March 23rd

TODAY IS NATIONAL CHIP & DIP DAY AND NEAR MISS DAY

National Chip & Dip Day is obvious so celebrate in style with your favorite chip and dip combo.

Near Miss Day was created in honor of that day in 1989 when an asteroid passed very close by Earth at a eyelash distance of 500,000 miles away. Had this asteroid hit earth, chances are its large crater (60 square miles) would not have been the only thing that would have changed on Earth including changing weather patterns and, depending on where it hit, the polar ice caps and shorelines would be affected.

WHO WAS BORN TODAY??

Erich Fromm, born in Frankfurt in 1900. He studied jurisprudence at University of Frankfort, transferred to University of Heidelberg and changed majors to sociology. became psychoanalyst under teachings of Freda Reichmann. He wrote Eros and Civilization,The Theory of Communivative Action, among other books. He died in 1980 at his home in Switzerland.

Joan Crawford was born in 1905 in San Antonio,Tx as Lucille Fay LeSueur.  As an actress she worked in over 140 movies/films/television credits and received an Academy Award for her roll as Mildred Pierce. She may be most famous for a roll she did not perform on film in the film adaptation of her daughter Christine's autobiography Mommy Dearest which was written after Joan's death, May 10, 1977 in NYC.

Akira Kurosawa was born outside Tokyo, Japan in 1910 and is most famous for his film-making prowess including Seven Samurai and Rashomon.  In 1989 he received a Lifetime Achievement Oscar. He died at the age of 88 in his native Japan September 6, 1998.

Werner Von Braun was born in 1912 in Wirsitz, German Empire. In 1955, he became a naturalized US citizen. He worked on countless rocket and astronautics projects including Saturn V, Jupiter-C/Explorer1. He died June 16, 1977 in Alexandria, VA.

Roger Bannister was born in 1929 in Harrow, England. He studied at several colleges and Universities, including Oxford, he became a respected neurologist but is most famous for being the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes (it happened in May, 1954). He is still living in England.

Louie Anderson was born in 1953 in Minneapolis, MN, and is a very well known stand-up comedian. He has participated in a multitude of movies and televisions including Family Feud, Scrubs and Touched by an Angel. Currently he is active in raising charity funds as the co-founder of H.E.R.O.

Chaka Khan was born as Yvette Marie Stevens in 1953 in Chicago, IL. She is featured on dozens of albums, 22 Grammy nominations-winning 10 awards, and is still performing.

Keri Russell was born in Fountain Valley,CA in 1976 and is a budding actress and has a 31 project resume including Honey I Blew Up the Kid, The Babysitter's Seduction and Extraordinary Measures.

Michelle Monaghan was born in 1976 in Winthrop, IA. Her first acting roll was in the series Young Americans. She has also been seen in Boston Public, Mission:Impossible III, and Eagle Eye. She is currently filming Source Code.

HISTORY CLASS

History was a bit boring today including the first publishing of the term OK (actually meaning oll correct) in 1839, Tornadoes devisated Nebraska in 1913, Barney Clark, the first artificial heart recipient, died in 1983, Titanic won 11 Academy Awards, Wayne Gretzky scored number 802. Right, boring???

What did I miss???