Sunday, July 4, 2010

It's the 4th!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!! 

Don’t Get overwhelmed with celebrating The United States of America’s Independence over England (Hee Hee) that you forget to celebrate Build a Scarecrow Day, National Country Music Day AND Sidewalk Egg Frying Day. Here in the mountains we will be unable to participate in Sidewalk Egg Frying Day. We did celebrate this last week. Several Days we nearly Hit 90F…IN THE MOUNTAINS! Anyway, Just be safe when you celebrate!

Today in…
1984, Lady Liberty unclasped her right fist and allowed the torch to be removed to be replaced.
1954, Sam Shepard is tried (and eventually convicted and unconvicted) of killing his pregnant wife. He (and his son after him) said he awoke to see a bushy-haired man flee his home. His case loosely created the basis of the TVseries and Movie, The Fugitive.
1943, Geraldo Rivera, grandiose talk show host, was born in Brooklyn, NY.
1930, Owner of the NY Yankees, George Steinbrenner, was born in Rocky River, OH.
1927, Neil Simon was born. The playwright is known for titles such as The Odd Couple, Murder by Death, Brighton Beach Memoirs, California Suite, etc, etc. Also in
1927, Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian actress with the unforgettable name, was born.
1918, Pauline Esther “Pauline” and Esther Pauline “Eppie” Friedman were born in Souix City, IA. Pauline would grow up to create and become advise columnist Abigail VanBuren “Dear Abby” in 1956. Eppie would take over an advice column called Ask Ann Landers in 1955.
1919, Jack Dempsey defeated current heavyweight champ Jess Willard.
1911, Bandleader, Mitch Miller was born, Where’s that bouncing ball?
1911- Heat wave strikes New England Killing 380 people from Philadelphia north to Maine.
1872, Calvin Coolidge, the 30th US President was born.
1855, Leaves of Grass, a collection of poems written by Walt Whitman, was published for the first time.

1831, James Monroe died. He would be the third ex-President to die on this day…
1826, 50 years after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, Jefferson in VA and Adams in MA

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