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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

A New Outlook

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Looking back on this year, it's been a rough one. It's had great moments and horrible moments. To those of you that are close to me, you know who you are, I feel your pain and wish you the best. To those who I owe and apology or apologies, I'm truely, honestly sorry. To those of you who owe me an apology, get on your knees and beg for forgiveness. hahaha. Maybe next year will be better.


Today in History:
1192 Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna

1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1

1803 - Louisiana Purchase completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

1860 - South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States.

1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park

1880 New York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse NY

1893 1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia

1920 Bob Hope becomes an American citizen

1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early

1945 Rationing of auto tires ends in US

1951 - Nuclear power first harvested when EBR-1 powers four light bulbs. Uh Oh!!!

1952 - United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.

1957 Elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for National Service

1962 The Osmond brothers debut on the Andy Williams Show

1967 "The Graduate", starring Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft, premieres

1967 Ian Anderson & Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull

1969 Peter, Paul & Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1


1973 - The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid. Bitches

1975 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles

1990 Pentagon warns Saddam Hussein that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
1995 - An American Airlines Flight 965 Boeing 757 crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160.

1999 - Vermont's Supreme Court rules that homosexual couples are entitled to the same benefits and protections as married heterosexual couples.


Happy Birthday:
1868 - Harvey Firestone, American automobile pioneer (d. 1938)

1944 - Bobby Colomby, American musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)

1945 - Peter George Criscoula, American drummer and singer (KISS)

1957 - Mike Watt, American bassist

1966 - Chris Robinson, American singer (Black Crowes)


Deaths on this day:
1973 - Bobby Darin, American singer (b. 1936) dies of heart failure at 37
1997 Vincent Ciccone inventor (Blow-Pops candy) 81
1997 Dawn Steel film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51
1999 - Hank Snow, Canadian singer (b. 1914)



3 Comments:

At 2:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Trust me, from personal expierence, It will be better.

 
At 4:11 PM, Blogger Jane Q Doe said...

eh. i'm not so optimistic. then again, i never am. as long as i'm not still in saline when i turn 24, the year will not be a loss. if it is, i believe suicide's what i'm getting me for my birthday. either that or some slippers.

 
At 6:34 AM, Blogger Crazy B said...

I'd stick with slippers.

 

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