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I saw a very good movie this weekend. 1408 blew me away. I haven't read any reviews because they're usually wrong. I know they are just opinions but.... Anyway, my opinion is that 1408 rocks. Go see it. Can't wait to watch Transformers. I'm a geek from the 80's what can I say.
In The News:
I was browsing around for property to invest in and came upon....get this....Dracula's Castle is for sale. Let me get out my calculator.
New Git-R-Done beer named for comedian I wonder if drinking that beer will git r done?
Diana's sons pay her homage at concert and had to read every single word they said about their mother from a note in their hand. Someone didn't rehearse.
AT&T works to fix iPhone activation woes You bought a $500 phone that doesn't work. Ha ha
Curious gadget fans smash, dissect iPhones Once again..... Ha ha!!!
Price of machetes drops after elections Is there a message here? Hmmm.
Today in History:
1613 - First English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia - led by Samuel Argall.
1679 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi - led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
1776 - The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a public Declaration of Independence is not formally printed for the masses until July 4.
1776 - John Hancock signs Declaration of Independence
1777 - Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
1787 de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered
1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
1843 An alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm
1847 Envelope bearing the 1st US 10 stamps, still exists today
1850 - The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.
1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.
1890 - The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
1917 - Forty-eight die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.
1932 FDR makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
1941 - Nazi massacre of Jews in Lutsk, Ukraine. Jewish men were summoned for work, about 2000 of them were taken to the Lubart Fortress and murdered. German soldiers from rearguard units stationed in the city participated in the murder.
1947 - An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.
1955 "Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC "wasn't that lovely"
1956 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" & "Don't Be Cruel"
1962 - The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places.
1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience break up.
1979 - The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.
1980 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement
1982 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
1998 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was released to the public as the second installment to the Harry Potter book series.
2001 - AbioCor self contained artificial heart created.
2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
Happy Birthday:
1917 - Murry Wilson, American musician and producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
1934 - Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
1937 - Richard Petty, American race car driver
1939 - Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
1953 - Mark Hart, British musician (Crowded House and Supertramp)
1986 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress
Deaths on this Day:
1566 - Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)
1591 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1778 - Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
1961 - Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
In The News:
I was browsing around for property to invest in and came upon....get this....Dracula's Castle is for sale. Let me get out my calculator.
New Git-R-Done beer named for comedian I wonder if drinking that beer will git r done?
Diana's sons pay her homage at concert and had to read every single word they said about their mother from a note in their hand. Someone didn't rehearse.
AT&T works to fix iPhone activation woes You bought a $500 phone that doesn't work. Ha ha
Curious gadget fans smash, dissect iPhones Once again..... Ha ha!!!
Price of machetes drops after elections Is there a message here? Hmmm.
Today in History:
1613 - First English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia - led by Samuel Argall.
1679 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi - led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
1776 - The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a public Declaration of Independence is not formally printed for the masses until July 4.
1776 - John Hancock signs Declaration of Independence
1777 - Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
1787 de Sade shouts from Bastille that prisoners are being slaughtered
1839 - Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
1843 An alligator falls from the sky during a Charleston SC thunderstorm
1847 Envelope bearing the 1st US 10 stamps, still exists today
1850 - The self-contained gas mask is patented by Benjamin J. Lane.
1867 1st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from infection on September 19.
1890 - The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
1917 - Forty-eight die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois, as lower-paid black laborers clash with whites.
1932 FDR makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
1937 - Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
1941 - Nazi massacre of Jews in Lutsk, Ukraine. Jewish men were summoned for work, about 2000 of them were taken to the Lubart Fortress and murdered. German soldiers from rearguard units stationed in the city participated in the murder.
1947 - An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.
1955 "Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC "wasn't that lovely"
1956 Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" & "Don't Be Cruel"
1962 - The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places.
1969 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience break up.
1979 - The first U.S. coin to honor a woman, the Susan B. Anthony dollar, is introduced.
1980 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement
1982 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
1998 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was released to the public as the second installment to the Harry Potter book series.
2001 - AbioCor self contained artificial heart created.
2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
Happy Birthday:
1917 - Murry Wilson, American musician and producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1973)
1934 - Tom Springfield, British singer and songwriter (The Springfields)
1937 - Richard Petty, American race car driver
1939 - Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
1953 - Mark Hart, British musician (Crowded House and Supertramp)
1986 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress
Deaths on this Day:
1566 - Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)
1591 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
1778 - Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer
1961 - Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
posted by Crazy B @ 9:07 AM
2 Comments:
Check this out about Roswell.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287643,00.html
MS
you forgot a very special happy birthday. levi cash was born on this day in 2007. you bad pseudouncle....or fauxuncle. either or.
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