TODAY IS PECAN DAY AND INTERNATIONAL WAFFLE DAY!
HISTORY CLASS
- 1634 St Mary’s settlement founded on St Clement’s Island on Maryland’s western shore.
- 1774 Boston Port Act passed in British Parliament. England closed the port of Boston until the city paid for all of the tea that was ‘lost’ during the Boston Tea Party 3 months earlier.
- 1955 Howl (ginsberg) confiscated by US Customs. It had been deemed obscene. (I glanced at is… I Don’t get it)
- 1958 Common Market (European Economic Community was founded.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
- Arturo Toscanini (1867); Some say THE greatest conductor in the world. Metropolitan Opera-NY, NY Philharmonic Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra. Died 16Jan1957, Stroke, NYC.
- Gutzon Borglum (1867); Artist/Sculptor. Most known for sculpting Robert E. Lee at Stone Mountain (1923-4) and Mount Rushmore (1927-41). He died in 1941, surgical complications, Chicago,
- David Lean (1908); One of the greatest film directors of all time. Best known for Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago & Passage to India. He won 2 Ocsars, being nominated for 9. He was knighted in 1984 and died in April 1991.
- Howard Cosell (1920) Outspoken sports journalist. He died in 1995 in NYC of a heart embolism
- Gloria Steinem (1934) Feminist, journalist.
- Anita Bryant (1940) Singer. Also know for orange juice commercials. AND outspoken gay rights opponent. She now lives quietly in Edmond, Oklahoma.
- Aretha Franklin (1942) Singer. Her signature song is Respect (spell it honey).
- Paul Michael Glaser (1943) Actor/Director. Detective David Starsky in the 70's series Starsky and Hutch. And in directing The Cutting Edge (one of my faves!) Trivia: Michael is not his real middle name.
- Bonnie Bedilia (1946) Actress. Best know as Bruce Willis' onscreen wife (or not) in the Die Hard Movies.
- Elton John (1947) Singer/Songwriter. Birth name was Reginald Kenneth Dwight, no wonder he changed it in 1972. Known for the best selling single of all time-Candle in the Wind. He was knighted in 1995.
- Sara Jessica Parker (1965) Actress. Sex and the City, Honeymoon in Vegas, Hocus Pocus and Mars Attacks (one of my faves!)
- Danica Parker (1982), Auto Racer. Does well in the IndyCar series and had dipped her toes in the Nationwide Series in NASCAR. Spokesperson for GoDaddy.com.
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