Doorman
05-12-2006, 01:56 PM
SATURDAY: 13,MAY 2006
THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF TAURUS
*THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGE
TODAY IS: BIRTH MOTHERS DAY:
*ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE SATURDAY BEFORE MOTHERS DAY:
This day was created by birth mothers in Seattle, Washington.
It was first celebrated in 1990. If you do celebrate this day, we suggest you use it to promote education of the issues and to show compassion and understanding to birth mothers.
The safety pin was patented in 1849 by Walter Hunt.
He sold the patent rights for $400.
The United States minted a 1787 copper coin
with the motto "Mind Your Business."
THE NAME ATARI WAS CHOSEN SO THAT CONSUMERS WOULD THINK THAT
THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-BASED COMPANY WAS JAPANESE.
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING: WHITE: NO SPECIAL EVENT
DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: York, ENGLAND:
Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS: to Unclog a drain:
Clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka- Seltzer tablets down the drain
followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.
Louis and Schmeling met in two politically-charged fights just before World War II, with Schmeling — viewed by the Nazis as a symbol of German superiority — handing Louis his first loss in 1936 and Louis rebounding with a first-round knockout two years later they remained friends until louis' death. when the u.s.government took all of joe louis' assets to pay his back taxes it was schmeling who supported him for the remainder of his life.
NOTABLE QUOTE: DENNIS RODMAN:
"Shaq is not the man. He's the man because the NBA wants him to be the man, but before you can be the man, you've got to be the man."
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1957): SO RARE- THE JIMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA
(1965): COUNT ME IN- GARY LEWIS AND THE PLAYBOYS
(1973); yOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE- STEVIE WONDER
(1978): WITH A LITTLE LUCK- WINGS
(1981): Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington, Jr./Bill Withers
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
(1989): I’ll Be There for You - Bon Jovi
Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1607): THE FIRST PERMANENT BRITIH SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED AT JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA
(1846): U.S.DECLARES WAR ON MEXICO,
2 MONTHS AFTER FIGHTING BEGAN
(1864): THE FIRST SOLDIER, A CONFEDERATE PRISONER,
WAS BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY
(1888): Ernest L. Thayer's Casey at the Bat was recited by actor, DeWolf Hopper, during the second act of the musical comedy, "Prince Methusalem",
at Wallack's Theatre in New York City. The recitation began a long association between Hopper and the famous poem. The actor once commented that he had recited the poem some 15,000 times
(1938): LOUIS ARMSTRONG RECORDS “WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN”
(1940): iN HIS FIRST SPEECH AS PRIME MINISTER, WINSTON CHURCHILL
TOLD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, “I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER BUT BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS AND SWEAT.”
(1954): “the PAJAMA GAME” STARRING JOHN RAIIT AND JANIS PAIGE
OPENS AT THE ST. JAMES THEATER
(1958): Vice President Richard Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown By anti- U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela
(1961): GARY COOPER PASSES AWAY AT AGE 60
(1967): MICKEY MANTLE HITS HIS CAREER 500TH HOME RUN, OFF STU MILLER
(1981): Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *denotes no longer with us
SAMANTHA MORTON (29) (ACTRESS: “MINORITY REPORT” ETC)
DARIUS RUCKER (40) (of "HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH")
DENNIS RODMAN (45)
STEVIE WONDER (56)
*MARY WELLS (63) (SINGER: “MY GUY” ETC.)
SENTA BERGER (65) (ACTRESS)
*RITCHIE VALENS (65)
HARVEY KEITEL (67)
ZOHRA LAMPERT (69) (ACTRESS)
*TEDDY RANDAZZO (71) (SINGER/SONGWRITER: “GOIN’ OUT OF MY HEAD” ETC)
*JIM JONES (75) (HEAD OF THE “PEOPLES TEMPLE”/DISPENSED QUITE A BIT OF KOOL-AID)
BEA ARTHUR (83)
*JOE LOUIS (92)
*DAME DAPHNE DU MAURIER (99) (NOVELIST/PLAYWRIGHT “REBECCA”)
*SIR arthur sullivan (164) (of gilbert and sullivan)
THOSE BORN ON THIS DATE WERE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF TAURUS
*THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGE
TODAY IS: BIRTH MOTHERS DAY:
*ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE SATURDAY BEFORE MOTHERS DAY:
This day was created by birth mothers in Seattle, Washington.
It was first celebrated in 1990. If you do celebrate this day, we suggest you use it to promote education of the issues and to show compassion and understanding to birth mothers.
The safety pin was patented in 1849 by Walter Hunt.
He sold the patent rights for $400.
The United States minted a 1787 copper coin
with the motto "Mind Your Business."
THE NAME ATARI WAS CHOSEN SO THAT CONSUMERS WOULD THINK THAT
THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-BASED COMPANY WAS JAPANESE.
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
TONIGHT’S EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING: WHITE: NO SPECIAL EVENT
DUMB LAWS STILL ON THE BOOKS: York, ENGLAND:
Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS: to Unclog a drain:
Clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka- Seltzer tablets down the drain
followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.
Louis and Schmeling met in two politically-charged fights just before World War II, with Schmeling — viewed by the Nazis as a symbol of German superiority — handing Louis his first loss in 1936 and Louis rebounding with a first-round knockout two years later they remained friends until louis' death. when the u.s.government took all of joe louis' assets to pay his back taxes it was schmeling who supported him for the remainder of his life.
NOTABLE QUOTE: DENNIS RODMAN:
"Shaq is not the man. He's the man because the NBA wants him to be the man, but before you can be the man, you've got to be the man."
CHART TOPPERS ON THIS DAY:
(1957): SO RARE- THE JIMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA
(1965): COUNT ME IN- GARY LEWIS AND THE PLAYBOYS
(1973); yOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE- STEVIE WONDER
(1978): WITH A LITTLE LUCK- WINGS
(1981): Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington, Jr./Bill Withers
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
(1989): I’ll Be There for You - Bon Jovi
Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
TODAY IN HISTORY:
(1607): THE FIRST PERMANENT BRITIH SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA WAS ESTABLISHED AT JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA
(1846): U.S.DECLARES WAR ON MEXICO,
2 MONTHS AFTER FIGHTING BEGAN
(1864): THE FIRST SOLDIER, A CONFEDERATE PRISONER,
WAS BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY
(1888): Ernest L. Thayer's Casey at the Bat was recited by actor, DeWolf Hopper, during the second act of the musical comedy, "Prince Methusalem",
at Wallack's Theatre in New York City. The recitation began a long association between Hopper and the famous poem. The actor once commented that he had recited the poem some 15,000 times
(1938): LOUIS ARMSTRONG RECORDS “WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN”
(1940): iN HIS FIRST SPEECH AS PRIME MINISTER, WINSTON CHURCHILL
TOLD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, “I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER BUT BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS AND SWEAT.”
(1954): “the PAJAMA GAME” STARRING JOHN RAIIT AND JANIS PAIGE
OPENS AT THE ST. JAMES THEATER
(1958): Vice President Richard Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown By anti- U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela
(1961): GARY COOPER PASSES AWAY AT AGE 60
(1967): MICKEY MANTLE HITS HIS CAREER 500TH HOME RUN, OFF STU MILLER
(1981): Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: *denotes no longer with us
SAMANTHA MORTON (29) (ACTRESS: “MINORITY REPORT” ETC)
DARIUS RUCKER (40) (of "HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH")
DENNIS RODMAN (45)
STEVIE WONDER (56)
*MARY WELLS (63) (SINGER: “MY GUY” ETC.)
SENTA BERGER (65) (ACTRESS)
*RITCHIE VALENS (65)
HARVEY KEITEL (67)
ZOHRA LAMPERT (69) (ACTRESS)
*TEDDY RANDAZZO (71) (SINGER/SONGWRITER: “GOIN’ OUT OF MY HEAD” ETC)
*JIM JONES (75) (HEAD OF THE “PEOPLES TEMPLE”/DISPENSED QUITE A BIT OF KOOL-AID)
BEA ARTHUR (83)
*JOE LOUIS (92)
*DAME DAPHNE DU MAURIER (99) (NOVELIST/PLAYWRIGHT “REBECCA”)
*SIR arthur sullivan (164) (of gilbert and sullivan)