Doorman
02-06-2006, 12:28 PM
SUNDAY: 05,FEBRUARY 2006
THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF AQUARIUS
*THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGE
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TODAY IS: NATIONAL WEATHERMAN’S DAY
A chef's hat is tall and balloons at the top so as to counteract the intense heat in the kitchen.
The unique shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool.
In 1920, Eugene Debs, a Socialist, received 920,000 votes for president
of the United States even though he ran his entire campaign from prison
Sometime around 1325, the Aztecs were looking for a place to build their capital.
A priest had interpreted an omen to mean the site should be where the found
an eagle, perched on a cactus, devouring a snake.
And that's why they chose what is now Mexico City; they found the eagle eating a snake while resting on a cactus.
The scene is depicted on the Mexican flag
TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING:
red/white/blue: u.s.o. 65th anniversary
DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: AUSTRALIA:
It is illegal to walk on the right hand side of a footpath.
BEST QUOTES OF 2005: O.J. Simpson:
"I am actually for the first time looking forward to a litigation."
(AFTER surrendering to authorities on charges stemming from a December road-rage incident.
He insisted that the altercation was being "blown out of proportion.")
NOTABLE QUOTE: HANK AARON:
“IT TOOK ME 17 YEARS TO GET 3000 HITS IN BASEBALL.
I DID IT IN ONE AFTERNOON ON THE GOLF COURSE.”
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1956): SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR- BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
(1960): THE THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE- THE PERCY FAITH ORCHESTRA
EL PASO- MARTY ROBBINS
(1964): I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND- THE BEATLES
YOU DON’T OWN ME- LESLIE GORE
(1988): HUNGRY EYES- ERIC CARMEN
TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1631): BRitish clergyman Roger Williams arrived in Salem, Massachusetts,
seeking religious freedom. He founded the colony of Rhode Island.
(1916): ENRICO CARUSO RECORDS “O SOLO MIO” FOR THE VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY
(1927): BUSTER KEATON’S “THE GENERAL” IS RELEASED
(1937): CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S “MODERN TIMES” RELEASED
(1940): GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA RECORD “TUXEDO JUNCTION”
(1956): “INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS” IS RELEASED
(1967): THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR PREMIERS ON CBS-TV
(1994): WHite separatist Byron De La Beckwith
was convicted in Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963,
and was sentenced to life in prison WHERE HE DIED ON JAN 21,2001
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US:
BOBBY BROWN (37)
LAURA LINNEY (42)
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH (44)
TIM MEADOWS (45) (“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE”)
CHRISTOPHER GUEST (58 HUSBAND OF JAMIE LEE CURTIS)
Of SNL fame & of course Spinal Tap
BARBARA HERSHEY (58)
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (61)
ROGER STAUBACH (64)
HANK AARON (72)
*RUTH FERTEL (79) (FOUNDER OF RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE)
RED BUTTONS (87)
*TIM HOLT (87) (ACTOR: “TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE” ETC.)
*JOHN CARRADINE (100)
*ADLAI E. STEVENSON (106)
*SID FIELDS (108) (PLAYED SID FIELDS THE LANDLORD ON THE “ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW”)
*BELLE STARR (158)
THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF AQUARIUS
*THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGE
================================================== ==================
TODAY IS: NATIONAL WEATHERMAN’S DAY
A chef's hat is tall and balloons at the top so as to counteract the intense heat in the kitchen.
The unique shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool.
In 1920, Eugene Debs, a Socialist, received 920,000 votes for president
of the United States even though he ran his entire campaign from prison
Sometime around 1325, the Aztecs were looking for a place to build their capital.
A priest had interpreted an omen to mean the site should be where the found
an eagle, perched on a cactus, devouring a snake.
And that's why they chose what is now Mexico City; they found the eagle eating a snake while resting on a cactus.
The scene is depicted on the Mexican flag
TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING:
red/white/blue: u.s.o. 65th anniversary
DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: AUSTRALIA:
It is illegal to walk on the right hand side of a footpath.
BEST QUOTES OF 2005: O.J. Simpson:
"I am actually for the first time looking forward to a litigation."
(AFTER surrendering to authorities on charges stemming from a December road-rage incident.
He insisted that the altercation was being "blown out of proportion.")
NOTABLE QUOTE: HANK AARON:
“IT TOOK ME 17 YEARS TO GET 3000 HITS IN BASEBALL.
I DID IT IN ONE AFTERNOON ON THE GOLF COURSE.”
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1956): SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR- BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
(1960): THE THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE- THE PERCY FAITH ORCHESTRA
EL PASO- MARTY ROBBINS
(1964): I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND- THE BEATLES
YOU DON’T OWN ME- LESLIE GORE
(1988): HUNGRY EYES- ERIC CARMEN
TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1631): BRitish clergyman Roger Williams arrived in Salem, Massachusetts,
seeking religious freedom. He founded the colony of Rhode Island.
(1916): ENRICO CARUSO RECORDS “O SOLO MIO” FOR THE VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY
(1927): BUSTER KEATON’S “THE GENERAL” IS RELEASED
(1937): CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S “MODERN TIMES” RELEASED
(1940): GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA RECORD “TUXEDO JUNCTION”
(1956): “INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS” IS RELEASED
(1967): THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR PREMIERS ON CBS-TV
(1994): WHite separatist Byron De La Beckwith
was convicted in Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963,
and was sentenced to life in prison WHERE HE DIED ON JAN 21,2001
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US:
BOBBY BROWN (37)
LAURA LINNEY (42)
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH (44)
TIM MEADOWS (45) (“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE”)
CHRISTOPHER GUEST (58 HUSBAND OF JAMIE LEE CURTIS)
Of SNL fame & of course Spinal Tap
BARBARA HERSHEY (58)
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (61)
ROGER STAUBACH (64)
HANK AARON (72)
*RUTH FERTEL (79) (FOUNDER OF RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE)
RED BUTTONS (87)
*TIM HOLT (87) (ACTOR: “TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE” ETC.)
*JOHN CARRADINE (100)
*ADLAI E. STEVENSON (106)
*SID FIELDS (108) (PLAYED SID FIELDS THE LANDLORD ON THE “ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW”)
*BELLE STARR (158)