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02-17-2006, 06:44 PM
SATURDAY: 18,FEBRUARY 2006
THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF AQUARIUS
*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: NATIONAL BATTERY DAY
What size do YOU use??
The oldest man-made building of any kind still existing is the central edifice of the 4,600-year-old mastaba (a tomb for kings) built at Sakkara, Egypt.
It was created to honor King Zoser, the first ruler of the Third Dynasty.
Captain William Driver, skipper of the brig Charles Doggett, was the first person to call the American flag "Old Glory". He made a ceremony of it in 1824.
The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names.
(COUNT THEM IF YOU LIKE...) It was published in New Haven, Connecticut,
by the New Haven District Telephone Company IN February, 1878.
TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING:
RED/WHITE/BLUE: PRESIDENT’S DAY/WEEKEND
DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: AUSTRALIA:
NO one to come closer than 100 meters from a dead whale's carcass.
BEST QUOTES OF 2005: Shaquille O'Neal
"Some of my favorite songs--and I don't know if this is the right terminology—
are white-boy classics."
NOTABLE QUOTE: HELEN GURLEY BROWN:
“GOOD GIRLS GO TO HEAVEN,BAD GIRLS GO EVERYWHERE.”
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1953): TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU- TERESA BREWER
(1961): SHOP AROUND- THE MIRACLES
(1968): I WONDER WHAT SHE’S DOING TONITE- TOMMY BOYCE AND BOBBY HART
(1969); BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP- THE FOUNDATIONS
(1977): Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
New Kid in Town - Eagles
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
(1985): Careless Whisper - Wham! featuring George Michael
Loverboy - Billy Ocean
TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1564): MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI PASSES AWAY AT AGE 88
(1735): THE FIRST OPERA PERFORMED IN AMERICA, “FLORA” (CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA)
(1841): FIRST CONTINUOUS FILIBUSTER IN U.S.SENATE BEGAN, LASTING UNTIL MARCH 11.
(1930): Pluto, the outermost planet of the solar system, was discovered BY ASTRONOMER CLYDE TOMBAUGH
(1953): “BWANA DEVIL” THE FIRST 3-D MOVIE, OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY
(1970): THE CHICAGO 7 DEFENDANTS FOUND INNOCENT OF INCITING TO RIOT
(2001): DALE EARNHARDT IS KILLED AT AGE 49, AT DAYTONA INTL. SPEEDWAY
(2003): JOHNNY PAYCHECK PASSES AWAY AT AGE 64
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
MOLLY RINGWALD (38)
DR.DRE (41)
MATT DILLON (42)
GRETA SCACCHI (46) (ACTRESS: “BEYOND THE SEA” ETC)
VANNA WHITE (49)
JOHN TRAVOLTA (52)
JUICE NEWTON (54)
JOHN HUGHES (56) (DIRECTOR:“THE BREAKFAST CLUB”“HOME ALONE”,“FERRIS BUELLER” ETC.)
CYBILL SHEPHERD (56)
YOKO ONO (73)
MILOS FORMAN (74) (DIRECTOR: “ONE FLEW OVER THE CUKOO’S NEST”, “AMADEUS” ETC)
TONI MORRISON (75) (AUTHOR)
LEN DEIGHTON (77)
JOHN WARNER (79) (REP.SENATOR VIRGINIA, EX-HUSBAND OF LIZ TAYLOR)
GEORGE KENNEDY (81)
ALLAN MELVIN (84) (CPL. STEVE HENSHAW ON THE “PHIL SILVERS SHOW”)
HELEN GURLEY BROWN (84)
*BILL CULLEN (86)
*PVT EDDIE SLOVIK (86) (The last US Solider to be exectuted for desertion,
and the only soldier to be executed for this crime during World War II. He was a member of Company G, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, and had deserted them in late October 1944, right after he had joined the division as a replacement from the US.
The division had just finished leaving the Battle of the Hurtengen Forest,
where it had taken heavy casualties. Slovik had twice confessed to deserting, in writing, and stated that if given the opportunity he would desert again.
He believed that he would only spend a few years in jail, which he would accept to avoid combat.
However, he was given the death penalty. On 31 January 1945, Eddie Slovik was executed by firing squad near the village of Ste-Marie aux Mines for the crime of desertion.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, ordered the execution during the closing days of the Battle of the Bulge, in order to deter other potential deserters.
Slovik was court-martialed for desertion under fire and sentenced to death by firing squad.
He was buried in France, in a reserved section of the American cemetery with 94 American soldiers executed for the crimes of rape and murder.
Slovik's remains were returned to Michigan in 1987, after he was pardoned by President Jimmy Carter. Forty-two years after Slovik's execution, his remains are reburied next to his wife, Antoinette.)
JACK PALANCE (87)
*PEE WEE KING (92) (SINGER/SONGWRITER: CO-WROTE “TENNESSEE WALTZ”)
*DANE CLARK (93)
*BILLY DEWOLFE (99) (CHARACTER ACTOR)
*ENZO FERRARI (108)
*GEORGE GIPP (111) (NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL PLAYER “WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER”)
*WENDELL WILKIE (114) (REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 1940)
*ADOLPHE MENJOU (116) (CHARACTER ACTOR)
*EDWARD ARNOLD (116) (CHARACTER ACTOR IN OVER 150 FILMS)
*SHOLEM ALEICHEM (147) (AUTHOR “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF” ETC.)
*MARY I TUDOR (490) (BLOODY MARY)
THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF AQUARIUS
*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: NATIONAL BATTERY DAY
What size do YOU use??
The oldest man-made building of any kind still existing is the central edifice of the 4,600-year-old mastaba (a tomb for kings) built at Sakkara, Egypt.
It was created to honor King Zoser, the first ruler of the Third Dynasty.
Captain William Driver, skipper of the brig Charles Doggett, was the first person to call the American flag "Old Glory". He made a ceremony of it in 1824.
The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names.
(COUNT THEM IF YOU LIKE...) It was published in New Haven, Connecticut,
by the New Haven District Telephone Company IN February, 1878.
TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING:
RED/WHITE/BLUE: PRESIDENT’S DAY/WEEKEND
DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: AUSTRALIA:
NO one to come closer than 100 meters from a dead whale's carcass.
BEST QUOTES OF 2005: Shaquille O'Neal
"Some of my favorite songs--and I don't know if this is the right terminology—
are white-boy classics."
NOTABLE QUOTE: HELEN GURLEY BROWN:
“GOOD GIRLS GO TO HEAVEN,BAD GIRLS GO EVERYWHERE.”
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1953): TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU- TERESA BREWER
(1961): SHOP AROUND- THE MIRACLES
(1968): I WONDER WHAT SHE’S DOING TONITE- TOMMY BOYCE AND BOBBY HART
(1969); BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP- THE FOUNDATIONS
(1977): Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
New Kid in Town - Eagles
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
(1985): Careless Whisper - Wham! featuring George Michael
Loverboy - Billy Ocean
TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1564): MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI PASSES AWAY AT AGE 88
(1735): THE FIRST OPERA PERFORMED IN AMERICA, “FLORA” (CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA)
(1841): FIRST CONTINUOUS FILIBUSTER IN U.S.SENATE BEGAN, LASTING UNTIL MARCH 11.
(1930): Pluto, the outermost planet of the solar system, was discovered BY ASTRONOMER CLYDE TOMBAUGH
(1953): “BWANA DEVIL” THE FIRST 3-D MOVIE, OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY
(1970): THE CHICAGO 7 DEFENDANTS FOUND INNOCENT OF INCITING TO RIOT
(2001): DALE EARNHARDT IS KILLED AT AGE 49, AT DAYTONA INTL. SPEEDWAY
(2003): JOHNNY PAYCHECK PASSES AWAY AT AGE 64
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *DENOTES NO LONGER WITH US
MOLLY RINGWALD (38)
DR.DRE (41)
MATT DILLON (42)
GRETA SCACCHI (46) (ACTRESS: “BEYOND THE SEA” ETC)
VANNA WHITE (49)
JOHN TRAVOLTA (52)
JUICE NEWTON (54)
JOHN HUGHES (56) (DIRECTOR:“THE BREAKFAST CLUB”“HOME ALONE”,“FERRIS BUELLER” ETC.)
CYBILL SHEPHERD (56)
YOKO ONO (73)
MILOS FORMAN (74) (DIRECTOR: “ONE FLEW OVER THE CUKOO’S NEST”, “AMADEUS” ETC)
TONI MORRISON (75) (AUTHOR)
LEN DEIGHTON (77)
JOHN WARNER (79) (REP.SENATOR VIRGINIA, EX-HUSBAND OF LIZ TAYLOR)
GEORGE KENNEDY (81)
ALLAN MELVIN (84) (CPL. STEVE HENSHAW ON THE “PHIL SILVERS SHOW”)
HELEN GURLEY BROWN (84)
*BILL CULLEN (86)
*PVT EDDIE SLOVIK (86) (The last US Solider to be exectuted for desertion,
and the only soldier to be executed for this crime during World War II. He was a member of Company G, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, and had deserted them in late October 1944, right after he had joined the division as a replacement from the US.
The division had just finished leaving the Battle of the Hurtengen Forest,
where it had taken heavy casualties. Slovik had twice confessed to deserting, in writing, and stated that if given the opportunity he would desert again.
He believed that he would only spend a few years in jail, which he would accept to avoid combat.
However, he was given the death penalty. On 31 January 1945, Eddie Slovik was executed by firing squad near the village of Ste-Marie aux Mines for the crime of desertion.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, ordered the execution during the closing days of the Battle of the Bulge, in order to deter other potential deserters.
Slovik was court-martialed for desertion under fire and sentenced to death by firing squad.
He was buried in France, in a reserved section of the American cemetery with 94 American soldiers executed for the crimes of rape and murder.
Slovik's remains were returned to Michigan in 1987, after he was pardoned by President Jimmy Carter. Forty-two years after Slovik's execution, his remains are reburied next to his wife, Antoinette.)
JACK PALANCE (87)
*PEE WEE KING (92) (SINGER/SONGWRITER: CO-WROTE “TENNESSEE WALTZ”)
*DANE CLARK (93)
*BILLY DEWOLFE (99) (CHARACTER ACTOR)
*ENZO FERRARI (108)
*GEORGE GIPP (111) (NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL PLAYER “WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER”)
*WENDELL WILKIE (114) (REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 1940)
*ADOLPHE MENJOU (116) (CHARACTER ACTOR)
*EDWARD ARNOLD (116) (CHARACTER ACTOR IN OVER 150 FILMS)
*SHOLEM ALEICHEM (147) (AUTHOR “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF” ETC.)
*MARY I TUDOR (490) (BLOODY MARY)