Nov 6

FYI: Any blue text is a link. Click to check it out!

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Nov 6, 2017 Week: 45 \ Day: 310

86004 Today: H 59° \ L 37°

Average Sky Cover: 20% 

Wind ave.:   5mph\Gusts:  25mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 72°[1934]   Record Low: 7°[1935]

Nov Averages: 50°\23°

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

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Quote of the Day

You always admire what you really don't understand.

  Blaise Pascal

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Observances Today

Color The World Orange Day  Link  

Fill Our Staplers Day 

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment

     in War and Armed Conflict

Job Action Day Link   

Marooned without a Compass Day

National Nachos Day Link

Saxophone Day

Traffic Directors Day  Link  

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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

6-10

Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link 

National Young Reader's Week Link   

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

00’s                                    

◘1528 Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas

◘1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine

1860 Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President

1861 Jefferson Davis elected to 6-year term as US Confederate President

◘1879 Canada celebrates 1st Thanksgiving Day

◘1903 USA recognizes independence of Panama

◘1913 Mahatma Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners' march in South Africa

◘1917 [OS Oct 24] Bolshevik revolution begins with bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution

1917 New York State adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections

◘1939 World War II: 'Sonderaktion Krakau' - a Nazi operation against academics, with 184 professors arrested in Krakow and deported

1945 The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down

1947 NBC's "Meet the Press" debuts - US's longest running TV show

1961 US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith (invented game of basketball - actually Canadian)

◘1962 UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa

◘1979 Ayatollah Khomeini takes over in Iran

1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award

1986 President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill

1990 Fire destroys some of Universal Studios' stages

1996 "The English Patient" based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Kristen Scott Thomas premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1997)

◘2005 The military junta of Myanmar (Burma) begins moving its government ministries from Yangon to Pyinmana.

2012 Barack Obama re-elected as US President

2012 US territory Puerto Rico votes to become a US State

2012 Elizabeth Warren becomes the first female Senator from Massachusetts

◘2016 Indian government declares levels of air pollution in Delhi an emergency situation, closing schools and construction sites

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

My Rambling Thoughts

Cool and breezy fall day.

Broncos not doing well during the first half, maybe better in the second half. (Thanks CBS, the game was switched during the 3^rd Q…not right!) Maybe the Cards will do better today. Maybe Peace will break out around the world.

Another church shooting, this time in Texas. 20+ dead, more injured. Come on…when is the right time to talk about this country’s gun violence problem.

45 needs to learn how the average American lives. When I flew to that area it was an overnight flight lasting between 13 and 16 hours. 45 got an overnight stop in Hawaii, then the flight. As big and luxurious as Air Force One, an overnight flight would have been easy. After all, he isn’t flying the plane.

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Bizarre News

*---- Sex Education ----*

An elementary school teacher committed "career suicide" after streaming a porn movie on his classroom's whiteboard, according to police in Michigan. Saginaw police said that they were called after the substitute teacher showed kids a video of a naked woman twerking and another clip of a naked man and woman performing sex acts on each other. The incident unfolded during the 6th-grade class. According to the police investigation, the teacher brought his personal computer to class. At some point, the teacher accidentally connected his laptop to the classroom whiteboard. Superintendent Nathaniel McClain said that the teacher was immediately removed from class and will no longer be allowed into the school district. He is currently looking for work as a movie producer in Hollywood.

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@87- Jonathan Harris,

actor (Dr Zachary Smith-Lost in Space)

(d. 2002)

70’s

@78- James Naismith,

Canadian-American physical educator and inventor (basketball, football helmet), born in Almonte, Ontario

(d. 1939)

@77- John Philip Sousa,

march king (Stars & Stripes Forever), born in Washington, D.C.  

(d. 1932)

@73- Peter Matz,

orchestra leader (Hullabaloo, Carol Burnett Show), born in Pittsburgh,

(d. 2002)

@71- Suleiman the Magnificent,

Ottoman Sultan and the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1530-1566), born in Trabzon, Ottoman Empire

(d. 1566)

71- Sally Field,

American actress (Forrest Gump, Gidget, Flying Nun), born in Pasadena, CA

60’s

@67- Glenn Frey,

rock vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy), born in Detroit, Michigan

(d. 2016)

62- Maria Shriver,

American newscaster (Sunday Today) and [ex]-wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Chicago

50’s

@55- James Jones,

novelist (From Here to Eternity), born in Robinson Illinois

(d. 1977)

@51- Charles Dow, A

merican journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal)

(d. 1902)

51- Peter DeLuise,

actor (21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV), born in Hollywood

40’s

47- Ethan Hawke,

actor (Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers), born in Austin, Texas

30’s

38- Lamar Odom,

American basketball player

20’s

29- Emma Stone,

American actress (Superbad, The Amazing Spider-Man), born in Scottsdale, AZ

@27- Pat Tillman,

American football player

 (d. 2004)

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Historical Obits Today

70’s

@70-1991 Gene Tierney,

American actress (Laura, Whirlpool),

emphysema

50’s

@53-1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,

Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture, Swan Lake),

suspected cholera

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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 5

FYI: Any blue text is a link. Click to check it out!

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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)

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Quote of the Day

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

what is arcane and concealed.

  Khalil Gibran

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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 

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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"

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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.

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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.

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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)

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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  

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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 4

FYI: Any blue text is a link. Click to check it out!

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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)

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

Quote of the Day

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

Henry James

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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.

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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.

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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

≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥≤≥

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…☼☼☼☼