Happy Birthday Elvis!!!
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A rope jumps into a bar. He sits down and orders a drink. The bartender says "We don't serve ropes here. Get outta here!!!" The rope angrily gets up and walks out. In his fit of rage he begins to twist himself up and gets his hair all messed up. He jumps back into the bar, sits down, and orders a drink. The bartender says "I told you we don't serve ropes in here. Are you a rope?" The rope looks at the bartender and says "I'm a frayed knot"
Today in History:
1297 - Monaco gains its independence.
1734 - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1790 - George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.
1811 - Unsuccessful slave revolt led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
1815 - War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans - Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
1867 - African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.
1877 - Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry (Montana).
1889 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine.
1900 - United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
1908 - A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
1935 - Arthur C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.
1935 - Elvis Presley, the 'King Of Rock'n'Roll, was born.
1962 - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time (National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.).
1973 - Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
1977 - Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
1996 - An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people.
Happy Birthday:
1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
Did you know this about Elvis? (according to imdb.com)
1. His autopsy detected ten different drugs in his bloodstream.
2. Is a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather, Isaiah Harrison.
3. Has sold over 1,300,000,000 albums worldwide; more than any other musical artist/group in the world, including The Beatles.
4. In April of 1955 Elvis auditioned for a spot on Arthur Godfrey's "Talent Scouts" (1948) and was turned down.
5. The book he was reading at the time of his death was "The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus" by Frank O. Adams, (Psychical Aid Foundation, USA, 1972).
6. From the time they met up until his death, Elvis always sent a roomful of flowers to Ann-Margret whenever she opened up a show in Las Vegas.
7. After seeing him in concert, Liberace suggested adding flashy costumes into his act. Elvis took his advice, and became famous for his gold lame jackets and jeweled white jumpsuits. He later reserved a seat for Liberace at many of his concerts.
8. Died with about $5 million in his bank account.
9. Elvis did not like confrontation. He wanted to fire his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, many times. He would tell his friends "Tell Parker he's fired." His friends would go tell him, then Parker would say "Tell Elvis to tell me personally". Elvis never would.
10. The lightest Elvis ever weighed, as an adult, was 170 lbs in 1960 following his discharge from the U.S. Army. The heaviest was at the time of his death, which was 260 lbs.
11. Made the first ever musical video of all time: Jailhouse Rock (1957).
12. His 1960 single "It's Now Or Never" is one of the best selling singles of all times (if not 'the' best selling single) with sales which are estimated between 25 and 30 million copies.
13. The Beatles were admirers of his work and, although John Lennon said they enjoyed his company very much, Elvis himself, ironically, thought that they were a bad influence on America's youth.
14. He was allegedly offered roles in The Rainmaker (1956), The Defiant Ones (1958), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), West Side Story (1961), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969), True Grit (1969), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), A Star Is Born (1976) and Grease (1978).
15. Angered Ed Sullivan by singing the gospel song, Peace In The Valley on his show, after Sullivan asked him not to.
16. More people watched Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii (1973) (TV) (live Via Satellite TV special) than watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
17. He only performed two concerts outside of the United States, both in Canada.
18. Recorded 33 takes of Hound Dog.
19. Passed out from exhaustion after recording If I Can Dream.
20. The last film he saw at the cinema was The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
21. Tried to get a print of Star Wars (1977) to show his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, the day before he died.
22. In 1975 he purchased a poor black East Memphis woman an electric wheel chair and picked her up and personally sat her in it. The woman's teenage daughter told Elvis she liked his car. He gave it to her and even gave her boyfriend a job.
23. Once an Opera singer attended one of his 1950s concerts and met him backstage. The singer told Elvis that he sang like a hillbilly and needed singing lessons. Elvis replied by saying - "Thanks for the advice, but how many of the thousands of people out there tonight came to hear you sing?"
24. At the time of his death in 1977, he was the second biggest selling recording artist of all time, after Bing Crosby.
25. He had two full face-lifts and rhinoplasty during the mid-1970s. On one of these visits to hospital he was accompanied by Linda Thompson.
26. In the month following his final concert at Indianapolis on 26 June 1977, he was reported to have gained a further 50 lbs in weight.
27. "Heartbreak Hotel" is based on a suicide note left in a Florida Hotel Suite that was reworked into a song.
28. Elvis topped the Forbes list of deceased highest earners for the fourth consecutive year, with earnings of $45 million in the year 2004.
29. In 1977 alone, his personal physician Dr George Constantine Nichopoulos (usually referred to as "Dr Nick") had prescribed 10,000 hits of amphetamines, barbiturates, narcotics, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, laxatives, and hormones for Presley.
30. He never wrote a song during his music career.
31.. In 1973 he was biggest tax payer in USA.
1938 - Bob Eubanks, American game show host
1942 - Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author
1946 - Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors)
1947 - David Bowie, English musician
Deaths on this day:
1935 - Jesse Presley, stillborn, born and died the same day
2002 - Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932)
Today in History:
1297 - Monaco gains its independence.
1734 - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1790 - George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.
1811 - Unsuccessful slave revolt led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
1815 - War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans - Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
1867 - African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.
1877 - Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry (Montana).
1889 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine.
1900 - United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
1908 - A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
1935 - Arthur C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.
1935 - Elvis Presley, the 'King Of Rock'n'Roll, was born.
1962 - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time (National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.).
1973 - Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
1977 - Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
1996 - An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people.
Happy Birthday:
1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
Did you know this about Elvis? (according to imdb.com)
1. His autopsy detected ten different drugs in his bloodstream.
2. Is a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather, Isaiah Harrison.
3. Has sold over 1,300,000,000 albums worldwide; more than any other musical artist/group in the world, including The Beatles.
4. In April of 1955 Elvis auditioned for a spot on Arthur Godfrey's "Talent Scouts" (1948) and was turned down.
5. The book he was reading at the time of his death was "The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus" by Frank O. Adams, (Psychical Aid Foundation, USA, 1972).
6. From the time they met up until his death, Elvis always sent a roomful of flowers to Ann-Margret whenever she opened up a show in Las Vegas.
7. After seeing him in concert, Liberace suggested adding flashy costumes into his act. Elvis took his advice, and became famous for his gold lame jackets and jeweled white jumpsuits. He later reserved a seat for Liberace at many of his concerts.
8. Died with about $5 million in his bank account.
9. Elvis did not like confrontation. He wanted to fire his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, many times. He would tell his friends "Tell Parker he's fired." His friends would go tell him, then Parker would say "Tell Elvis to tell me personally". Elvis never would.
10. The lightest Elvis ever weighed, as an adult, was 170 lbs in 1960 following his discharge from the U.S. Army. The heaviest was at the time of his death, which was 260 lbs.
11. Made the first ever musical video of all time: Jailhouse Rock (1957).
12. His 1960 single "It's Now Or Never" is one of the best selling singles of all times (if not 'the' best selling single) with sales which are estimated between 25 and 30 million copies.
13. The Beatles were admirers of his work and, although John Lennon said they enjoyed his company very much, Elvis himself, ironically, thought that they were a bad influence on America's youth.
14. He was allegedly offered roles in The Rainmaker (1956), The Defiant Ones (1958), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), West Side Story (1961), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969), True Grit (1969), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), A Star Is Born (1976) and Grease (1978).
15. Angered Ed Sullivan by singing the gospel song, Peace In The Valley on his show, after Sullivan asked him not to.
16. More people watched Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii (1973) (TV) (live Via Satellite TV special) than watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.
17. He only performed two concerts outside of the United States, both in Canada.
18. Recorded 33 takes of Hound Dog.
19. Passed out from exhaustion after recording If I Can Dream.
20. The last film he saw at the cinema was The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
21. Tried to get a print of Star Wars (1977) to show his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, the day before he died.
22. In 1975 he purchased a poor black East Memphis woman an electric wheel chair and picked her up and personally sat her in it. The woman's teenage daughter told Elvis she liked his car. He gave it to her and even gave her boyfriend a job.
23. Once an Opera singer attended one of his 1950s concerts and met him backstage. The singer told Elvis that he sang like a hillbilly and needed singing lessons. Elvis replied by saying - "Thanks for the advice, but how many of the thousands of people out there tonight came to hear you sing?"
24. At the time of his death in 1977, he was the second biggest selling recording artist of all time, after Bing Crosby.
25. He had two full face-lifts and rhinoplasty during the mid-1970s. On one of these visits to hospital he was accompanied by Linda Thompson.
26. In the month following his final concert at Indianapolis on 26 June 1977, he was reported to have gained a further 50 lbs in weight.
27. "Heartbreak Hotel" is based on a suicide note left in a Florida Hotel Suite that was reworked into a song.
28. Elvis topped the Forbes list of deceased highest earners for the fourth consecutive year, with earnings of $45 million in the year 2004.
29. In 1977 alone, his personal physician Dr George Constantine Nichopoulos (usually referred to as "Dr Nick") had prescribed 10,000 hits of amphetamines, barbiturates, narcotics, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, laxatives, and hormones for Presley.
30. He never wrote a song during his music career.
31.. In 1973 he was biggest tax payer in USA.
1938 - Bob Eubanks, American game show host
1942 - Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author
1946 - Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors)
1947 - David Bowie, English musician
Deaths on this day:
1935 - Jesse Presley, stillborn, born and died the same day
2002 - Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932)
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