Sep 10

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Sep 10, 2017 Week: 37 \ Day: 253

86004 Today: H 71° \ L 54°

Average Sky Cover: 80% 

Wind ave:   0mph\Gusts:  --mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Sep Averages: 74°\42°

Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20°(1912)

Record High: 87°[1990]   Record Low: 28°[1912]

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Quote of the Day

Give me a lever long enough

and a fulcrum on which to place it,

and I shall move the world.

Archimedes

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Observances Today

Grandparent's Day 

National Hug Your Hound Day 

National Pet Memorial Day Link 

Sewing Machine Day

Swap Ideas Day

(World) Suicide Prevention Day  Link

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Observances This Week

4-10

Suicide Prevention Week 

8-10

Prayer & Remembrance 

9-11

Mushroom Days 

9-17

International Air Ambulance Week  Link

10-16 Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week

International Housekeepers Week Link

Line Dance Week  

National Assisted Living Week  

National Environmental Services Week Link

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

★  Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1300’s                                 

★1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death

1600’s                                 

1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va

1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii

1800’s                                 

★1869 Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan

★1872 Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam

1900’s                                 

1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway

1918 Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers

1919 NYC welcomes home Gen John J Pershing & 25,000 WW I soldiers

★1919 China becomes a member of the League of Nations

★1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations

1932 Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in NYC

★1940 Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb

1953 Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner"

1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV

1963 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama

★1964 Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms

1966 Neal Diamond's 1st chart song (Cherry Cherry)

★1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR

1972 Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)

1984 Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across the US (24 days)

★1988 -18] Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas & Yucatan

1991 Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination

1993 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo plane produced

1993 "The X-Files", created by Chris Carter and starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson debuts on Fox

2000’s                                 

2012 Teachers in Chicago strike affecting 350,000 students

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My Rambling Thoughts

Light rain most of the night and into midday. Ain’t complaining one bit.

Now that I have recovered:

I’ve been hearing and reading stories about price gouging during the hurricanes. Those on the right, those for free enterprise, and those with no morality are having a great time. So sick. As for those who want less government, remember this could happen to you or your family. I work hard every day not to be greedy and to help those with less than I have.

This gouging hurts all who need supplies but mostly hurt the poor and elderly. I’ve read checked stories where American, Delta, and other airlines are charging up to $3000 for a one-way ticket that was $189 last month. Some in Florida are seeing $35/gal fuel. We see lots of pallets of water being brought in. Yet some businesses and some individuals are selling those $1 for up to $10.

I hope when the emergency is over that the news media talk to people and lawmakers about this sad part of America. In the last few days, Florida officials have revived 7000 complaints about gouging of essentials. One week ago the count was 3000. Expose them now.

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Bizarre News

Your Wife Is Cheating? Get indicted for Burglary

37-year-old Sean Donis of New Jersey said that his wife Nancy, asked him to care for their son, now 5, while she went out for dinner with friends in Elizabeth. While watching his son, Donis was looking for his son's iPad. He activated the Find My iPhone app on the iPad, and he realized that it had traveled across Rockland County, New York. Donis decided to travel to the location as he had suspected Nancy of cheating and he wanted to catch her red-handed. Donis drove to the home of his wife's boss and found her vehicle parked in his driveway. The heartbroken husband walked into the home through an unlocked door and went to the upstairs bedroom. There he found his wife naked in bed with her boss. Nancy jumped out of the bed while her boss ordered Donis out of his home. He left armed with his 35-second video proof of her cheating. Nancy subsequently filed for divorce and the couple's 6-year marriage ended in February. Recently, Donis was notified that he was indicted by a grand jury on charges of unlawful surveillance and felony burglary over the cheating incident.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@87- Arnold Palmer,

American golfing great (4x Masters), born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania

 (d. 2016)

84- Karl Lagerfeld,

Fashion Designer

70’s

72- Jose Feliciano,

Lares, Puerto Rican singer/songwriter (Light my Fire)

60’s

68- Bill O'Reilly,

American TV host host and commentator (The O'Reilly Factor), born in NYC

67- Joe Perry,

Lawrence, Massachusetts, American rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Walk this Way)

50’s

57- Colin Firth,

English actor (Bridget Jones' Diary, The King's Speech), born in Grayshott Hampshire

@51- Roger Maris,

American baseball player and HR champion (61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961), born in Hibbing, Minnesota

(d. 1985)

40’s

@44- Maria Theresa of Spain,

Queen of Louis XIV of France, born in El Escorial, Spain

(d. 1683)

43- Ryan Phillippe,

American actor

30’s

35- Misty Copeland,

American ballerina (1st African American Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre), born in Kansas City Missouri

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@90-2007 Jane Wyman,

American actress (The Yearling & Johnny Belinda)

80’s

@88-2011 Cliff Robertson,

American actor (Charly)

@85-1748 Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo,

foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, born in Philippines

70’s

@70-1991 Yves Montand,

actor (Lets Make Love, Z), heart attack

20’s

@28-1977 Hamida Djandoubi,

Tunisian convicted murderer who was the last person to be executed in Western Europe, is beheaded in Marseille by guillotine

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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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Sep 9

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Sep 9, 2017 Week: 36 \ Day: 252

86004 Today: H 82° \ L 50°

Average Sky Cover: 60% 

Wind ave:   6mph\Gusts:  18mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Sep Averages: 74°\42°

Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20°(1912)

Record High: 87°[1977]   Record Low: 31°[2007]

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Quote of the Day

Color is my day-long obsession, joy, and torment.

  Claude Monet

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Observances Today

Banana Day Link   

Care Bears Share Your Care Day  Link

Grandparent's Day

International Buy A Priest A Beer Day Link

International Drive Your Studebaker Day  

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Day Link

Farmers' Consumer Awareness Day  Link

National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children Link 

National Hollerin' Day Link 

National Iguana Awareness Day Link    

National Pet Memorial Day

Opposite Day (Do the Opposite of What You Normally Do. Breathing, living, etc. is the exception)  Link (SpongeBob Squarepants)

Prairie Day   

Teddy Bear Day

Wonderful Weirdoes Day

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Observances This Week

3-9

National Waffle Week 

Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week 

4-10

Suicide Prevention Week 

5-9

Play Days 

Minimally Invasive Surgery Week  Link

7-9

Popcorn Days: 7-9 Link

National Days

8-10

Prayer & Remembrance 

9-11

Mushroom Days 

9-17

International Air Ambulance Week  Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

★  Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s                                 

★1543 Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling

1700’s                                 

★1753 1st steam engine arrives in North American colonies

1776 Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies)

1800’s                                 

★1867 Luxembourg gains independence

1900’s                                 

1904 Mounted police 1st used in NYC

1908 Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va

1942 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes

1945 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log

1956 Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the 1st time

1957 US President Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction

1963 Alabama Governor George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools

★1965 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China

1966 The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1971 1,000 convicts riot & seize Attica, NY prison

★1971 John Lennon releases his "Imagine" album

★1976 New Zealand government establishes the country’s first centralized electronic database through the Wanganui Computer Act, raising questions about the state’s ability to gather information on its citizens

1985 President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa2010 A court in the Philippines orders Imelda Marcos to repay the government almost $280,000 for funds taken from the National Food Authority by Ferdinand Marcos in 1983

2000’s                                 

★2015 Queen Elizabeth II becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning monarch at 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria

2015 Apple unveils the iPad Pro and iPhone 6S in San Francisco

★2016 North Korea conducts nuclear test at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, largest ever test at 10 kilotons

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My Rambling Thoughts

A strange couple of days. Yesterday our power company shut off power for 5 hours to give us new electricity. Guess the old electricity was tired. Oh, and they just raised our rates and ‘gave’ us better electricity. Then about 2 hours after the power returned, the cable company lost most channels for 3 hours. I called to find out why and an automated voice said they would call me when the video was repaired. They did.

I saw the Dr. this morning and have been ‘released’, told to finish the antibiotic, eat lots of fiber, and enjoy life. That’s my plan too.  And I checked on shots for my Amazon trip. Turns out there is a Passport Health here in Flag and they offer all the shots. I’ll check them out as soon as I know the exact list from Tumlare.

As I was leaving the Dr. a colleague from Kayenta, where I was Acting Principal for a year, was coming in. Her husband, who helped me immensely while I was acting was seeing my Dr. We chatted for about 20 minutes, then her husband came out. The husband and I worked on sports at different schools for decades. We gave each other a big hug, sat down and talked another 20 minutes. He is still working. I gave him the ‘retire now and enjoy life speech’. He has over 45 years with the bureau and just turned 70. He’s thinking about joining the retirees in Dec. 2018.  I get loving your career but told him he was crazy. Good visit.

I got several emails from Florida friends. Some are evacuating, others are ‘still thinking’ about evacuating. All are around my age or older. Makes no sense to me why anyone would stay, but it isn’t my place to tell them what to do. Can't walk a mile in their shoes.

Messaged my brother in Mexico, they are fine, but their friends in Mexico City are still feeling tremors after the early morning quake. Scary.

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Bizarre News

A Good Samaritan was shocked to get attacked by a shoplifter after he offered to pay for the stolen items, according to police in California.

Responding deputies have learned the suspect was stealing items from the 7-Eleven location when the victim offered to pay for the items. The suspect became upset, refused the victim's offer and a struggle ensued. 

As the victim left the location, the suspect pulled out an ax and began to hit the victim in the head several times. 

After the assault, the suspect fled the location and out of view of surveillance cameras.

The victim was transported to a hospital and treated for his injuries.

"This suspect should be considered armed and dangerous. If you believe you have seen the suspect, Do not make contact. Please call 9-1-1 or West Hollywood Station," police wrote.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

100’s

@100- Alf (Alfred) Landon,

(R-Ks) American politician and Presidential candidate (1932, 1936).

(d. 1987)

90’s

@90- Colonel Harland Sanders,

American founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, born in Henryville, Indiana

(d. 1980)

80’s

@88- Cliff Robertson,

American actor (Charly) and spokesman for AT&T, born in La Jolla, California

(d. 2011)

60’s

66- Tom Wopat,

Lodi, Wisconsin, American actor and singer (The Dukes of Hazzard, One Life to Live)

65- Angela Cartwright,

England (Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space)

@63- William Bligh,

nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty)

(d. 1817)

50’s

57- Hugh Grant,

London England (4 Weddings & a Funeral, 9 Months)

51- Adam Sandler,

actor, comedian (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Saturday Night Live), born in Brooklyn

40’s

46- Eric Stonestreet,

actor (Modern Family)

20’s

@26- Otis Redding,

Dawson Ga, rock bassist (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)

(d. 1967)

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@88-1997 Burgess Meredith,

actor (Penguin-Batman, Rocky)

@84-1996 Bill Monroe,

bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music)

@82-1976 Mao Zedong,

Chinese revolutionary and Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1949-76)

@80-2014 Denny Miller,

American actor (Wagon Train)

60’s

@63-1876 American Horse (Wašíčuŋ Tȟašúŋke),

Lakota Sioux chief,

natural causes

@61-1975 John McGiver,

actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show),

heart attack

50’s

@±59-1087 William I,

The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy,

injured by horse

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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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Sep 7

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Sep 7, 2017 Week: 36 \ Day: 250

86004 Today: H 84° \ L 51°

Average Sky Cover: 30% 

Wind ave:   4mph\Gusts:  14mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Sep Averages: 74°\42°

Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20°(1912)

Record High: 89°[1977]   Record Low: 35°[1970]

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Quote of the Day

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

William Shakespeare

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Observances Today

Google Commemoration (Founded)   Day

Grandma Moses Day

National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day Link

National Salami Day Link

Neither Rain nor Snow Day

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Observances This Week

1-7

International Enthusiasm Week

National Nutrition Week7 (UNICEF-India) Link

Self-University Week Link

3-9

National Waffle Week 

Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week 

4-8

National Payroll Week 

4-10

Suicide Prevention Week 

5-9

Play Days 

Minimally Invasive Surgery Week  Link

7-9

Popcorn Days: 7-9 Link

National Days

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

★  Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

BC’s                                   

★1251 BC A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.

1600’s                                 

1630 The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

1800’s                                 

1876 Frank James and his gang are involved in a disastrous raid in Northfield, Minnesota, results in the death or capture of multiple gang members (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)

1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters

1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York

1900’s                                 

★1902 In Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September

1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY

★1904 British forces in Tibet force the 13th Dalai Lama to sign a treaty granting Britain trading posts in Tibet and a guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers

★1910 In the Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing-rights dispute between the US and Newfoundland (still separate from Canada)

1914 NY Post Office Building opens to public

1915 Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789)

1916 Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress

1921 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

★1923 Interpol forms in Vienna

1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation

1948 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh

1954 Integration begins in Washington, D.C. & Balt MD public schools

1963 American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday

★1977 Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia

★1977 US President Jimmy Carter and Panama's General Omar Torrijos sign the Panama Canal treaties, guaranteeing Panama control of the Panama Canal after 1999

1979 The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.

★1986 Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown

1986 Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31

★1991 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics

1996 Rap artist Tupac Shakur shot multiple times in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later

2000’s                                 

★2004 Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.

★2005 First presidential election was held in Egypt.

2008 The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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My Rambling Thoughts

Recovering nicely, now that I have yet another antibiotic. Eating normal food again.

I starting a new hashtag: #tooearlyforChristmasDecorations. I did my weekly shopping this morning. The great Sam’s Club has not one, not two, but three aisles of nothing but Christmas stuff. I mentioned my dismay to the lady who checks your receipt as you leave. She said, “I have to look at that every day, I agree, they are just rushing us through our lives.” I recall telling a few stores that I would not shop there until after Thanksgiving when they put up Christmas stuff just after Halloween. That was about 30 years ago. Guess they didn’t care what I thought and just keep moving it closer and closer to Independence Day.

I have several friends who live in Florida and have visited Cuba twice. This is a very frightening time for those areas, and so many more.

Racism and fear has come to our small mountain town. Sometime Monday night someone go into a downtown Hookah bar and spray  painted Nazi symbols and ‘Get Out’ on the walls. Then the intruders started a small fire. Our town if very upset. I didn’t even know there was such a place in Flagstaff, but think I will visit it. I have some great memories of Egypt and other parts of Africa and part of those memories include Hookah.  The hoolkah is used when friends are around and good conversation takes place. The Iraqi lady who owns the place said she has also received death threats since opening it. Sick, igonorant people are everywhere. Cops and others are still looking for the perps and I hope they find them soon.

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Bizarre News

*---- Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire ----*

A man who swam out into the ocean to elude North Carolina police managed to escape from a shark and a drone camera, but not the long arm of the law. The Surf City Police Department said Zachary Kingsbury, 20, was pulled over and officers asked him to step out of the car when they spotted what appeared to be illegal drugs inside the vehicle. Police said Kingsbury ran into the ocean and started swimming out to sea. The police department deployed a camera drone to track the swimming suspect and the aircraft managed to keep pace with Kingsbury for about an hour before losing visual contact approximately 4,000 feet from shore. The video recorded by the drone shows a shark swimming nearby Kingsbury at one point during his swim, but the man failed to capture the predator's attention and it left him alone. Kingsbury was finally located near the Wicker Avenue Beach Access in North Topsail Beach. He was arrested on multiple drug-related charges.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

100’s

@101- Grandma Moses [Anna Maria],

American primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket), born in Greenwich, New York

(d. 1961)

90’s

@99- Michael E DeBakey,

artificial heart pioneer

(d. 2008)

@94- Elia Kazan,

Constantinople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire)

(d. 2003)

@91- James Van Allen,

US physicist (discovered Van Allen radiation belts)

(d. 2006)

80’s

@88- Daniel K. Inouye,

politician (US Senator, 1963-2012), born in Honolulu, Hawaii

(d. 2012)

@87- Donald Henderson,

American epidemiologist, led world campaign that eradicated smallpox, born in Lakewood, Ohio

(d. 2016)

@84- Taylor Caldwell [Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell],

Anglo-American novelist (Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician), born in Manchester, England

(d. 1985)

70’s

@79- Ed Warren [Edward Warren Miney],

American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut

(d. 2006)

76- Garrison Keillor,

humorist (Praire Home Companion)

60’s

@69- Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) and daughter of Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn, born in Greenwich, London

(d. 1603)

68- Gloria Gaynor,

disco singer (I Will Survive), born in Newark, New Jersey

@67- Samuel Wilberforce, English bishop and one of the greatest public speakers of his day (remembered for his opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution), born in London

(d. 1873)

67- William Katt,

US, actor (Butch & Sundance Kid, Carrie)

@65- Harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930)

(d. 1951)

63- Corbin Bernsen,

TV actor

@61- Peter Lawford, actor (Mrs Miniver, Thin Man), born in London, (d. 1984)

@60- Laura Ashley,

Welsh fashion designer, businesswoman and co-founder of Laura Ashley, born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

(d. 1985)

50’s

50- Leslie Jones

Comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters), born in Memphis

20’s

@22- Buddy Holly [Charles Holley],

American musician (Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day), born in Lubbock, Texas

(d. 1959)

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80’s

@84-1971 Spring Byington,

actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride)

30’s

@31-1978 Keith Moon,

rock drummer (Who), drug overdose

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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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