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02-16-2006, 05:25 PM
FRIDAY: 17,FEBRUARY 2006
THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF AQUARIUS
SECURITY !!
*THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTS ARE LISTED FROM BOTTOM TO TOP
AS THEY APPEAR FROM THE STREET AND ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGE
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TODAY IS: Random acts of Kindness Day ~~~
Incan soldiers used to eat freeze-dried potatoes when they were on a march.
The Incans would leave the food outside to freeze overnight, then thaw them out and stomp on them to remove the excess water.
After his death in 896, the body of Pope Formosus was dug up and tried for various crimes.
Louis XVI of France was captured at Varennes in June 1791 while trying to flee his country. He was stopped at an inn where he tried to pay with a coin that carried his likeness.
TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING:
RED/WHITE/BLUE: PRESIDENT’S DAY /WEEKEND
DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: FARGO,NORTH DAKOTA:ONE MAY BE JAILED FOR WEARING A HAT WHILE DANCING OR WEARING A HAT TO A PARTY WHERE DANCING IS TAKING PLACE.
BEST QUOTES OF 2005: David Letterman:
"It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early --
is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?"
NOTABLE QUOTE: paris hilton:
"wal-mart; that's where they sell walls right?"
chart toppers on this day:
(1956): rock and roll waltz- kay starr
(1968): i wish it would rain- the temptations
(1978): we are the champions- queen
sometimes when we touch- dan hill
(1984): Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Joanna - Kool & The Gang
Jump - Van Halen
TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1801): After 35 indecisive ballots, the House of representatives breaks electoral college tie, and chooses Thomas Jefferson as president over Aaron Burr
(1817): baltimore,maryland becomes the first u.s. city lit by gas
(1870): esther morris appointed the first female justice of the peace
(1876): sardines are first canned (julius wolff- eastport, maine)
(1897): The forerunner of the National PTA, the National Congress of Mothers, was founded in Washington, D.C.
(1904): giacomo Puccini's opera ''Madama Butterfly'' had its world premiere at La Scala.
(1933): Newsweek magazine was first published.
(1933): U.S Senate accept Blaine Act-ending prohibition
(1933): blondie boopadoop marries dagwood bumstead IN THE COMIC “BLONDIE”
(1934): first high school drivers education course offered. (pennsylvania)
(1969): Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
PARIS HILTON (25)
*SPECTACULAR BID (30) (1979 KENTUCKY DERBY AND PREAKNESS WINNER)
JERRY O’CONNELL (32) (ACTOR: “STAND BY ME” ETC.)
DENISE RICHARDS (35)
michael jordan (43)
LARRY THE CABLE GUY (43)
lou diamond phillips (44)
rene russo (52)
dodie stevens (59) (sIngER: “tan shoes with pink shoelaces”)
Zina bethune (61) (ACTRESS/DANCER)
gene pitney (65) (SINGER: “TOWN WITHOUT PITY” ETC.)
mary ann mobley (67) (ACTRESS/MISS AMERICA 1959)
jim brown (70)
CHRISTINA PICKLES (71) (ACTRESS: MONICA & ROSS’ MOM ON “FRIENDS”)
barry humphries (72) (COMEDIAN: DAME EDITH EVERAGE)
*alan bates (72)
bobby lewis (73) (sIngER: “tossin and turnin”)
hal holbrook (81)
margaret truman DANIEL (82) (AUTHOR/ DAUGHTER OF HARRY S TRUMAN)
*tommy edwards (84) (sIngER: “it’s all in the game”)
*kathleen freeman (87) (CHARACTER ACTRESS)
raf vallone (90) (ACTOR: “GODFATHER III ETC.)
*arthur kennedy (92) (ACTOR:”LAWRENCE OF ARABIA” ETC)
*WAYNE MORRIS (92) (CHARACTER ACTOR)
*ORRIN TUCKER (95) (BIG BAND LEADER)
*red barber (98)
*CHARLIE SPIVAK (99) (BIG BAND LEADER)
*THOMAS WATSON (132) (FOUNDER OF IBM)
*montgomery ward (162)
THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF AQUARIUS
SECURITY !!
*THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTS ARE LISTED FROM BOTTOM TO TOP
AS THEY APPEAR FROM THE STREET AND ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGE
================================================== ==================
TODAY IS: Random acts of Kindness Day ~~~
Incan soldiers used to eat freeze-dried potatoes when they were on a march.
The Incans would leave the food outside to freeze overnight, then thaw them out and stomp on them to remove the excess water.
After his death in 896, the body of Pope Formosus was dug up and tried for various crimes.
Louis XVI of France was captured at Varennes in June 1791 while trying to flee his country. He was stopped at an inn where he tried to pay with a coin that carried his likeness.
TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING:
RED/WHITE/BLUE: PRESIDENT’S DAY /WEEKEND
DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: FARGO,NORTH DAKOTA:ONE MAY BE JAILED FOR WEARING A HAT WHILE DANCING OR WEARING A HAT TO A PARTY WHERE DANCING IS TAKING PLACE.
BEST QUOTES OF 2005: David Letterman:
"It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early --
is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?"
NOTABLE QUOTE: paris hilton:
"wal-mart; that's where they sell walls right?"
chart toppers on this day:
(1956): rock and roll waltz- kay starr
(1968): i wish it would rain- the temptations
(1978): we are the champions- queen
sometimes when we touch- dan hill
(1984): Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Joanna - Kool & The Gang
Jump - Van Halen
TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1801): After 35 indecisive ballots, the House of representatives breaks electoral college tie, and chooses Thomas Jefferson as president over Aaron Burr
(1817): baltimore,maryland becomes the first u.s. city lit by gas
(1870): esther morris appointed the first female justice of the peace
(1876): sardines are first canned (julius wolff- eastport, maine)
(1897): The forerunner of the National PTA, the National Congress of Mothers, was founded in Washington, D.C.
(1904): giacomo Puccini's opera ''Madama Butterfly'' had its world premiere at La Scala.
(1933): Newsweek magazine was first published.
(1933): U.S Senate accept Blaine Act-ending prohibition
(1933): blondie boopadoop marries dagwood bumstead IN THE COMIC “BLONDIE”
(1934): first high school drivers education course offered. (pennsylvania)
(1969): Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
PARIS HILTON (25)
*SPECTACULAR BID (30) (1979 KENTUCKY DERBY AND PREAKNESS WINNER)
JERRY O’CONNELL (32) (ACTOR: “STAND BY ME” ETC.)
DENISE RICHARDS (35)
michael jordan (43)
LARRY THE CABLE GUY (43)
lou diamond phillips (44)
rene russo (52)
dodie stevens (59) (sIngER: “tan shoes with pink shoelaces”)
Zina bethune (61) (ACTRESS/DANCER)
gene pitney (65) (SINGER: “TOWN WITHOUT PITY” ETC.)
mary ann mobley (67) (ACTRESS/MISS AMERICA 1959)
jim brown (70)
CHRISTINA PICKLES (71) (ACTRESS: MONICA & ROSS’ MOM ON “FRIENDS”)
barry humphries (72) (COMEDIAN: DAME EDITH EVERAGE)
*alan bates (72)
bobby lewis (73) (sIngER: “tossin and turnin”)
hal holbrook (81)
margaret truman DANIEL (82) (AUTHOR/ DAUGHTER OF HARRY S TRUMAN)
*tommy edwards (84) (sIngER: “it’s all in the game”)
*kathleen freeman (87) (CHARACTER ACTRESS)
raf vallone (90) (ACTOR: “GODFATHER III ETC.)
*arthur kennedy (92) (ACTOR:”LAWRENCE OF ARABIA” ETC)
*WAYNE MORRIS (92) (CHARACTER ACTOR)
*ORRIN TUCKER (95) (BIG BAND LEADER)
*red barber (98)
*CHARLIE SPIVAK (99) (BIG BAND LEADER)
*THOMAS WATSON (132) (FOUNDER OF IBM)
*montgomery ward (162)