Nov 5

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Nov 5, 2017 Week: 45 \ Day: 309

86004 Today: H 59° \ L 35°

Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind ave.:   12mph\Gusts:  25mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 70°[1976]   Record Low: -1°[1922]

Nov Averages: 50°\23°

Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)

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Quote of the Day

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward

what is arcane and concealed.

  Khalil Gibran

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Observances Today

Daylight Savings Time Ends  

Gunpowder Day

Guy Fawkes Day

Play Monopoly Day  Link

Stout Day  Link

National Love Your Red Hair Day

World Tsunami Awareness Day

Zero Tasking Day 

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Observances This Week

1-7

National Fig Week

National Patient Accessibility Week

World Communication Week 

3-5

National Farm Toy Show Days

Sherlock Holmes Weekend

5-11

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link   

National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Link   

National Radiologic Technology Week Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

00’s                                    

◘1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba

◘1605 Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.

1639 First post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts

1872 American women's right to vote advocate Susan B. Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant

◘1881 1,600 police and volunteers attack Māori settlement at Parihaka in western Taranaki which had become the symbol of protest against the confiscation of Māori land, New Zealand

1895 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car

1895 US state Utah accepts female suffrage

◘1900 Under US military control since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Cuba now calls its own constitutional convention

1912 Arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage

1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt"

1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly

1940 US President FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)

◘1943 Vatican in Rome bombed by unknown source

1956 The Nat King Cole Show debuts on NBC, the first variety program to be hosted by an African-American

◘1973 Arab producers announce 25 percent cut in oil production

◘2000 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church

2009 US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (US Army Medical Corps) killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.

◘2010 Ai Weiwei is reportedly placed under house arrest by Chinese authorities because of a planned party to mark the demolition of his new studio in Shanghai 2013 Bill de Blasio is elected New York City Mayor

2015 Collins Dictionary name "binge-watch" the word of the year, followed by "transgender"

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My Rambling Thoughts

Nice quiet day. Catching up on laundry and DVR-d shows from the past few days. Wind making it a little chilly to be outside.

So 45 is off to visit some beautiful places. Hopefully, he will enjoy the beautiful places and return to this great country with a new understanding of what this world is all about. It may be the longest trip to that part of the world by any President, but then again, he has so much to learn.

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Bizarre News

*-- The Old 'I Thought It Was Trash' Defense --*

A homeowner may face a lawsuit from a woman who hurt her back while she was stealing from his property. 54-year-old Julie Ann Upright of Florida was arrested after being caught stealing decorative blocks from a house in Port Richey. Officers arrested Upright after they found 42 decorative cement blocks worth $420 in her vehicle. The homeowner told officers that Upright stole the blocks that were part of a remodeling project for his home. The blocks were placed in the family's front yard about 4 feet from the road, the owner said. Upright claimed that she thought the blocks were placed close to the sidewalk because they were trash. After she was taken into custody, Upright threatened to sue the homeowner because she injured her back on his property while loading the stolen blocks into her vehicle, police said.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@96- Will Durant,

American author/historian (Story of Civilization)

(d. 1981)

80’s

@86- Paul Sabatier,

French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

(d. 1941)

@86- Roy Rogers, (Leonard Franklin Slye)

cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show), born in Cincinnati,

(d. 1998)

@84- Joel McCrea,

actor (Marshal-Wichita Town), born in South Pasadena, CA

(d. 1990)

70’s

77- Elke Sommer, [Elke Schletz],

actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar), born in Berlin

@76- Ike Turner,

AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love)

(d. 2007)

76- Art Garfunkel,

American singer/actor (Simon and Garfunkel, Carnal Knowledge), born in New York

70- Peter Noone,

rocker (Herman-Herman's Hermits-Silhouttes)

60’s

@65- Michael Dertouzos,

Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science

(d. 2001)

65- Bill Walton,

American NBA center (Portland Trailblazers, Boston Celtics)

@61- Teddy Flack [Edwin],

Australian athlete, double Olympic gold medalist in 1896, born in London, England

(d. 1935)

61- Kris Jenner,

American TV personality (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in San Diego

50’s

54- Tatum O'Neal,

Los Aangeles California, actress (Paper Moon, Little Darlings) and ex-wife of John McEnroe

@53- Vivien Leigh,

English actress (Gone With The Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire), born in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, India

(d. 1967)

20’s

@26- Jon-Erik Hexum,

Tenafly NJ, actor (Voyager, Cover-up)

(d. 1984)

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@83-1991 Fred MacMurray,

American actor (My Three Sons),

pneumonia

70’s

@75-1977 Guy Lombardo,

orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne),

heart attack

@70-1979 Al Capp,

US cartoonist (Li'l Abner),

emphysema

60’s

@66-2010 Jill Clayburgh,

American actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough),

leukemia

@64-1942 George M Cohan,

father of musical comedy,

cancer

50’s

@57-1960 Ward Bond,

actor (Wagon Train),

heart attack

40’s

@49-1989 Barry Sadler,

singer (Green Berets),

murdered

@48-1879 James Clerk Maxwell,

Scottish physicist (speed of light),

abdominal cancer

30’s

@33-1960 Johnny Horton,

American country and rockabilly singer (The Battle of New Orleans),

car accident  

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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Nov 4

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Nov 4, 2017 Week: 44 \ Day: 308

86004 Today: H 60° \ L 39°

Average Sky Cover: 15% 

Wind ave.:   11mph\Gusts:  25mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 73°[1975]   Record Low: -1°[1922]

Nov Averages: 50°\23°

Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)

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Quote of the Day

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

Henry James

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Observances Today

Digital Scrapbooking Day 

National Chicken Lady Day

National Candy Day  Link

National Easy-Bake Oven Day

Pumpkin Destruction Day 

Sadie Hawkins Day  Link  Link

Sausage and Kraut Day

SOS Day: 3Bison Day 

Use Your Common Sense Day

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Observances This Week

1-7

National Fig Week

National Patient Accessibility Week

World Communication Week 

3-5

National Farm Toy Show Days

Sherlock Holmes Weekend

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1600’s                                 

1646 Massachusetts uses death penalty for denying that Holy Bible is God's word

1800’s                                 

◘1819 Māori Chiefs Hongi Hika and Rewa sell 13,000 acres (5260 hectares) at Kerikeri to the Church Missionary Society for 48 felling axes, New Zealand

1841 First wagon train arrives in California

1845 First nationally observed uniform election day in US

1861 University of Washington founded in Seattle

1873 Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents the gold crown

1879 African American inventor Thomas Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus

1879 James Ritty patents first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his saloon in Dayton, Ohio

1900’s                                 

1908 Brooklyn Academy of Music opens in NYC

◘1910 Russian Tsar Nicholas II visits German Emperor Wilhelm II at Potsdam; they force tentative agreements on spheres of influence in the Middle East

1914 Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete", NYC)

◘1921 The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally formed by Adolf Hitler

◘1922 Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt

1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross elected first US female governor (Wyoming)

◘1929 Richard E. Byrd, Laurence McKinley Gould and their polar expedition team begin a 2½ month, 1500-mile dog-sled journey into the Queen Maud Mountains. The first exploration of the interior of Antarctica.

1933 Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young

1939 First air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Illinois

◘1946 United Nations Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) formed

◘1948 American-born British poet T. S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature

1948 American humorist Will Rogers commemorated by US Postage Service on 3-cent stamp

◘1950 US troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea

◘1958 Angelo G Roncalli crowned as Pope John XXIII1960 "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe

◘1960 Mary Leakey and Louis Leakey discover first Homo habilis jaw fragments (OH 7) at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

◘1963 John Lennon utters his infamous line at a Royal Variety Performance "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And for the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry…" in London

1968 "Wichita Lineman" 12th album by Glen Campbell is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1969)

1994 United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83

◘1996 British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut album "Spice", goes on to sell 23 million copies

2000’s                                 

2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States

◘2015 Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canadian Prime Minister with a cabinet split equally between men and women

◘2016 Paris Agreement on climate change becomes effective

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My Rambling Thoughts

Yesterday was my Jury Duty Day. Got early and drove downtown to the parking lot next to the court. It is now a Pay To Park place, much like all of downtown. I drove a couple of blocks to a park and parked on the street. When I got inside the courthouse, I had to take off my belt to go through the metal detector. Sadly, no trip was involved. Then I got in the line to check in. When I got to the window I learn, for the first time, that I can get a free parking sign to put in my car. Oh well, the exercise was good for me. The jurors (all 64 of them) and I filled out the jury questionnaire and turned it in. We sat, and sat, and sat some more. We had to be there by 8:00am. At 9:15 we were finally called in to the tiny courtroom. When I got in, there were no empty seats. The jury box was filled, the visitor gallery was filled, and there were about 10 of us still standing. The judge started with ‘I have good news and bad news. The good news is that a plea deal has been reached and your service will not be needed. The bad news is for those who were hoping to serve on a jury, you can’t be called for another 2 years.’ Looked around to see what the case was about, but nothing posted anywhere. I have to wonder what changed the defendant’s mind…my guess is those questionnaires we filled out. We must have sounded very tough. I was out by 9:30 and home by 10a.

Somehow, this messed up my whole day. I am a creature of habit and yesterday I couldn’t get my act together at home.  Got a good night’s sleep and all is well today.

I am still shocked. 45 was interviewed on Faux yesterday. Missed it. But the excerpt shows that he has no concept of American democracy. Something about not needing others because he is the only one that counts. SMH.

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Bizarre News

A man who found himself locked overnight inside a Wisconsin store's beer cooler was cited for theft when he helped himself to some beverages.

Police said Jeremy Van Ert, 38, told officers he was shopping at the Kwik Trip store and ended up trapped in the store's cooler when employees locked it for the night at 11:50 p.m.

A Kwik Trip manager said a customer told employees about 5:50 a.m. Wednesday that there appeared to be a man locked in the cooler and he left the store in a hurry when employees opened the door.

The manager said the man had an 18 ounce bottle of Icehouse Beer and three cans of malt beverage Four Loko while locked in the cooler and had knocked over a stack of boxes, destroying three cans of beer.

The man was cited for retail theft for not paying for the beverages when he left the store. Police said Van Ert was arrested on a probation hold from an unrelated case. Police said the conditions of Van Ert's probation banned him from consuming alcohol.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@92- Walter Cronkite,

American broadcast journalist and news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81), born in St Joseph, Missouri

(d. 2009)

@90- Doris Roberts,

American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), born in St Louis, Missouri

(d. 2016)

80’s

@85- Ruth Handler [née Mosko],

American toy manufacturer (invented the Barbie doll), born in Denver

(d. 2002)

@85- Art Carney,

American actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners), born in Mount Vernon, New York

(d. 2003)

80- Loretta Swit,

American actress (Hotlips Houlihan in M*A*S*H), born in Passaic, NJ

70’s

@79- C. K. [Charles Kenneth] Williams,

American poet and translator (Pulitzer prize 2000),

(d. 2015)

@76- Martin Balsam,

American actor (Murray-Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), born in NYC,

(d. 1996)

71- Laura Bush,

U.S. First Lady 2001-09

50’s

57- Markie Post, [Marjorie],

actress (Christine-Night Court), born in Palo Alto, California

57- Charles Frazier,

American author…no relation

57- Kathy Griffin,

American comedienne (Suddenly Susan, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List), born in Chicago

57- Marc Awodey,

American artist and writer

56- Ralph Macchio,

Huntington NY, actor (Karate Kid, 8 is Enough)

@55- Will Rogers,

American humorist and actor (Judge Priest), born in Oologah, Oklahoma

(d. 1935)

55- Jeff Probst,

American television host (Survivor)

40’s

48- Matthew McConaughey,

American actor (Contact, A Time to Kill), born in Uvalde, TX

48- Puff Daddy [Sean Combs],

American rapper and record producer (Come to Me, I'll be Missing You), born in NYC

44- Steven Ogg,

voice actor (Grand Theft Auto)

42- Curtis Stone,

Australian chef and television personality

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@98-2006 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey,

American author (Cheaper by the Dozen)

@92-2011 Andy Rooney,

American radio and television writer

80’s

@88-1955 Cy Young,

American baseball pitcher and MLB all-time wins leader

@85-2014 Acker Bilk,

English clarinetist who was part of the traditional jazz revival of the 1950s and 1960s

70’s

@74-1869 George Peabody,

American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust and the Peabody Institute

@73-2005 Sheree North,

American actress and singer,

during cancer surgery

@73-1995 Yitzhak Rabin,

Prime Minister of Israel (1974-77 and 1992-95) and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner,

assassinated

60’s

@66-2008 Michael Crichton,

American author,

lymphoma

@65-2015 Melissa Mathison,

American screenwriter (E.T.),

cancer

20’s

@22-1982 Dominique Dunne,

actress (Poltergeist),

murdered by boyfriend

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

☼☼☼☼…And That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼

Nov 2

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Nov 2, 2017 Week: 44 \ Day: 306

86004 Today: H 61° \ L 35°

Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind ave.:   8mph\Gusts:  22mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 73°[1977]   Record Low: 10°[1956]

Nov Averages: 50°\23°

Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)

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Quote of the Day

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

  Ansel Adams

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Observances Today

All Soul's Day

Cookie Monster Birthday  Link  Link  

Deviled Egg Day

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists  Link

Look for Circles Day

Men Make Dinner Day 

National Men Make Dinner Day  (Must Cook. No BBQ Allowed! ) :) Link  

National Traffic Professionals Day 

Plan Your Epitaph Day

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Observances This Week

1-7

National Fig Week

National Patient Accessibility Week

World Communication Week 

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

00’s                                    

◘1698 Scottish settlers make landfall in Panama, establishing the ill-fated 'Darien Venture' colony

1835 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola

1889 North Dakota becomes 39th & South Dakota becomes 40th state in the United States

1898 Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.

◘1917 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine

◘1924 Sunday Express publishes first British crossword puzzle

◘1930 Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solomonic Dynasty

◘1936 First high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London

◘1936 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.

◘1944 Auschwitz begins gassing inmates

1947 Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose", a huge wooden airplane for the first and last time

1948 US President Harry Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas E. Dewey

1950 The Clover Dairy Company test-market the first concentrated milk (Sealtest) in the U.S. in Wilmington, Delaware

◘1953 Pakistan becomes Islamic republic

1957 1st titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio

1957 The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity, remains one of the most impressive UFO cases in American history

1959 Charles Van Doren confesses that TV quiz show "21" was fixed

1960 Penguin Books cleared of obscenity for publishing DH Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

◘1966 The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the US

◘1968 A banned march in Derry, North Ireland, by members of the Derry Citizen's Action Committee (DCAC) is joined by thousands; due to the number of people taking part, the Royal Ulster Constabulary is unable to prevent it

1976 Jimmy Carter (D) defeats Gerald Ford (R) for US President1983 US President Ronald Reagan signs bill establishing Dr Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

1988 Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab & 6 universities

1988 The Morris worm, first internet-distributed computer worm to gain mainstream media attention launched from MIT

1993 Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey

1993 Rudy Giuliani wins the New York mayoral election, becomes 1st Republican mayor since 1965

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My Rambling Thoughts

Got my shopping done and saved my 10% for being old…1^st Wed. of each month.  Nice.

Dentist visit was a success…sort of. The dentist and his assistant were great. Simple Laser filling, no shot, no pain.  Then the front office staff…new lady doesn’t know anything. Other lady has been there about 9 months. She knows tad more. Two days ago the bill was to be about $125 as it was a difficult to get to cavity. When I was ready to pay it was $45. I let her know how much I hated their billing. She checked, as the magic computer didn’t like anything they put in. Turns out, the lady there years ago ‘coded’ me wrong…and neither of them knows how to undo it. Totally incompetent. I paid the $45 and left. Still expecting a bill next month to continue the process.

Can’t understand this: After the gun violence in Las Vegas the WH and many others said it was too soon to talk about it the day after the massacre. Today 45 is talking long and loud about the massacre in NYC. Is it because of guns v vehicles? White American v Person of Color? Or something else?

And about more ‘extreme vetting’, the guy in NYC has been hear over a decade and was ‘radicalized’ during his time here. How will extrem-er vetting help that?

Happy to see that the Navajo Nation Council has stopped, again, the building of a gondola to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It would have been disastrous to the eco-system.

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Bizarre News

Woman Celebrates 94th Birthday Skydiving --*

A great-grandmother in Pennsylvania celebrated her 94th birthday by crossing skydiving off of her bucket list. Eila Campbell of Williamsport decided to take the 10,000-foot plunge because she might not "make it for another year." Campbell was joined by her granddaughter, Sara Schuelke, and great-granddaughter Jess Fox for the dive over Hazleton. "This was her bucket list and there was no way I was missing the most incredible matriarch jumping for one of the greatest families," Schuelke said. "I wasn't going to miss it." Campbell was thrilled by the experience and said said it won't be her last time skydiving. "The free fall is kind of a 'wow.' The wind is so terrific. It was great and I loved it. I'll do it again," she said.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@86- Ray Walston,

actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees), born in New Orleans,

(d. 2001)

@85- Daniel Boone,

American frontiersman and explorer (US Hall of Fame 1915), born in Reading, Pennsylvania

(d. 1820)

@80- Burt Lancaster,

American actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry), born in NYC,

(d. 1994)

70’s

79- Aga Khan III,

Shia Imam who was one of the founders of the All-India Muslim League and later President of the League of Nations (1937-38), born in Karachi, British India

(d. 1957)

75- Stefanie Powers,

actress (Girl From UNCLE, Hart to Hart), born in Hollywood

60’s

65- Larry Fink [Laurence Douglas Fink],

American chairman and CEO of BlackRock, born in Los Angeles

50’s

@57- Warren G. Harding,

29th US President (1921-23), born in Blooming Grove, Ohio

(d. 1923)

56- K.D. Lang [Kathy Dawn],

 Canadian country singer, born in Consort, Alberta

53- James Knox Polk,

11th US President (Democrat: 1845-49), born in Pineville, North Carolina

(d. 1849)

50- Scott Walker,

US politician (Governor of Wisconsin 2011-), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado

40’s

43- Nelly [Cornell Haynes Jr.],

American rapper, born in Austin, Texas

30’s

@37- Marie Antoinette,

Queen of France (1774-92) who allegedly uttered the phrase "let them eat cake", born in Vienna, Austria

(d. 1793)

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Historical Obits Today

0’s

@73-1941 Simon Guggenheim,

American businessman and philanthropist

@94-1950 George Bernard Shaw,

Irish author (Pygmalion)

@66-1961 James Thurber,

humorist (The Male Animal),

complications of blood clot

@62-1963 Ngô Đình Diệm,

President and authoritarian leader of South Vietnam (1954-63),

assassinated in a coup

@66-1986 Paul Frees [Solomon Hersh Frees],

 American voice actor (voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show),

heart failure

@81-1994 Noah Beery Jr,

American actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot, Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun)

@75-1996 Toni Stone,

first woman to play professional baseball in a men's league

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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