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Monday, March 17, 2008

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I test drove an amazing car this weekend. Not practical at all but a ton of fun. I drove a Toyota Spyder convertible. I miss my Chrysler convertible. What a fun drive.



...and the random video of the day comes all the way from the boardwalk in Bossier City, La. Enjoy...

Today in History:
45 BC - In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.

1756 - St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).

1776 - American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery overlooking the city.

1805 - The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.

1845 - The rubber band is patented.

1901 - A showing of seventy-one Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.

1960 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

1966 - Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.

1985 - Serial killer Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker", commits his first two murders in Los Angeles, California murder spree.


Happy Birthday:
1473 - King James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)

1804 - Jim Bridger, American trapper and explorer (d. 1881)

1919 - Nat King Cole, American singer (d. 1965)

1941 - Paul Kantner, American musician (Jefferson Airplane)

1942 - John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (d. 1994)

1944 - Pattie Boyd, British photographer and model

1949 - Patrick Duffy, American actor

1951 - Kurt Russell, American actor

1955 - Gary Sinise, American actor

1964 - Rob Lowe, American actor

1967 - Billy Corgan, American musician (Smashing Pumpkins)


Deaths on this day:
45 BC - Titus Labienus, Roman leader

1040 - Harold Harefoot, King of England

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