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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Jump on the Train.... Here We Go!!!!!!

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I went to church last night. Here's what happened.
In The News:
Men who do housework may get more sex That's it. I'm cleaning house when I get home.

Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher ...Right.

Camera spots wolverine in Sierra Nevada. Next week,... Bigfoot. Blessing or a curse.

Manmade flood unleashed in Grand Canyon I gotta manmade flood fer ya. he he he

Man takes car on 2,000 mile test drive You have to make sure the car fits the driver. Sounds like a good idea to me. As a matter of fact, I think I'll go for my own little test drive this afternoon.

Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die ....Well, Okay then. I won't.





I'm listening to Ringo Starr sing Photograph (written by George Harrison for Ringo) at the live Concert for George. What a great song. Gotta love Ringo.

Today in History:
1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. Where would we be without the Iranian calendar? Really? What day would it be? Today? Tomorrow? Yesterday?

1521 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.

1788 - The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.

1820 - The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.

1836 - Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo - After a 13-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort taken. Jim Bowie and Davie Crocket are killed in the conflict.








1853 - The Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata premieres in Venice.

1857 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.

1869 - Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. He stood in the Society hall and simply said "Here ya go"

1899 - Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.

1901 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.

1927 - Fritz Lang's Metropolis is released. Amazing!!!

1951 - The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.

1953 - Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Josef Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1964 - Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gives Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali meaning "beloved of Allah".

1970 - Suspected murderer Charles Manson releases Lie: The Love & Terror Cult to help finance his defense.



1981 - After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.

1987 - The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.

1992 - The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers. On Michelangeo's birthday, no less. Someone did their homework. Happy Birthday Michelangeo. He'd be 533 today.

1997 - Picasso's painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later.

2007 - United States lottery Mega Millions set a new world record for the highest jackpot ever offered of US$390 million.


Happy Birthday:

1475 - Michelangelo, Italian artist (d. 1564)

1905 - Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)

1906 - Lou Costello, American actor comedian (d. 1959)

1923 - Ed McMahon, American television personality

1927 - Gordon Cooper, astronaut (d. 2004)

1931 - Hal Needham, American stuntman. Writer and director of Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper, and Cannonball Run

1944 - Mary Wilson, American singer (Supremes)












1946 - David Gilmour, British musician (Pink Floyd)

1947 - Kiki Dee, British singer

1947 - Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer

1959 - Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian


Deaths on this Day:
1836 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman (b. 1786)

1836 - William Barret Travis, American lawyer from South Carolina and soldier (b. 1809)

1836 - James Butler Bonham, American lawyer from South Carolina and soldier (b. 1807)

1836 - Jim Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (b. 1796)

1842 - Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)

2006 - Dana Reeve, American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve (b. 1961)

2007 - Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)

1 Comments:

At 12:31 PM, Blogger Penny said...

Hey B-rad
Glad your blog is up and running again. Maybe one day I'll get back in the groove with mine.

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