brit69's blog: "this day"

23 Apr 07 - Monday 1564 William Shakespeare Stratford-on-Avon England, bard (Hamlet, MacBeth, Julius Cæsar) 1791 James Buchanan Cove Gap PA, (Federalist/Democrat), 15th US President (1857-61) 1813 Stephen Arnold Douglas [Little Giant] US Senator (Lincoln debates) 1891 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) 1928 Shirley Temple Black Santa Monica CA, child actress (Heidi)/ ambassador (UN) 1936 Roy Orbison Vernon TX, rocker (Oh Pretty Woman, Only The Lonely) 1939 Lee Majors [Harvey Lee Yearly] Wyandotte MI, TV actor (Big Valley, $6,000,000 Man, Fall Guy) 1943 Herve Villechaize France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!" (Fantasy Island) 1944 Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck] Bayonne NJ, actress (Gidget, A Summer Place, Tammy and the Doctor, Imitation of Life) 1949 Joyce DeWitt Wheeling WV, actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company) 1952 Tony Maselli (fictional character on "Who's the Boss") 1960 Steve Clark Hillsborough England, rock guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria) 1960 Valerie Bertinelli Wilmington DE, actress(One Day at a Time, Sydney)/ Mrs Eddie Van Halen 1967 Brent Muscat rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over) 0034 Christ crucified, according to Isaac Newton 1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter) 1616 William Shakespeare English author (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet), dies on his 52nd birthday 1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1860 Democratic convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery 1900 1st known occurrence of word "hillbillie" (New York Journal) 1956 US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses 1962 Stirling Moss auto racer, killed while racing at 32 1962 1st US satellite to reach the moon launched 1970 Herb Shriner humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 1975 Pete Ham rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27 1975 William Hartnell actor (Dr Who), dies at 67 1977 Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously & only loses 10 1984 AIDS-virus identified (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) 1985 New Coke debuts 1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less 1990 Albert Salmi (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62 1992 Marion Berry (former mayor of Washington DC) is released from prison 1992 McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China 1993 Mötley Crüe's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn 1993 Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy", premieres in NYC 1994 Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York 1995 Howard Cosell sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77 And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. William Shakespeare -

22 Apr 07 - Sunday SPC Marshall 1777 Henry Clay the great compromiser 19-- Mark Davis rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad) 1918 Robert Wadlow Alton IL, world's tallest man (8'11.1") 1923 Paula Fox US children's books author (Poor George) 1936 Glen Campbell Delight AR, actor/singer (Rhinestone Cowboy, By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston, Wichita Lineman) 1937 Jack Nicholson Neptune NJ, actor (As Good As It Gets, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shining) 1940 Peter Goldstein joint founder (Superdrug) 1946 Dectuplets Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females 1950 Peter Frampton Kent England, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive) 1961 Byron Allen Los Angeles CA, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show) 1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris France 1509 Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England 1793 President George Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially starts; as many as nine out of ten of these settlers had jumped the gun, earning themselves the name "Sooners" 1898 1st Spanish-American War action USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls 1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win 1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI 1955 Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust" 1967 Tom Conway actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62 1969 1st human eye transplant performed 1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources 1978 'The Blues Brothers' (Dan Akroyd and John Belushi) make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) 1993 Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington DC There's only two people in your life you should lie to...the police and your girlfriend. Jack Nicholson -

1782 Friedrich W A Fröbel Germany, educator (founded kindergarten) 1911 Leonard Warren New York NY, baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60) died on stage 1915 Frick [W Groebli] Swiss clown (Frick & Frack) 1926 Elizabeth [Alexandra Mary Windsor II] queen of England (1952- ) 1930 Don Tyson founder, Tyson Foods) 1937 Charles Lee Herron Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986) 1947 Iggy Pop [James Newell Osterberg] Ypsilanti MI, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse) 1951 Tony Danza Brooklyn, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss) 1951 Paul Carrack Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Mike + the Mechanics -All I Need Is A Miracle, Squeeze/Ace-How Long) 1956 Rick DeMont US, 400 meter swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics) 0753 -BC- Traditional date of the foundation of Rome 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from México 1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1910 Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn), dies in Redding CT at 74 1918 "Red Baron" [Manfred von Richtofen] shot down in WWI at 25 1930 Fire (set as part of an escape attempt) at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 320 1948 1st Polaroid camera is sold in US 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel", becomes #1 1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time 1968 Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt 1977 Gummo [Milton] Marx US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84 1981 US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia 1983 £1 coin introduced in United Kingdom 1992 Robert Harris murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39 1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed 1996 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76 The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. Mark Twain

Hey Everyone, Well, they've done some work on my PC and on my connection is better, so I'm gonna try this again. If ya'll are interested, please rate and leave comments. I seem to make a better board when I know ya'll are reading it... Enjoy....

Hey Everyone, There's not gonna be any more of these blogs. I thought I'd let ya know. Seems we cant keep a decent internet connection. And, to be honest, I'm tired of fighting with it. I'm barely on this sight anymore because of it. I just wanted to thank everyone that's supported this blogging thing. I'm going to keep my account. And, I'll check my messages as often as our connection will let me. But, it doesnt seem that's going to be very often. I especially want to send out a thanks to everyone in Damage Inc and the Dungeon for their support. You guys are great. I'll cya when I see ya... bri...

28 Feb 07 - Wednesday 1663 Thomas Newcomen English co-inventor (steam engine) 1820 John Tenniel England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland) 1906 Bugsy Siegel gangster created casinos in Las Vegas 1928 Smokey The Bear 1942 Brian Jones rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) 1945 Charles "Bubba" Smith Texas, NFLer (Baltimore Colts)/actor (Police Academy) 1945 Ronnie Rosman rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion) 1948 Bernadette Peters [Lazzaro] Queens NY, actress (The Jerk, Song & Dance) 1953 Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat [Richard Blood], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA) 1955 Gilbert Gottfried comedian (Beverly Hills Cop) 1955 Randy Jackson New Orleans LA, guitarist (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want) 1967 Marcus Lillington rock guitarist (Breathe-All I Need) 1692 Salem witch hunt begins 1759 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages 1847 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento 1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon WI 1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 1924 US begins intervention in Honduras 1925 "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1 1933 German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion 1933 Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD) 1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor 1968 Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 1972 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China 1977 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles CA) 1979 Mr Ed talking horse, dies 1983 Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch 1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire 1993 Gun battle erupts at Waco TX between FBI & Branch Davidians 1994 Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect 1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia 1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Henry A. Kissinger -

27 Feb 07 - Tuesday 1802 Victor Hugo France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables) 1832 John George Nicolay US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer) 1846 William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody Davenport IA, killed 4000 buffaloes 1852 John Harvey Kellogg surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry 1866 Herbert Henry Dow pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical) 1876 Pauline Musters shortest known adult (58.9 cm, 1' 11.2") 1893 Ivor A "I A" Richards English poet/critic (Meaning of Meaning) 1908 Tex Avery cartoon director (What's up, Doc?) 1916 Jackie Gleason Brooklyn NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners) 1920 Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa OK, actor (Felix-Odd Couple) 1925 James Moody US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader 1928 Antoine "Fats" Domino rhythm & blues pianist/singer (Blueberry Hill) 1932 Johnny Cash (I Walk The Line, Folsom Prison Blues, Boy Named Sue) 1943 Bob "The Bear" Hite California, singer (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country) 1947 Sandi Shaw [Sandra Goodrich], rocker (Always Something There To Remind Me) 1950 Jonathan Cain rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Bad English, Babys) 1954 Michael Bolton New Haven CT, rock vocalist 1616 Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo 1732 1st mass celebrated in American Catholic church, (St Joseph's Church, Philadelphia) 1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Philadelphia) (1st solitary) 1797 Bank of England issues 1st £1-note 1848 Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" 1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act 1869 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states 1870 Wyatt Outlaw black leader of Union League in North Carolina, lynched 1907 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1907 US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500 1916 Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract 1919 Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 1924 Trial against Hitler in Munich begins 1930 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC) 1935 Germany began Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering 1935 New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves 1935 RADAR-Radio Detection & Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt) 1936 Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen" 1936 Military coup in Japan 1941 Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (California) 1945 Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force 1952 PM Winston Churchill announces that Britain has its own atomic bomb 1954 Michigan Representative Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock & roll) records 1959 Lou Costello actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 1960 Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champion 1962 US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation 1967 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champion 1970 Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album 1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US 1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks 1984 Last US marines in multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon left Beirut 1984 Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse 1987 1st release of Beatles compact discs 1987 Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair 1990 Scott Jarvis musician (Great Expectationa), dies 1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital 1992 Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion 1993 2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die 1998 Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial What's up, Doc? Tex Avery -

26 Feb 07 - Monday 0280 Constantine the Great Roman emperor (306-37), adopted Christianity 1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Portland ME, poet (Hiawatha) 1899 Charles H Best Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer of diabetes treatment (Insulin) 1913 Irwin Shaw US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man) 1932 Elizabeth Taylor London, actress (Cleopatra) violet eyes 1934 Van Williams Fort Worth TX, actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon) 1935 Mirella Freni Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly) 1940 Howard Hesseman Salem OR, actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class) 1948 Eddie Gray rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion) 1954 Neal Schon rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English) 1957 Adrian Smith heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High) 1980 Chelsea Victoria Clinton Daughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton 1526 Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes) 1801 Washington DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction 1803 Great fire in Bombay, India 1814 Ludwig von Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres 1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans LA 1861 Warsaw Massacre Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russian rule of Poland 1864 Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumter" 1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon MO 1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine 1900 Conference in London calls for creation of a British labor party 1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote 1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath 1929 Russia & US sign trade agreement 1939 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes 1951 22nd amendment to the Constitution is ratified, limiting President to 2 terms in office 1955 Tom Howard comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66 1956 Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" 1963 Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000 1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne" 1974 "People" magazine begins sales 1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada 1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory" 1990 Exxon Corp & Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez) 1991 Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreat & Kuwait is liberated 1995 Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed) 2003 Fred[erick McFeely] Rogers [Mr. Rogers] children's television host, dies at 74 It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task. Donald Rumsfeld -

25 Feb 07 - Sunday 1901 [Herbert] Zeppo Marx New York NY, comedian/actor (Marx Brothers) 1913 Jim Backus Cleveland OH, actor (Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III) 1917 Anthony Burgess essayist/novelist (A Clockwork Orange) 1928 Larry Gelbart writer/producer/actor (Oh God!, MASH) 1937 Basia Johnson maid (inherited Johnson & Johnson fortune) 1943 George Harrison England, (My Sweet Lord, Beatles, Traveling Wilburys) 1943 Sally Jesse Raphael Easton PA, TV talk show host (Sally) 1950 Rick Flair [Richard Fliehr], wrestling champion (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA) 1957 Stuart "Woody" Wood Scotland, guitarist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night) 1965 Carrot Top [Scott Thompson], Florida, comedian 1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México 1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance 1601 Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth 1793 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home) 1836 Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm 1862 Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by President Abraham Lincoln 1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill 1899 Paul Julius von Reuter founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies 1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax 1914 John Tenniel British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93 1922 Henri-Désiré Landru French sex murderer, guillotined at 52 1932 Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship 1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen 1957 Buddy Holly & the Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" 1963 Beatles release their 1st single in US "Please Please Me" 1964 Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, TKOs champion Sonny Liston in the 7th round to win the world heavyweight championship 1969 Jan Zajic Czechoslovakian student, self incinerates 1969 Beatles begin recording for the Abbey Road album 1975 Elijah Muhammad leader of the Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 77 1982 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs 1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao 1987 US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action 1989 Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career 1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long 1991 US, barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by SCUD missile, kills 28 1993 Troy Caldwell country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 1994 Baruch Goldstein physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42 1995 Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead 1998 Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges 1998 Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich "What's the number to 911?" - anonyms -

24 Feb 07 - Saturday 1876 Victor Moore Hammonton NJ, comedian (Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch) 1885 Admiral Chester Nimitz US Admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WWII) 1921 Abe Vigoda New York NY, actor (Barney Miller, Fish) 1942 Paul Jones England, rocker (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) 1944 Nicky Hopkins rock pianist (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Jeff Beck, Quicksilver) 1946 Barry Bostwick San Mateo CA, actor (Rocky Horror Picture Show) 1946 Michael Radford director (1984, White Mischief) 1947 Lonnie Turner bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band) 1955 Steven Jobs cofounder of Apple Computer 1958 Sammy Kershaw Kaplan LA, country vocalist (Cadillac Style) 1962 Teri Weigel Ft Lauderdale FL, porn star/playmate (April 1986) 0303 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued 1803 Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs Madison) 1825 Thomas Bowdler self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies 1829 Auguste Chouteau St Louis co-founder, dies 1868 House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson 1868 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile AL) 1903 US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1917 German plan to get Mexican help in WWI exposed (Zimmerman telegram) 1917 Russian revolution breaks out 1923 Mass arrests in US of Mafia 1924 Mahatma Gandhi released from jail 1940 Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star" 1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German) 1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament 1965 Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas 1983 Tennessee Williams US playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71 1984 Iraq resumes air attack on Iran 1989 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife 1989 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found 1993 Toy Caldwell guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 1998 Henny Youngman comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92 1998 Elton John knighted I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places. Henny Youngman -