7-10-11

Ø  TODAY’s “Geez”:

·        Returns tomorrow

Ø  Free Rambling Thoughts…

Lots of clouds, windy gusts on and off all day, but alas no moisture fell from the sky. I had a couple of hours outside, just enjoying the great weather. Ah, a nice little rain just started at my house. 

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The nearby Southern Baptist church is holding a kids Bible camp in the near future. I remember my days of going down the street to our neighbor’s house for their Southern Baptist Summer Bible School. I was probably seven or eight at the time. It only lasted a week, but we sang songs, played games, and did Christian themed arts and crafts.  It was fun. When these two guys showed up at my door and started to tell me, it did bring back some happy memories. One guy handed me a flyer, and told me the dates, times, and location. When he finished he said “you don’t look like anyone with kids around’, and took the flyer back, right out of my hand. I hardly considered this very Christian. In today’s world it wouldn’t be unusual for me to have grandkids living or visiting me during the summer. Our two minute conversation certainly had him making some pretty strange conclusions.  It is true that I probably would have just trashed the flyer, but he had no way of knowing that.

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News of the World is no more. I don’t think it was a big tabloid here in the US, however, I do remember seeing it at checkout stands a few years ago. Many American tabloids pushed it off those racks, I guess. I remember headlines about ‘Babies with a Martian parent’, or ‘Two headed Frog Survives, or ‘I was Abducted by a UFO’.  It was all crazy stuff, from what I could tell. Times have certainly changed since Rupert Murdock took over. His ‘News Corp’ branch which is the second largest media corporation, behind Disney, in the world.  In the US they own controlling interest in the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Fox Business News and others. They donated $1 million each to the Republican Governor’s Assoc and the US Chamber of Commerce. So the tabloid is no longer. The scary part is why Murdock closed the paper…the scandal. In order to get ‘good’ stories they illegally hacked phone voice mails.  In what I consider the worst one I’ve heard is this: There was a missing 6 year old girl in Britain. They hacked the family phone and listened to voice mails about the missing child. It was a big case and the voice mailbox of the family soon became full. So the reporters began deleting messages so the family could receive more and the reporters could listen to more. That is just sick.  Something to think about: if Murdock allowed this to happen until caught, what does he allow Fox to do until caught? His overnight closing of the paper will not stop the legal inquires, nor will it stop questions as to why the head of the tabloid is still employed by him.

Ø  Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      Which musical instrument is Dudley Moore famous for playing?

2.      Which TV evangelist did George Bush defeat to win the Republican nomination in 1988?

3.      Martina Navratilova changed nationality from Czech to what?

4.      Why would you consult Vidal Sassoon professionally?

5.      Who said "This is a dangerous and uncertain world" hours before his assassination?

6.      Who died after playing a round of golf at the La Moralejo Golf Club, Spain in 1977?

7.      Which 90s TV star's aunt starred in White Christmas?

8.      Which English princess was born the same day as athlete Carl Lewis?

9.      Which singer Sammy died of throat cancer in 1990?

10.   Which First Lady was born Mamie Doud?

11.   Which Spice nickname did Geri Halliwell have?

12.   Which jockey was called The Shoe?

13.   How is Betty Joan Perske better known?

Ø  Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

Ø  Hmmmmm…

·        Chance that a Brit who has sent a sexually explicit text message has sent one to the wrong person: 1 in 5

Ø  Somewhat Useless Information…

·        The term "cocktail" was invented in Elmsford, New York. A barmaid named Betsy Flanagan decorated her establishment with the tail feathers of cocks. One day a patron asked for "one of those cock tails." She served him a drink with a feather in it.

·        As many as 50 gallons of maple sap are needed to make a single gallon of maple sugar.

·        Chop suey was invented in the United States. Its creator was a Chinese dignitary visiting America in the 19th century. Requested by American friends to prepare an authentic Chinese meal and not having the proper ingredients, the Chinese gentleman ordered his cook to collect all available foods, pour them into a large pot, and flavor the whole thing with soy sauce.

Ø  Yeah, It Really Happened…

LINCOLN, Neb. - Police in Nebraska said a man caught streaking in the middle of a road told an officer he was "re-enacting a scene from 'Old School.'" Lincoln police said the 23-year-old man, whose name was not released, was caught running nude in the road in the neighborhood of Third and Judson streets at about 1 a.m. Monday, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Wednesday. "I'm re-enacting a scene from 'Old School,'" officers quoted the man as saying in an apparent reference to a scene from the 2003 film featuring Will Ferrell's character performing a similar stunt. Police said the officer cited the man for indecent exposure and escorted him to his nearby home, where the officer spoke to the man's 19-year-old brother. "He's an idiot," the teen said of his older sibling.

Ø  Guffaw…or at least smile…

The best answer to the question asked in an interview, "Where do you see yourself in 5 years' time?"

. . . "In the mirror as always . . "

Ø  Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

 James McNeil Whistler Biography

Ø  Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

·        1-4  International Chicken Wing Week

·        1-7  National Unassisted Homebirth Week

·        3-9  Be Nice To New Jersey Week

·        4-10 Freedom Week

  Nude Recreation Weekend

·        10-16    Sports Cliché Week

National Farriers Week

Ø  TODAY IS

·        Clerihew Day: to honor clerihew: a biographical form that begins with the subject's name (or at least contains the name in the first line). It is made up of two rhyming couplets (thus the rhyme scheme is AABB). The only other requirement of the form is that it should be light hearted or humorous.

·        Don't Step On A Bee Day [probably good advice for any day!]

·        Piña Colada Day

·        Teddy Bears' Picnic Day

·        Wyoming: Admission Day (1890: 44^th state)

·        Bahamas: Independence Day (1973 from Britain)

Ø  Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

1967 - Bobbie Gentry records " Ode to Billie Joe "

2002 - At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting  The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2 million) 

…  IN ATHLETICS

1910 - Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0

1929 - In game between Pirates & Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning

1953 - 82nd British Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 282

1982 - Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week

…  IN BUSINESS

1938 - Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours

… IN EDUCATION

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…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1836 - 900 Creek Indians from Eneah Emathla's Band, are captured. They are shipped west, in chains, to catch up to the Creeks that have already left for the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma)

1854 - According to their Indian Agent, 200 Sacs and Foxes, are attacked by a force of 1500 Comanches, Kiowas, Osage, and Apaches near Smoky Hill, 100 miles west of Fort Riley, in central Kansas. The Sac and Foxes are armed with rifles, and they prevail over their better number adversaries

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

0988 - The city of Dublin is founded on the banks of the river Liffey

1040 - Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes

1924 - Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim

… IN RELIGION

1998 - Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.

…  IN SCIENCE

1847 - Urbain J J Leverrier & John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel

1962 – Telstar , 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched

1985 - French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in NZ

…  IN US POLITICS

1778 - American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain

1850 - VP Fillmore becomes pres following Zachary Taylor's death

1861 - Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia says Union troops will not enter that state

1925 - Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial

1929 - US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency

1934 - 1st sitting US president to visit South America, FDR in Colombia

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

1914 - Saul Bellow, Quebec, novelist (Nobel 1976-Mr Samler's Planet)

1923 - Jean Kerr, novelist (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)

1834 - James A McNeill Whistler, US/British painter (Whistler's Mother)

…ATHLETES

Brent Alexander, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals) turns 40

1943 - Arthur Ashe, tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975 Wimbledon)

Roger Craig, NFL reciever (SF 49ers) turns 51

1921 - Jake LaMotta, Bronx, middleweight boxing champ (1949-51) (Raging Bull)

…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

1931 - Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma -Rebel)

Arlo Guthrie, singer (Alice's Restaurant , City of New Orleans) turns 64

1926 - Fred Gwynne, NYC, actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters)

Ron Glass, actor (Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place) turns 66

1917 - Don Herbert, scientist/TV host (Watch Mr Wizard )

Jessica Simpson, singer and popstar ("I Wanna Love You Forever," "I Think I'm In Love," and "Where You Are.") turns 31

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1920 - David Brinkley, NBC news anchor (Huntley-Brinkley)

1897 - Jack "Legs" Diamond, American bootlegger

1882 - Ima Hogg, Texas art patron/founder of Houston Symphony

…POLITICIANS

1723 - William Blackstone, England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries)

1923 - John Bradley, United States Navy corpsman, one of six who raised flag on top of Mt. Suribachi(see Iwo Jima)

…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1902 - Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950)

1921 - Harvey Ball, American inventor

Ø  Today’s Obits:

2008 - Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana dies of Hepatitis C, and cirrhosis at 69

1989 - Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81

1979 - Arthur Fiedler, orch leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84

1941 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA after asthma attack at 56

1863 - Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83

1806 - George Stubbs, British painter dies at 82

Ø  ANSWERS:

Ø  Trivia Quiz 

1.      Which musical instrument is Dudley Moore famous for playing?

a.      Piano

2.      Which TV evangelist did George Bush defeat to win the Republican nomination in 1988?

a.      Pat Robertson

3.      Martina Navratilova changed nationality from Czech to what?

a.      American

4.      Why would you consult Vidal Sassoon professionally?

a.      To do your hair

5.      Who said "This is a dangerous and uncertain world" hours before his assassination?

a.      John F. Kennedy

6.      Who died after playing a round of golf at the La Moralejo Golf Club, Spain in 1977?

a.      Bing Crosby

7.      Which 90s TV star's aunt starred in White Christmas?

a.      Rosemary Clooney, aunt of George

8.      Which English princess was born the same day as athlete Carl Lewis?

a.      Diana

9.      Which singer Sammy died of throat cancer in 1990?

a.      Davis Jr

10.   Which First Lady was born Mamie Doud?

a.      Mamie Eisenhower

11.   Which Spice nickname did Geri Halliwell have?

a.      Ginger

12.   Which jockey was called The Shoe?

a.      Bill Shoemaker

13.   How is Betty Joan Perske better known?

a.      Lauren Bacall

Ø  Close Up Picture

Ø  …AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW

7-9-11

Ø  TODAY’s “Geez”:

·        1815 - 1st natural gas well in US is discovered

·        1996 - US Senate approves 90 cent raise to $4.25 minimum wage

·        1997 - Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield's ear

Ø  Free Rambling Thoughts…

We had a morning of rain….so nice. It was raining when I got up about 6 and was still raining about 11a. It was a nice female rain most of the time, which gives it time to soak in. About 10a the clouds just opened up and dumped. This afternoon was fairly calm and the sun was a shinin’. Gotta love Flag.

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I turned on CNN and there was Nancy Grace doing a report. I am not a fan. But this is worth mentioning. We all have seen the memorial set up for Caylee near her home. Well, today, a storm came in and a bolt of lightning hit the tree at the memorial. No one was injured. Nancy has decided that ‘someone’ else is upset by the verdict. The Navajos had beliefs about lightning hit a tree. It is not a good sign for the Navajo either.

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I certainly watched the final Space Shuttle launch this morning. A friend of mine, from my BIA days, is the cousin of the scientist in charge of the fuel mechanism. Sharon and her husband were invited to watch this launch—from the closest place allowed. They were closer than the press corps. She posted a fantastic shot and will post video as soon as she figures out how to do it from her phone. They have been at the launch before, but never that close. How exciting, to be part of the history made today as the last shuttle took off.

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 I have always tried to see the big picture. At times it certainly isn’t an easy task. A classroom, a school, a district, a state or a national government can’t operate without looking at the big picture. Seems that isn’t true in TX. They executed a Mexican National without giving him a chance to contact his country. He was tried and found guilty and given the death penalty. The Obama Administration notified them that they should not execute until he was given a chance to talk to Mexico. TX didn’t listen and executed him yesterday. Today the UN notified DC that we had broken an International Accord that we had signed years ago. I happen to like that Accord. I travel outside the US at least once a year. If by some chance I am arrested in one of those countries, I know that I will have the US Embassy on my side. I also know that they will let me contact them. That may not be a sure thing in the future. Since the US doesn’t abide by the Accord they signed, others may decide that they don’t have to either. I’m all for States Rights that are listed in the US Constitution. I am not for states like TX deciding that they don’t have to follow International Accords, or for AZ when they start enforcing Immigration because they don’t like what the Feds are doing. What will happen if LA or OR decide that they want their states to go back to the lines drawn during the LA purchase or the OR territory? I wish more of our politicians KNEW the Constitution and all the amendments. If they want to change something that is in that document, there is a process. They should follow it.

Ø  Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      Which Gwen won Olympic gold on the athletics track?

2.      Kitty Kelley wrote an Unauthorized Biography about which First Lady?

3.      Which American athlete fell over during the final of the 3000 meters at the LA Olympics?

4.      Which heptathlete was born on exactly the same day as footballer Herschel Walker.

5.      How was choreographer William Busby Enos better known?

6.      What is the name of Margaret Thatcher's husband?

7.      Who was the first black tennis player to win the Australian Open?

8.      Who led a jazz band called The All Stars?

9.      Who did Cassius Clay beat to win the world heavyweight title for the first time?

10.   Who was Marilyn Monroe's last husband?

11.   Michael Flately was dubbed Lord of the what?

12.   What was boxer Joe Louis's nickname?

Ø  Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

Ø  Hmmmmm…

·        Percentage change in stales of birth control for women in the US since 2007:  +13

Ø  Somewhat Useless Information…

·        James Bond wasn't a successful book series in America until JFK included From Russia with Love on a list of his favorite books in 1961.

Bonus:

·        Casino Royale is the first Bond film not to feature a female dancing silhouette in the opening titles.

Ø  Yeah, It Really Happened…

Seattle WA: For 28-year-old Ikenna Njoku, what should have been the simple act of cashing a check turned into four days in jail and the loss of his car and job.

A year ago Njoku, a construction worker, had just purchased his first home and qualified for a federal rebate for first-time home buyers on his tax return.

He says he requested to have the rebate deposited directly into his Chase bank account in Auburn, Wash., but when the IRS rebate arrived, he found out that Chase had closed his account because of overdrawn checks. The bank deducted $600 to cover what he owed and mailed Njoku a cashier's check of $8,463.21 to make up the difference.

When Njoku arrived at the bank to cash the Chase check, he says the teller immediately became suspicious.

“When I walked in, the teller looked me up and down and asked if I worked for Chase,” he said. “She asked me questions like where did I get the check from. I sat there for half an hour while they researched the check.”

Njoku got impatient and said he would run an errand and return.

When he returned the bank was closed, so he says he called Chase's customer service, who told him to return the next day. But when he did, bank officials insisted the check was fake. The police soon arrived to arrest Njoku on forgery charges. Njoku was held in jail four nights, even though Chase called the Auburn police detective handling the case and left a message saying the arrest was a mistake, according to Njoku's lawyer. But it was that detective's day off, so Njoku stayed in jail through the weekend.

"He had two forms of valid ID, a check issued by Chase, he walked in there during normal business hours. I don't see any valid basis for suspicion in the first place," said Felix Luna, Njoku’s lawyer. The Seattle attorney took on Njoku’s case about two months ago. The story was reported this week by KING 5 News.

Njoku, who was born in Seattle and whose family is from Nigeria, says he was extremely embarrassed by the situation.

Njoku’s car, which he drove to the bank the day he was arrested, was towed and ultimately auctioned off because he couldn't pay the impound fees to get it back. Because he needed the car to get to his job, he lost the temporary construction job he had as well. Now Njoku uses his mother's car and gets construction work wherever he can find it.

Luna, who has not yet filed any litigation, said he believes the bank may have violated federal laws prohibiting discrimination in banking transactions based on race or presumed national origin.

Even after admitting its mistake, the bank did not immediately reissue another cashier's check to Njoku or give him the more than $8,000 they were retaining, Luna said. It took about a month before Njoku received the money after the Auburn police department released the original cashier's check to him.

Despite repeated efforts to contact Chase, Njoku and his lawyer said they heard from the bank for the first time this week, more than a year after the June 2010 event. Luna said a Chase lawyer contacted him Wednesday saying he would look into the case and be in touch.

Soon after the story aired on KING 5 news this week, a Chase spokeswoman issued an apology to Njoku, the station reported. That would mark the first and only apology he has received.

"This is a very unfortunate and unusual situation," Darcy Donahoe-Wilmot of Chase wrote to KING 5. "We apologize to Mr. Njoku and deeply regret what happened to him. We are working quickly to understand all the details so we can reach a fair resolution."

A manager at the Chase branch in Auburn declined further comment to msnbc.com.

Njoku now holds an account with Wells Fargo instead. He said he just wants Chase bank to fix the way they do things.

“It shouldn’t take them a day and a half to research a check,” he said.

Ø  Guffaw…or at least smile…

The photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of a great forest fire. Smoke at the scene was too thick to get any good shots, so he frantically called his home office to hire a plane.

"It will be waiting for you at the airport!" he was assured by his editor. As soon as he got to the small, rural airport, sure enough, a plane was warming up near the runway. He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, "Let's go! Let's go!"

The pilot swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air. "Fly over the north side of the fire," said the photographer, "and make three or four low level passes."

"Why?" asked the pilot.

"Because I'm going to take pictures! I'm a photographer, and photographers take pictures!" said the photographer with great exasperation.

After a long pause the pilot said, "You mean you're not the flight instructor?"

Ø  Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

The Equal Rights Amendment: Phyllis Schlafly; Ann Scott

Ø  Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

·        1-4  International Chicken Wing Week

·        1-7  National Unassisted Homebirth Week

·        3-9  Be Nice To New Jersey Week

·        4-10 Freedom Week

  Nude Recreation Weekend

Ø  TODAY IS

·        National Sugar Cookie Day

·        Bald In-Bald Out Day: to investigate the history, and medical improvements of being bald

·        Carver Day: @ George Washington Carver National Monument in MO

·        Hop A Park Day: Nat’l Parks hold special events

·        Alaska: Flag Day

·        Argentina: Independence Day (1816 from Spain)

·        Morocco: Youth Day

Ø  Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

               1956 - Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand

…  IN ATHLETICS

               1877 - 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held

1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute

1933 - Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles

1991 - South Africa readmitted to Olympics

2000 - Pete Sampras wins his 13th Grand Slam tennis title at Wimbledon

…  IN BUSINESS

               1852 - Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada & no one die

1872 - Doughnut cutter patents by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me

… IN EDUCATION

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…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1609 - Samuel de Champlain, two Frenchmen, and sixty Algonquin and Huron Indians, attack 200 Mohawks near Ticonderoga, in New York.

1716 - The Mission of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe is established for the Nacanish and Nocogdoche Indians in what becomes Texas.

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1401 - Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad

               1974 - Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election

2002 - The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa

… IN RELIGION

               1572 - 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum

1980 - 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil

…  IN SCIENCE

               1595 - Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe

1815 - 1st natural gas well in US is discovered

1910 - Walter Brookins becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude

1950 - 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska 

1957 - Discovery of element 102 (Nobelium) announced

1968 - 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)

…  IN US POLITICS

1846 - Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (SF) for US  

1846 - The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia through an Act of Congress

1978 - Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Wash DC for ERA

1987 - Col Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

1858 - Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man)

1721 - Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet

1936 - June Jordan, US playwright/poet (His Own Where)

1945 - Dean R[ay] Koontz, , sci-fi author (Star Quest, Beastchild) turns 66

…ATHLETES

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…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Chris Cooper actor turns 60

Brian Dennehy actor turns 72

1928 - Vince Edwards, actor ( Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse)

Scott Grimes actor turns 40

Tom Hanks actor turns 55

1929 - Lee Hazelwood, country singer/songwriter ( Summer Wine , Jackson )

Courtney Love  will be 47

Kelly McGillis actor (Top Gun) will be 54

Fred Savage actor turns 35

Jimmy Smits actor turns 56

Richard Roundtree, actor (Getting Even, Shaft) turns 72

John Tesh, New age pianist/TV host (ET)  turns 59

Robin Williams, comedian turns 59

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1802 - Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor

1856 - Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)

1819 - Elias Howe, invented sewing machine

1686 - Philip Livingston, American businessman and politician

…POLITICIANS

1911 - Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish cattle breeder/14^th leader of clan Fraser

1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, politician (involved in Watergate and so much more) turns 79

…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1943 - John H Casper, USAF/astronaut (STS 36, 54, 62, 77) turns 68

Ø  Today’s Obits:

2008 - Séamus Brennan, Irish politician dies after lengthy illness at 60

1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies of a heart attack at 76 1737 - de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies

1992 - Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79

2002 - Rod Steiger, American actor dies at 77

1850 - Zachary Taylor, 12th pres (1849-50), dies in White House (of bilious diarrhea, or a bilious cholera or acute gastroenteritis at 65

1988 - Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies of a stroke at 78

Ø  ANSWERS:

Ø  Trivia Quiz

1.      Which Gwen won Olympic gold on the athletics track?

a.      Torrence

2.      Kitty Kelley wrote an Unauthorized Biography about which First Lady?

a.      Nancy Reagan

3.      Which American athlete fell over during the final of the 3000 meters at the LA Olympics?

a.      Mary Decker

4.      Which heptathlete was born on exactly the same day as footballer Herschel Walker.

a.      Jackie Joyner Kersee

5.      How was choreographer William Busby Enos better known?

a.      Busby Berkeley

6.      What is the name of Margaret Thatcher's husband?

a.      Dennis

7.      Who was the first black tennis player to win the Australian Open?

a.      Arthur Ashe

8.      Who led a jazz band called The All Stars?

a.      Louis Armstrong

9.      Who did Cassius Clay beat to win the world heavyweight title for the first time?

a.      Sonny Liston, of Denver CO

10.   Who was Marilyn Monroe's last husband?

a.      Arthur Miller

11.   Michael Flately was dubbed Lord of the what?

a.      Dance

12.   What was boxer Joe Louis's nickname?

a.      The Brown Bomber

Ø  Close Up Picture

Ø  …AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW