'S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT...BEFORE WRITING "ROOTS" MR HALEY WAS WRITING AN EXPOSE' OF THE
NEW YORK CITY GARMENT DISTRICT ENTITLED "SUITS"..............sorry


I thought it was an expose' on Time Square entitled "Sluts". What do I know?

Were the suits all cotton?

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August 11
1942 Hedy Markey
received a patent for a secret communication system.
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1950 Steve Wozniak was born. Wozniak was the co-founder of Apple Computers

[Doorman]

TODAY IS: MIDDLE CHILD'S DAY:
TONIGHT'S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING:
BLUE/WHITE/BLUE: SALUTE TO 2004 SUMMER OLYMPICS
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1959): THERE GOES MY BABY- THE DRIFTERS
LAVENDER BLUE (DILLY..DILLY..)- SAMMY TURNER
(1963): (YOU'RE THE) DEVIL IN DISGUISE- ELVIS PRESLEY
WIPE OUT- THE SURFARIS
(1971): BEGINNINGS/ COLOUR MY WORLD- CHICAGO
(1975): WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS- WAR
RHINESTONE COWBOY- GLEN CAMBELL
(HEY I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE THEM, I JUST HAVE TO LIST THEM)

TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1676): FIRST WAR BETWEEN THE AMERICAN COLONISTS & THE INDIANS ENDS IN NEW ENGLAND
(1851): ISAAC SINGER PATENTS THE SEWING MACHINE
(HE ACTUALLY DIDN'T INVENT IT ELIAS HOWE DID, BUT HE MADE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS)
(1898): HAWAII IS FORMALLY ANNEXED TO THE UNITED STATES
(1898): PEACE PROTOCOL ENDING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR IS SIGNED
(1945): JOE KENNEDY JR. (ELDEST KENNEDY CHILD) KILLED WHILE ON WW II MISSION
(1974): MICKEY MANTLE AND WHITEY FORD BECOME FIRST TEAMMATES ELECTED
TO THE HALL OF FAME ON THE SAME DAY.
(1977): FIRST FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE (ENTERPRISE)
(1982): HENRY FONDA PASSES AWAY AT AGE 77
(1985): JAPANESE BOEING 747 CRASHES, 520 OUT OF 524 PASSENGERS KILLED.(WORST IN FLIGHT TOLL)
(2000): LORETTA YOUNG PASSES AWAY AT AGE 87
(2004) ZEBRA's Randy Jackson sings the National Anthem at Shea Stadium prior to the Mets Astros game!

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
PETE SAMPRAS (33)
PAT METHENY (50) (JAZZ GUITARIST)
KID CREOLE (54) (SINGER: COCOANUTS)
MARK KNOPFLER (55) (GUITAR/VOCALIST: DIRE STRAITS)
*DEBORAH WALLEY (61) (ACTRESS: BEST KNOW FOR PLAYING "GIDGET")
GEORGE HAMILTON (65) (ACTOR, CIGARMAKER, T.V.HOST, AND TAN AS HELL…a close 2nd to the Dman!)
*JOHN CAZALE (69) (FREDO CORLEONE)
BUCK OWENS (75) (COUNTRY STAR WHO'S COSTUMES REQUIRED BATTERY'S.
PORTER WAGONER (77) (COUNTRY STAR; DISCOVERED DOLLY PARTON (SHE WASN'T THAT HARD TO FIND)
*JOHN DEREK (78) (ACTOR/PRODUCER: HUSBAND OF LINDA EVANS,URSULA ANDRESS,BO DEREK ETC.Played Joshua in the Ten Commandments)
*NORRIS AND *ROSS MCWHIRTER (79) (TWINS BROTHERS; AUTHORS OF "THE GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS)
*MARJORIE REYNOLDS (83) (PLAYED PEG ON "THE LIFE OF RILEY")
JANE WYATT (93) (MARGARET ANDERSON ON "FATHER KNOWS BEST"/AND SPOCK'S MOM ON "STAR TREK")
*CANTINFLAS (93) (MEXICAN ACTOR: "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" ETC.)
*JOE BESSER (97) (STINKY ON "THE ABBOT & COSTELLO SHOW" & REPLACED SHEMP IN THE 3 STOOGES)
*OSCAR HOMOLKA (106) (ACTOR: "I REMEMBER MAMA" ETC.)
*ALFRED LUNT (112)
*MARION LORNE (121) (ACTRESS: PLAYED AUNT CLARA ON "BEWITCHED")
*CECIL B. DEMILLE (123)
*CHRISTY MATHEWSON (124) (HALL OF FAME PITCHER WON 37 GAMES IN 1908)
*DIAMOND JIM BRADY (148)

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(2000): LORETTA YOUNG PASSES AWAY AT AGE 87
Trivial fact regarding this actress. When she worked on the set with other actors and actresses she would fine them money if the cursed in front of her. That would leave a lot of us broke

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OMG! DMan goes to a freakin' ballgame and leaves us wondering about what happened tomorrow on this date. If you want something done you must do it yourself!!!!

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NICKLAUS SETS TITLE RECORD:
August 12, 1973


On August 12, 1973, American golfer Jack Nicklaus wins the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) championship for his 14th major title, surpassing Bobby Jones' record of 13 major championships. Nicklaus shot a seven-under-par 277 at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio, to win $45,000 and his third PGA National championship. The "Golden Bear" went on to win a total of 20 major tournaments, a record that still stands today.

Regarded the greatest golfer of the 20th century, Nicklaus was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1940. He began playing golf at the age of 10 and at the age of 16 won his first significant tournament, the Ohio Open. In 1959, he won the U.S. Amateur championship, which at the time was still considered one of golf's major tournaments. Two years later, he repeated the feat and announced he was turning professional. His first major professional title was the 1962 U.S. Open at the Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was derided by spectators for beating fan-favorite Arnold Palmer, and a rivalry was born between the two American golfers that lasted through the 1960s.

Nicklaus was a major force in professional golf from 1962 through 1986. He won six Masters tournaments, five PGA championships, four U.S. Open titles, and three British Open titles. He was a member of the winning U.S. World Cup team six times and was a record three-time individual World Cup winner. Nicklaus demonstrated remarkable composure under competitive pressure, and was nicknamed the Golden Bear for his blond hair, physical size, and aggressive tactics. On August 12, 1973, he surpassed the record of most major championships set by American golfer Bobby Jones in 1930. Nicklaus' last major title was in 1986 when, at age 46, he became the oldest Masters winner in history. By that time, he had played in 100 major championships, finishing in the top three nearly 50 times.

A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame since 1974, the PGA named him Golfer of the Century in 1988. He joined the Senior tour in 1990, winning the U.S. Senior Open in 1991 and 1993. Throughout his career, Nicklaus also designed many noted golf courses, including Muirfield Village Golf Course in Ohio, site of the Nicklaus-sponsored Memorial Tournament. In 1993, 10 of the courses he designed were included by Golf Digest on its list of the 100 best golf courses in America.

Until the late 1990s, it seemed unlikely that any golfer would ever break Nicklaus' record of 20 major championships (or 18 major professional titles if his two U.S. Amateur victories are not taken into account). However, Tiger Woods, who won his first major championship in 1997 at the age of 21, seems on track to surpass the record.

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Birthdays

August 13


1860 - Annie Oakley (Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee)
sharpshooter, performer: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show; died Nov 3, 1926

1895 - Bert Lahr (Irving Lahrheim)
actor: The Wizard of Oz, Rose Marie, Ship Ahoy, The Night They Raided Minsky’s; died Dec 4, 1967

1899 - Alfred (Joseph) Hitch****
‘The Master of Suspense’: director: Psycho, Vertigo, The Birds, Rear Window, Rebecca, To Catch a Thief, Frenzy, Notorious, Suspicion, The Thirty-Nine Steps; TV host: Alfred Hitch**** Presents; died Apr 29, 1980

1902 - Regis Toomey
actor: Change of Habit, Warlock, They Died with Their Boots On, Shadows of the Orient, The Curfew Breakers; died Oct 12, 1991

1904 - Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers
actor: Abie’s Irish Rose, Varsity, Mexican Spitfire at Sea, My Best Girl; died Apr 21, 1999

1908 - Gene Raymond (Raymond Guion)
actor: Hit the Deck, Flying Down to Rio; host: TV’s Reader’s Digest, Hollywood Summer Theatre, Fireside Theatre; died May 3, 1998

1912 - Ben Hogan
golf champion: Masters [1951, 1953], U.S. Open [1948, 1950, 1951, 1953], British Open [1953], PGA [1946, 1948]; died July 25, 1997


1919 - George Shearing
jazz pianist: September in the Rain, I’ll Take Romance, Changing with the Times; composer: Lullaby of Birdland, Conception, Consternation

1920 - Neville Brand
actor: Stalag 17, Birdman of Alcatraz, Riot in Cell Block II, Laredo; U.S. Army: 4th most-decorated [WWII]; died Apr 16, 1992

1926 - Fidel Castro (Ruz)
Cuban guerrilla/dictator

1929 - Pat Harrington
Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor: One Day at a Time [1983-84]; The Jack Paar Show, The Steve Allen Show, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Danny Thomas Show

1930 - Don Ho
singer: Tiny Bubbles; Waikiki entertainer, host: The Don Ho Show

1930 - Vinegar Bend (Wilmer David) Mizell
baseball: pitcher: SL Cardinals [all-star: 1959], Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1960], NY Mets

1935 - ‘Mudcat’ (James Timothy ‘Jim’) Grant
baseball: pitcher: Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1963], Minnesota Twins [World Series: 1965/all-star: 1965], LA Dodgers, Montreal Expos, SL Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates

1940 - Tony (Lee) Cloninger
baseball: pitcher: Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves [only player from National League and only pitcher to have 2 grand slams in a game: July 3, 1966], Cincinnati Reds [World Series: 1970], St. Louis Cardinals

1944 - Kevin Tighe
actor: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Newsies, Double Cross, City of Hope, Another 48 Hrs., Caught in the Act

1947 - Gretchen Corbett
actress: The Rockford Files, Jaws of Satan, Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, The Savage Bees

1948 - Kathleen Battle
Metropolitan Opera diva: performed w/NY Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris

1949 - Cliff Fish
musician: bassist: group: Paper Lace: The Night Chicago Died

1949 - Andy (Andre) Thornton
baseball: Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1982, 1984]

1949 - Bobby Clarke
Hockey Hall of Famer: Philadelphia Flyers: Hart Memorial Trophy winner [1973, 75, 76], coach, general manager

1951 - Dan Fogelberg
singer: Hard to Say, Longer, Leader of the Band, The Language of Love, Same Old Lang Syne, Run for the Roses

1952 - Don Hardeman
football: Texas A&I, NFL: Houston Oilers, TB Buccaneers, Baltimore Colts, NO Saints

1958 - Feargal Sharkey
singer: group: The Undertones: Teenage Kicks, Jimmy Jimmy, Here Comes the Summer, My Perfect Cousin, Julie Ocean, Forever Paradise, It’s Going to Happen; solo: Listen to Your Father, A Good Heart, When a Man Loves a Woman, More Love

1959 - Danny Bonaduce
actor: The Partridge Family, H.O.T.S., America’s Deadliest Home Video; disc jockey

1967 - Quinn Cummings
actress: The Goodbye Girl, The Babysitter, Night Terror, Intimate Strangers

Chart Toppers
August 13
1948
It’s Magic - Doris Day
Woody Woodpecker Song - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Gloria Wood
& The Campus Kids)
A Tree in the Meadow - Margaret Whiting
Bouquet of Roses - Eddy Arnold

1956
My Prayer - The Platters
Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera) - Doris Day
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

1964
A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
Dang Me - Roger Miller

1972
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan
Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right - Luther Ingram
Bless Your Heart - Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats

1980
Magic - Olivia Newton-John
Take Your Time (Do It Right) - The S.O.S. Band
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Stand by Me - Mickey Gilley

1988
Roll with It - Steve Winwood
Hands to Heaven - Breathe
Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
Don’t Close Your Eyes - Keith Whitley

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August 13 is . . . . Blame Someone Else Day




Originally posted by love2sing
Birthdays

August 13


1860 - Annie Oakley (Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee)
sharpshooter, performer: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show; died Nov 3, 1926

1895 - Bert Lahr (Irving Lahrheim)
actor: The Wizard of Oz, Rose Marie, Ship Ahoy, The Night They Raided Minsky’s; died Dec 4, 1967

1899 - Alfred (Joseph) Hitch****
‘The Master of Suspense’: director: Psycho, Vertigo, The Birds, Rear Window, Rebecca, To Catch a Thief, Frenzy, Notorious, Suspicion, The Thirty-Nine Steps; TV host: Alfred Hitch**** Presents; died Apr 29, 1980

1902 - Regis Toomey
actor: Change of Habit, Warlock, They Died with Their Boots On, Shadows of the Orient, The Curfew Breakers; died Oct 12, 1991

1904 - Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers
actor: Abie’s Irish Rose, Varsity, Mexican Spitfire at Sea, My Best Girl; died Apr 21, 1999

1908 - Gene Raymond (Raymond Guion)
actor: Hit the Deck, Flying Down to Rio; host: TV’s Reader’s Digest, Hollywood Summer Theatre, Fireside Theatre; died May 3, 1998

1912 - Ben Hogan
golf champion: Masters [1951, 1953], U.S. Open [1948, 1950, 1951, 1953], British Open [1953], PGA [1946, 1948]; died July 25, 1997


1919 - George Shearing
jazz pianist: September in the Rain, I’ll Take Romance, Changing with the Times; composer: Lullaby of Birdland, Conception, Consternation

1920 - Neville Brand
actor: Stalag 17, Birdman of Alcatraz, Riot in Cell Block II, Laredo; U.S. Army: 4th most-decorated [WWII]; died Apr 16, 1992

1926 - Fidel Castro (Ruz)
Cuban guerrilla/dictator

1929 - Pat Harrington
Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor: One Day at a Time [1983-84]; The Jack Paar Show, The Steve Allen Show, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Danny Thomas Show

1930 - Don Ho
singer: Tiny Bubbles; Waikiki entertainer, host: The Don Ho Show

1930 - Vinegar Bend (Wilmer David) Mizell
baseball: pitcher: SL Cardinals [all-star: 1959], Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1960], NY Mets

1935 - ‘Mudcat’ (James Timothy ‘Jim’) Grant
baseball: pitcher: Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1963], Minnesota Twins [World Series: 1965/all-star: 1965], LA Dodgers, Montreal Expos, SL Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates

1940 - Tony (Lee) Cloninger
baseball: pitcher: Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves [only player from National League and only pitcher to have 2 grand slams in a game: July 3, 1966], Cincinnati Reds [World Series: 1970], St. Louis Cardinals

1944 - Kevin Tighe
actor: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Newsies, Double Cross, City of Hope, Another 48 Hrs., Caught in the Act

1947 - Gretchen Corbett
actress: The Rockford Files, Jaws of Satan, Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, The Savage Bees

1948 - Kathleen Battle
Metropolitan Opera diva: performed w/NY Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris

1949 - Cliff Fish
musician: bassist: group: Paper Lace: The Night Chicago Died

1949 - Andy (Andre) Thornton
baseball: Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1982, 1984]

1949 - Bobby Clarke
Hockey Hall of Famer: Philadelphia Flyers: Hart Memorial Trophy winner [1973, 75, 76], coach, general manager

1951 - Dan Fogelberg
singer: Hard to Say, Longer, Leader of the Band, The Language of Love, Same Old Lang Syne, Run for the Roses

1952 - Don Hardeman
football: Texas A&I, NFL: Houston Oilers, TB Buccaneers, Baltimore Colts, NO Saints

1958 - Feargal Sharkey
singer: group: The Undertones: Teenage Kicks, Jimmy Jimmy, Here Comes the Summer, My Perfect Cousin, Julie Ocean, Forever Paradise, It’s Going to Happen; solo: Listen to Your Father, A Good Heart, When a Man Loves a Woman, More Love

1959 - Danny Bonaduce
actor: The Partridge Family, H.O.T.S., America’s Deadliest Home Video; disc jockey

1967 - Quinn Cummings
actress: The Goodbye Girl, The Babysitter, Night Terror, Intimate Strangers

Chart Toppers
August 13
1948
It’s Magic - Doris Day
Woody Woodpecker Song - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Gloria Wood
& The Campus Kids)
A Tree in the Meadow - Margaret Whiting
Bouquet of Roses - Eddy Arnold

1956
My Prayer - The Platters
Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera) - Doris Day
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

1964
A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
Dang Me - Roger Miller

1972
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan
Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right - Luther Ingram
Bless Your Heart - Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats

1980
Magic - Olivia Newton-John
Take Your Time (Do It Right) - The S.O.S. Band
Sailing - Christopher Cross
Stand by Me - Mickey Gilley

1988
Roll with It - Steve Winwood
Hands to Heaven - Breathe
Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
Don’t Close Your Eyes - Keith Whitley

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Birthdays
August 14
1863 - Ernest Thayer
writer: Casey at the Bat; died in 1940

1867 - John Galsworthy
Nobel Prize-winning author [1932]; The Forsyte Saga; died Jan 31, 1933



1926 - Buddy (Armando) Greco
singer: Mr. Lonely, The Lady is a Tramp, I Ran All the Way Home; musician: piano

1926 - Alice Ghostley
actress: Designing Women, Bewitched, Mayberry R.F.D., The Graduate, To Kill a Mockingbird, With Six You Get Eggroll

1929 - **** Tiger (Ihetu)
International Boxing Hall of Famer: world champion middleweight boxer [1962-1963, 1964], lightweight champion [1965-1968]; bouts: 81 [won 61, lost 17, drew 3, KOs 26]; died Dec 14, 1971

1930 - Earl Weaver
baseball: Baltimore Orioles manager; TV analyst: ABC’s Monday Night Baseball, playoffs, World Series; autobiography: It’s What You Learn After You Know It All that Counts

1935 - John Brodie
College Football Hall of Famer: Stanford University quarterback; San Francisco 49ers; sportscaster: NBC Sports

1937 - Joe (Joel Edward) Horlen
baseball: pitcher: Chicago White Sox [all-star: 1967], Oakland Athletics [World Series: 1972]

1940 - Dash Crofts
musician: drums, mandolin, keyboard: w/Champs: Tequila; singer: duo: Seals and Crofts: Summer Breeze, Diamond Girl, Get Closer, We May Never Pass This Way Again, You’re the Love, Hummingbird

1941 - David Crosby (Van Cortland)
musician: guitar, songwriter: singer: Immigration Man; groups: The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Teach Your Children, Woodstock; Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

1941 - Connie Smith (Meadows)
singer: Once a Day, Ain’t Had No Lovin’, The Hurtin’s All Over, Baby’s Back Again, Just One Time

1945 - Joyce Kazmierski
golf: LPGA Tour pro; LPGA teaching pro; owner: Sun Spirit Golf Tours

1945 - Steve Martin
Emmy Award-winning comedy writer: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour [1968-69]; comedian, actor: All of Me, Roxanne, L.A. Story, Parenthood, Father of the Bride, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, The Jerk, The Man with Two Brains, Three Amigos, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Saturday Night Live

1946 - Antonio Fargas
actor: Car Wash, I’m Gonna Git You ****a!, Shaft, Starsky and Hutch

1946 - Larry Graham
musician: bassist, singer: groups: Sly and the Family Stone; Graham Central Station: Your Love; solo: One in a Million, I Never Forgot Your Eyes

1946 - Susan Saint James (Susan Jane Miller)
Emmy Award-winning actress: The Name of the Game [1968-69]; McMillan and Wife, Kate and Allie, Carbon Copy, Love at First Bite, Desperate Women

1947 - Danielle Steel (Schuelein-Steel)
author: Vanished, Wanderlust, Daddy, The Ring, Secrets, Going Home

1950 - Gary Larson
cartoonist: The Far Side

1951 - Warren Capone
football: Dallas Cowboys linebacker: Super Bowl X

1952 - Debbie Meyer
International Women’s Sports and Olympic Hall of Famer: the 1st swimmer to win three gold medals at one single Olympics [1968: 200, 400 & 800-meter]; 1968 Sullivan Award-winner; AP Woman Athlete of the Year [1969]

1954 - Mark (Steven) Fidrych
‘The Bird’: baseball: pitcher: Detroit Tigers [Rookie of the Year: 1976/all-star: 1976, 1977

1956 - Jackée Harry
Emmy Award-winning actress: 227 [1987]; Sister, Sister, The Royal Family

1959 - Magic (Earvin Jr.) Johnson
basketball: LA Lakers: NBA individual record: career assists [9,921]; NBA MVP [1987, 89, 90]; Olympic Dream Team [1992]

1961 - Susan Olsen
actress: The Bradys, The Brady Bunch Hour, The Brady Bunch

1968 - Catherine Bell
actress: JAG, Mother of the Bride, Crash Dive, Black Thunder, The Time Shifters

1968 - Halle Berry
Academy Award-winning actress: Monster’s Ball [2001];: Living Dolls, Knots Landing, Boomerang, Jungle Fever, Losing Isaiah, Executive Decision, Bulworth, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, X-Men; first runner-up: Miss USA [1986]



Chart Toppers
August 14
1949

Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como
Bali Ha’i - Perry Como
Again - Doris Day
I’m Throwing Rice (At the Girl I Love) - Eddy Arnold
1957(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley
Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone
Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers

1965

I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
Save Your Heart for Me - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
The First Thing Ev’ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev’ry Night) - Jimmy
Dean

1973

The Morning After - Maureen McGovern
Live and Let Die - Wings
Brother Louie - Stories
Trip to Heaven - Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats

1981

Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfield
Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) - Joey
Scarbury
Too Many Lovers - Crystal Gayle

1989

Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
On Our Own - Bobby Brown
Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White
Timber, I’m Falling in Love - Patty Loveless

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August 14 is . . . . National Creamsicle Day

I love creamsicles.....mmmmm yummy!!

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DMan, I am afraid you and I are the only ones interested in useless trivia. Well you know what I say? Let's you and I just keep this thread going and going just to annoy everyone with it.

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2004

On this date, which eventually will be history, I am nursing thee worst hangover I have had in a long long time!!! I usually save my stirrers to keep track ( I know, how anal ) well if I glued them together, I could hang a curtain from them. This is gonna be one long day!!!!:(

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August 17th is National Thriftshop Day !

Barbra Streisand must be thrilled!

Birthdays August 17


1786 - Davy Crockett
frontiersman, soldier, defender of the Alamo; killed Mar 6, 1836 at the Alamo
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn (Schmuel Gelbfisz)
movie pioneer: the ‘G’ of MGM; Academy Award-winning producer: The Best Years of Our Lives [1946]; All Quiet on the Western Front; died Jan 31, 1974

1888 - Monty (Edgar Montillion) Woolley
actor: As Young as You Feel, Since You Went Away, The Man Who Came to Dinner; died May 6, 1963

1893 - Mae (Mary Jane) West
playwright, actress: Sextette, Go West, Young Man, I’m No Angel, Every Day’s a Holiday, Diamond Lil, Sex; actress: She Done Him Wrong, My Little Chicadee, Myra Breckinridge; autobiography: Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It; died Nov 22, 1980

1909 - Larry Clinton
bandleader: Deep Purple, My Reverie, On a Slow Boat to China; composer: The Dipsy Doodle, Satan Takes a Holiday, Tap Dancer’s Nightmare, Dusk in Upper Sandusky; died May 2, 1985

1920 - Georgia Gibbs (Fredda Lipson or Gibson)
‘Her Nibs’: singer Tweedle Dee, Dance With Me Henry [Wallflower], Kiss of Fire, Seven Lonely Days

1920 - Maureen O’Hara (FitzSimons)
actress: Miracle on 34th Street, How Green was My Valley, The Quiet Man, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1929 - Isabel Sanford
Emmy Award-winning actress: The Jeffersons [1980-1981]; Desperate Moves, Love at First Bite; died July 9, 2004

1930 - Glenn Corbett Rothenburg
actor: Shadow Force, The Stranger, All the Young Men, Shenandoah, The Violent Years, Route 66, The Road West, It’s a Man’s World, Dallas; died Jan 16, 1993

1932 - John (Red) Kerr
basketball: Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia Warriors, Baltimore Bullets; coach: Chicago Bulls: NBA Coach of the Year [1966]; Phoenix Suns

1932 - Duke Pearson
composer, band leader, musician: piano: How Insensitive; died: Aug 4, 1980

1933 - Jim (James Houston) Davenport
baseball: SF Giants [World Series: 1962/all-star: 1962]

1939 - Chico (Ron) Maki
hockey: NHL: Chicago Blackhawks

1941 - Boog (John Wesley) Powell
baseball: Baltimore Orioles [World Series: 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971/all-star: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971/Baseball Writer’s Award: 1970], Cleveland Indians, LA Dodgers

1943 - Robert De Niro
actor: Academy Award-winning actor: Raging Bull [1980], The Godfather II [1974]; Brazil, The Deer Hunter, The Untouchables, Taxi Driver, Awakenings, Cape Fear, Frankenstein, Back Draft, Search for Tomorrow; director: Bronx Tale

1947 - Gary Talley
musician: guitar: groups: Big Star, The Box Tops: The Letter, Neon Rainbow, Cry like a Baby, Choo-Choo Train, I Met Her in Church, Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March, Soul Deep

1953 - Kevin Rowland
musician: guitar, singer: group: Dexy’s Midnight Runners: Geno, There There My Dear, Plan B, Celtic Soul Brothers, Come On Eileen, Jackie Wilson Said [I’m in Heaven When You Smile], This One Last Mad Waltz, Until I Believe in My Soul, Because of You

1955 - Colin Moulding
songwriter, singer, musician: bass: group: XTC: Making Plans for Nigel, Sgt. Rock [Is Going to Help Me], Senses Working Overtime

1958 - Belinda Carlisle
musician: guitar, singer: group: The Go-Go’s: We Got the Beat, Head Over Heels, Turn to You, Heaven on Earth

1960 - Sean Penn
Academy Award-winning actor: Mystic River [2003]; Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Casualties of War, Shanghai Surprise, We’re No Angels, Carlito’s Way, Colors, Dead Man Walking

1965 - Steve Gorman
musician: drums: The Black Crowes



1970 - Donnie Wahlberg
singer: group: New Kids on the Block; brother of Marky Mark

Chart Toppers from August 17

1944

I’ll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby
Amor - Bing Crosby
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet - Ella Mae Morse
Is You is or is You Ain’t (Ma’ Baby) - Louis Jordan

1952

Walkin’ My Baby Back Home - Johnnie Ray
Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart - Vera Lynn
Half as Much - Rosemary Clooney
A Full Time Job - Eddy Arnold

1960

It’s Now or Never - Elvis Presley
Walk--Don’t Run - The Ventures
Walking to New Orleans - Fats Domino
Please Help Me, I’m Falling - Hank Locklin

1968
People Got to Be Free - The Rascals
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
Heaven Says Hello - Sonny James

1976

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
Let ’Em In -Wings
Say It Again - Don Williams

1984

Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
What’s Love Got to Do with It - Tina Turner
State of Shock - Jacksons
That’s the Thing About Love - Don Williams

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1964! The year the Beatles invaded America!

My brother was born! Happy 40th Birthday! Now that you're 40 I really feel old. Just to worn ya, your wheels should start falling off any minute now!!!! :D

[love2sing]

1968 The song "Hey Jude" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney was registered.

1994 IBM announced it would not oppose Microsoft's attempt to trademark the name "Windows."




Events
August 30


1905 - Ty Cobb appeared in his first major-league baseball game. He played for the Detroit Tigers.

1922 - The New Orleans Rhythm Kings recorded Tiger Rag, one of the most familiar ragtime jazz tunes ever. It was released on the General record label.


1951 - Screen Directors’ Playhouse was heard for the final time on NBC. The radio program had featured some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

1965 - After 40 years in baseball, Casey Stengel announced his retirement.

1968 - The Beatles recorded their first songs for their own Apple label. The initial session included the big hits Revolution and Hey Jude.

1968 - The stars came out for charity as John and Yoko Lennon hosted the One on One concert in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Among the music greats appearing were Stevie Wonder and Roberta Flack. Over $250,000 was raised to aid mentally retarded children.

1972 - President Nixon announced that John Dean had completed his investigation into the Watergate wiretapping debacle. And he added that no one from the White House was involved. Well, good. That takes care of that...

1974 - The Brady Bunch, a typical 1970s scrubbed-face American family sitcom which first aired on TV Sept. 26, 1969, came to an end on this day. This original series starred Robert Reed as the architect-widower with three sons (played by Barry Williams as Greg, Christopher Knight as Peter and Mike Lookinland as Bobby), who married a widow (Florence Henderson). The new Mrs. Brady had three daughters (played by Maureen McCormick as Marcia, Eve Plumb as Jan and Susan Olsen as Cindy). Add a nutsy housekeeper, Alice (Ann B. Davis), a family dog and cat and ABC-TV ended up with one giant TV success viewed weekly by millions of youngsters ... and their loving parents. Don’t you miss those Friday night family gatherings in front of the TV?

1984 - President Ronald Reagan, along with Red Barber, Bill Stern, Graham McNamee, Don Dunphy and Ted Husing were inducted into the Sportscasters Hall of Fame, in ceremonies at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

1986 - Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox became the first 20-game winner of the year. Clemens was the first Red Sox pitcher to achieve that feat since 1978.

1993 - Late Show with David Letterman debuted on CBS-TV. CBS remodeled the Ed Sullivan Theater (on 54th Street in New York City) for Letterman, who had just spent over a decade on NBC (Late Night with David Letterman). The first musical guest to appear on the new show was Billy Joel.

1995 - James Taylor and former wife Carly Simon got back together for their first concert together in 16 years. Livestock ’95 was a benefit performance on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusettes to raise funds for a new barn for the island’s agricultural society.

1997 - Mo Money Mo Problems, by The Notorious B. I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase, hit #1 (for two weeks) on U.S. singles charts. An entire generation fell in love to: “You tell me who flopped who copped the blue drop; Who jewels got robbed who’s mostly Goldie down to the tube sock...” and so much more.

Birthdays
August 30
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
author; died Feb 1, 1851; see Frankenstein Day [above]

1837 - Ellen Arthur (Ellen Lewis Herndon)
wife of Chester A. Arthur [21st U.S. President]; died Jan 12, 1880 [Arthur became President in 1881]

1891 - Dr. Claire Straith
cosmetic surgeon; developed many techniques of plastic surgery, designed new surgical instruments for this type of surgery; was instrumental in auto manufacturers use of safety glass; died July 13, 1958

1896 - Raymond (Hart) Massey
actor: The President’s Plane is Missing, McKenna’s Gold, How the West was Won, The Great Impostor, Battle Cry , The Naked and the Dead, East of Eden, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Dr. Kildare; died July 29, 1983

1898 - Shirley Booth (Thelma Booth Ford)
Academy Award-winning actress: Come Back Little Sheba [1952]; Hot Spell, The Matchmaker; Emmy Award-winner [1962]: Hazel ; A Touch of Grace; died Oct 16, 1992

1901 - Roy Wilkins
civil rights leader: Executive Director of NAACP; died Sep 8, 1981

1906 - (Rose) Joan Blondell
actress: The Baron, The Champ, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Public Enemy; died Dec 25, 1979

1908 - Fred (Fredrick Martin) MacMurray
actor: My Three Sons, The Caine Mutiny, Egg and I, Above Suspicion, The Apartment, The Happiest Millionaire, The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, The Miracle of the Bells; died Nov 5, 1991

1914 - Julie Bishop (Wells)
actress: Westward the Women, Rhapsody in Blue, My Hero; died Aug 30, 2001

1918 - Ted (Theodore Samuel) Williams
‘The Kid’, ‘The Thumper’, ‘The Splendid Splinter’: Baseball Hall of Famer: Boston Red Sox outfielder [World Series: 1946/all-star: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946 thru 1951, 1953 thru 1960/Baseball Writers’ Award: 1946, 1949]; died July 5, 2002

1919 - Kitty Wells (Muriel Ellen Deason)
‘The Queen of Country Music’: Country Music Hall of Famer: Jealousy, It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels, I Don’t Want Your Money, I Want Your Time, Payin’ for that Back Street Affair, Makin’ Believe, Searching, Heartbreak U.S.A., We’ll Stick Together [w/husband Johnny Wright]

1922 - Regina Resnik
mezzo-soprano: songs from Kismet

1923 - Vic Seixas
tennis champion: Wimbledon [1953]; U.S. Open [1954]

1927 - Geoffrey Beene
fashion designer

1931 - John Swigert Jr.
NASA astronaut: flew on Apollo 13: said, “Houston, we have a problem!”; died Dec 27, 1982

1935 - John Phillips
singer: group: The Mamas & The Papas: Monday Monday, California Dreamin’, Creeque Alley; songwriter: California Dreamin’, San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]; actress MacKenzie Phillips’ father; died Mar 18, 2001

1939 - Elizabeth Ashley (Cole)
actress: The Carpetbaggers, Ship of Fools, Stagecoach, Paperback Hero, Dangerous Curves, Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday, Evening Shade

1941 - John McNally
singer, musician: guitar: The Searchers: Needles and Pins, Love Potion Number 9

1942 - Coy (Lander McCoy) Bacon
football: LA Rams [1968-1972], San Diego Chargers [1973-1975]; Cincinnati Bengals [1976-1977]; Washington Redskins [1978-1981]

1943 - Jean-Claude Killy
Olympic Gold Medal skier [3]: downhill, slalom and giant slalom [1968]

1944 - Tug (Frank Edwin) McGraw
baseball: pitcher: NY Mets [all-star: 1972/World Series: 1973], Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1980/World Series: 1980]; died Jan 5, 2004

1947 - Billy Keller
basketball: Purdue Univ., Indiana Pacers [ABA league champions: 1970, 1972, 1973]

1947 - Peggy Lipton
actress: Twin Peaks, The Mod Squad

1947 - Jon (Paul) Kolb
football: Pittsburgh Steelers tackle: Super Bowl: IX, X, XIII, XIV

1950 - Mick Moody
musician: guitar: group: Whitesnake: Fool for Your Loving, Don’t Break My Heart Again

1951 - Timothy Bottoms
actor: Last Picture Show, The Paper Chase, The Other Side of the Mountain Part II, Texasville, East of Eden

1954 - David Paymer
actor: Unforgettable, Nixon, Get Shorty, City Slickers series, Mr. Saturday Night, Crazy People, No Way Out, The Commish, Downtown

1972 - Cameron Diaz
model; actress: The Mask, Head Above Water, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, There’s Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Charlie’s Angels [2000]



Chart Toppers
August 30
1949You’re Breaking My Heart - Vic Damone
Room Full of Roses - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Don Cornell)
Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como
I’m Throwing Rice (At the Girl I Love) - Eddy Arnold
1957Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone
Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis

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On this day in 1922, my dad was born. He'd be 82 today, if only he was still here! I miss him everyday!


Happy Birthday Dad!

[love2sing]

October 19 is . . . . Evaluate Your Life Day (don't know how many of us would like to do that today!)

1987-Black Monday Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%


October's Flower. Calendula (English Marigold)


1953 Ray Bradbury's novel, "Fahrenheit 451", based on his short story, "The Fireman", was copyright registered
(Hmmmm, Fahrenheit 911, coincedence?)


Opal is the modern October birthstone and the accepted gem for the 13th wedding anniversary. (so anyone coming up on #13 remember to give opals, I love opals, but can't seem to make it to 13 years married)

Events
October 19

1933 - Basketball was introduced to the 1936 Olympic Games by the Berlin Organization Committee.

1937 - A staple at checkout racks in supermarkets everywhere, Woman’s Day, was first published. It was a magazine designed expressly for the A&P store chain. After 20 years, A&P (the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) sold Woman’s Day to Fawcett Publications.


1944 - An actor who would become legend in scores of tough guy roles made his stage debut in New York. Marlon Brando appeared in the Broadway hit, I Remember Mama.

1953 - Julius LaRosa, popular singer of the time, was unceremoniously fired on the air by Arthur Godfrey. “Julie lacks humility,” Godfrey told the stunned audience, while putting his arm around LaRosa. He said, “So, Julie, to teach you a lesson, you’re fired!”

1959 - Twelve-year-old Patty Duke made her first Broadway appearance -- in The Miracle Worker. The play would last for 700 performances and become a classic motion picture, launching Patty to fame and fortune.

1970 - One World Trade Center was ready for its first tenants this day, though the upper stories were not completed until 1972. Construction had begun in 1966 and the opening of the twin towers went on from 1970 to 1973. The actual ribbon cutting was held on April 4, 1973. At 1,368 and 1,362 feet and 110 stories each, the twin towers were the world’s tallest, and largest, buildings until the Sears Tower (Chicago) surpassed them both in 1974.

1973 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced after six years and one child (Lisa Marie).

1985 - Take on Me, by a-ha, reached number one on the pop music charts. MTV was playing a-ha’s nifty Take on Me video regularly, too.

1998 - Microsoft and prosecutors for the U.S. Department of Justice and twenty states met in federal court. It was the beginning of the antitrust case against the Microsoft Corporation.

Birthdays
October 19


1885 - Charles Merrill
stock company mogul: founded Merrill-Lynch; died Oct 6, 1956

1945 - John Lithgow
Emmy Award-winning actor: 3rd Rock from the Sun [1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1998-1999]; Tony Award-winning actor: The Changing Room [1973]; Twilight Zone-The Movie, I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can, The World According to Garp, Terms of Endearment, Raising Cain, The Pelican Brief, Cliffhanger

1945 - Jeannie C. Riley (Stephenson)
Grammy Award-winning singer: Harper Valley P.T.A. [1968]; Country Girl, The Girl Most Likely, There Never was a Time, Oh Singer, Good Enough to be Your Wife

1949 - Lynn ****ey
football: Green Bay Packers quarterback


1957 - Karl Wallinger
musician: keyboards, guitar; group: World Party

1960 - Jennifer Holliday
singer; actress: Dreamgirls, Touched by an Angel, Ally McBeal

1967 - Amy Carter
First Daughter: daughter of 39th U.S. President Jimmy and Roselyn Carter



Chart Toppers


1967The Letter - The Box Tops
To Sir with Love - Lulu
Little Ole Man (Uptight-Everything’s Alright) - Bill Cosby
I Don’t Wanna Play House - Tammy Wynette

1975Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka
Calypso/I’m Sorry - John Denver
Miracles - Jefferson Starship
Hope You’re Feelin’ Me (Like I’m Feelin’ You) - Charley Pride

1983Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Making Love Out of Nothing at All - Air Supply
Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Paradise Tonight - Charly McClain & Mickey Gilley

1991Emotions - Mariah Carey
Do Anything - Natural Selection
Romantic - Karyn White
Keep It Between the Lines - Ricky Van Shelton