Honest Hair Styles

It is Hair Style Appreciation Day and National Honesty Day

Anyone who knows me knows I appreciate hair styles. I nearly have a new one every day, Honest!!!

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1982   Actress          Kirsten Dunst, Interview with the Vampire, Jumanji, Spider-man,

1973   Singer             Jeff Timmons, 98 Degrees

1963   Singer             Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Complicated, Die of a Broken Heart   

1961   Athlete           Michael Waltrip. Nascar-Napa 55

1961   Athlete           Isiah Thomas, Basketball Point Guard, Detroit Pistons 

1960   Musician         Stuart Mathis, guitar                     

1959   Politician        Stephen Harper, Prime Minster of Canada                     

1946   Ruler              Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweeden                       

1944   Actress          Jill Clayburgh, Silver Streak, First Monday in October, Running with Scissors                       

1940   Actor              Burt Young, Paulie in Rocky

1933   Singer             Willie Nelson, I don’t think I need to tell you…

1926   Actress          Cloris Leachman, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Dancing with the Stars.  

1909   Ruler               Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

1908   Actress          Eve Arden, Mildred Pierce, Our Miss Brooks, Grease

HISTORY CLASS HAS STARTED…

1789  George Washington was inaugurated in NYC as the first President of the United States.

1803   Representatives of US and France concluded the land transfer of the Lousiana Territory.

1888  Moradabad, India: 230 people and countless animals were killed by hail the size of oranges.

1927  The first federal prison for women opened in Alderson,WV. 

1939  NYC hosted World’s Fair featuring FM radio, robotics, fluorescent lighting &  fax machine.

1945  Adolf Hitler committed suicide.

1945  Annie Dillard, the youngest American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize (28), was born.

1948   Land Rover appeared at an auto show in Amsterdam.

Shrimp Scampi

National Shrimp Scampi Day 

National Shrimp Scampi Day was definately not created for me. I do not generally eat seafood. So, all of you out there that like shrimp, indulge yourselves and you are welcome to my share...but save me a brownie for later. Greenery Day, a Japenese tradition has been moved to May 4th, see ya then!

HISTORYQuizHISTORYQuizHISTORYQuizHISTORYQuizHISTORYQuiz

1429 Joan of Arc lead French forces to Orleans to relieve the city during the ___(1)____ Years’ War.

1875 Henry James _____(2)____Transatlantic Sketches.

1910 2” of ___(3)____ fell on Taylor Texas in 10 Minutes.

Gideon Sundback from Hoboken, NJ applied for a patent for the ___(4)_____ in 1913-yippie, no more 505’s!!!

Construction on The ____(5)____ is completed-Lindy is thrilled.

1945 Eva Braun married _____(6)___.

1968 Musical Hair premiered on Broadway including the infamous completely ___(7)____ scene.

1974 In response to a _____(8)___ trial subpeoena, President Nixon announced he would release transcripts of taped White House conversations.

1986 Roger Clemmons ____(9)___ 20 batters in a single baseball game.

  1991 a _____(10)___ slammed into the coast of Bangladesh killing an estimated 135,000 people.

1992 the acquital of 4 policemen in LA in the beating of Rodney __(11)_______ prompted protesters, violence and rioting.

WWII Monument opens in 2004 in ___(12)______-where else?

(1)100 (2)published (3) rain (4)zipper (5)Spirit of St. Louis (6)Adolf Hitler (7) nude (8) Watergate (9) struck out (10) cyclone (11) King (12) Washington DC

BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS

1863-William Randolph Hearst; 1899-Duke Ellington; 1901-Emperor Hirohito; 1909-Tom Ewell; 1915-Donald Mills; 1919-Celeste Holm; 1936-Lane Smith; 1936-Zubin Mehta; 1938-Bernard Madoff; 1947-Johnny Miller; 1951-Dale Earnhardt; 1954-Jerry Seinfeld; 1955-Kate Mulgrew; 1957-Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day Lewis; 1970 Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, Master P.

Poetry Day

Great Poetry Reading Day, Kiss Your Mate Day

There once was a man from Japan,

Who liked a wee girl named Joanne.

With candy in hand,

And flowers so grand,

He found out she liked Miss Suzanne.

Patti Duckett                                    .

Isn't that GREAT poetry???

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Choose the correct year for the following historical events.

1788	1789	1916	1925	1930	1930	1932	1945
1947	1965	1967	1969	1986	1988	1994

1	Aloha flight 243 loses part of its fuselage mid-flight killing a flight attendant.
2	Benito Mussolini and gal pal Clara Petacci were executed while fleeing to Austria.
3	Ferruccion Lamborghini was born in Italy.
4	Independence, KS host first night baseball game.
5	My Name is Barbra aired on CBS earning rave reviews and giant ratings.
6	1st nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, to pass thru the Suez Canal.
7	Mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty occurred.
8	Charles de Gaulle resigned as the leader of France.
9	Aldrich Ames, former CIA official, pleads guilty to espionage.
10	T.S. Eliot began a long stable position as an editor at Faber & Faber Publishing.
11	For  religious reasons, Muhammad Ali (ne Cassius Clay) refused service in the Army.
12	Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution.
13	Independence, KS host first night baseball game.
14	Thor Heyerdahl and 5 shipmates head for Polynesia from Peru.
15	Yellow Fever Vaccine was announced for use on humans

(1)1988 (2)1945 (3)1916 (4)1930 (5)1965 (6)1986 (7)1789 (8)1969

(9)1994 (10)1925 (11)1967 (12)1788 (13)1930 (14)1947 (15)1932

BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS
1758	James Monroe	Politician	5th US President
1878	Lionel Barrymore	Actor	It's a Wonderful Life (Potter)
1908	Oscar Schindler	Industrialist	Saved 1200 during Holocaust
1926	Harper Lee	Writer	To Kill a Mockingbird
1930	Carolyn Jones	Actress	Addams Family; Marjorie Morningstar
1937	Saddam Hussein	Politician
1941	Ann-Magret	Actress/Singer	Bye Bye Birdie; Tommy; Old Dogs
1948	Marcia Strassman	Actress	Welcome Back, Kotter
1950	Jay Leno	Comedian	The Tonight Show
1952	Mary McDonnell	Actress	Dances with Wolves; Sneakers
1958	Nancy Lee Grahn	Actress	General Hospital
1968	Scott Putesky	Musician	“Marilyn Manson”
1974	Penelope Cruz	Actress (I guess)	It is hard just typing her name.
1981	Jessica Alba	Actress	Dark Angel

Babe Ruth Day, Tell a Story Day,

National Prime Rib Day

On this day in...

1667- John Milton, blind, impoverished and jobless, sells his newest poem, Paradise Lost (along with the copyright) for £10.

1773- British Parliament passed the Tea Act, raising taxes to the colonists in the US to save its East India Company sparking the December “Boston Tea Party” aboard the British ships Dartmouth, Eleanor and Beaver.

1813- Zebulon Pike, original explorer of a large tower in Colorado (now named Pike’s Peak) the 34 year old Brigadier General died during the War of 1812 on this day.

1865- The war is over. Union soldiers want to get home. The Captain of the Mississippi Steamboat Sultana decided to cash in on the governments offer of $5for enlisted and $10 for officers returned to the North.  Unfortunately, the already limping (due to boiler issues) boat with a capacity of 376 could not handle the 2200 people on board. The boiler exploded. Not all that were thrown into the water by the blast could fit onto the one lifeboat. This disaster killed 1,700 and wounding countless others making this the largest maritime disaster in US history.

1937-First Social Security Checks issued.

1956- World Heavyweight Champion, Rocco Francis “Rocky” Marchegiano (Marciano) retired from Boxing.

1963- I Will Follow Him, by Peggy March, 15 year old high school freshman, hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1968- Vice President Hubert H Humphrey threw his hat into the presidential candidacy ring 3 weeks after President Lyndon B Johnson announced his NON Candidacy.

1978- President Sardar Mohammed Daoud is over thrown and murdered in Afghanistan beginning its Communist ruling by Nur Mohammed Taraki.

BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS
1791	Samuel Morse	Inventor	Magnetic Telegraph, Morse Code
1822	Ulysses S Grant	President, et al	18th US President, General-Civil War
1896	Rogers Hornsby	Athlete	Baseball; 2nd Base; Manager
1922	Jack Klugman	Actor	Odd Couple, Quincy ME, 12 Angry Men
1927	Coretta Scott King	Activist	Civil Rights, Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr
1932	Anouk Aimee	Actress	A Man and A Woman, Lola. Felini’s 81/2
1933	Casey Kasem	Entertainer	Radio Personality, Shaggy Rogers in Scooby Doo
1937	Sandy Dennis	Actress	Up The Down Staircase, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Out of Towners
1938	Earl Anthony	Athlete	Bowler….Best Ever??? 43 PBA Titles
1951	Ace Frehley	Musician	KISS
1959	Sheena Shirley Orr Easton	Singer	Morning Trail; For Your Eyes Only; We’ve Got Tonight (w/Kenny Rogers)

New History Quiz

Executive Administrator’s Day
Richter Scale Day
Hug an Australian Day
National Pretzel Day  

History Quiz: I will give you at least three facts about an event and let’s see if you can name the event. Answers are below birthdays. Have fun. How many did you get right??

1.     1954; Franklin Sherman Elementary School, McLean, VA; 1.8 million children throughout US, Canada & Finland.

2.    1711;  Scottish economist, historian; Drafters of the US Constitution used his essay, Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth , as a guide.

3.    1865; At the time, would have been considered “America’s Most Wanted” (had that list been around at that time) with a $20,000 reward; Dr. Samuel Mudd.

4.    1986; Special Energy suffers great set back; Near Kiev, Ukraine; Thousands killed, 70, 000 poisoned.

5.    1986; Kennedy family involved; The Terminator involved; Was a trip to Austria involved??

6.    1888 (1893?); Prolific Screenwriter, novelist, playwright; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

7.    1977; Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll (or shall I say Disco?); “Lived” only 3 years.

8.    1984; Actor/Politician; Homeland of Pandas. 

BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS BIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYSBIRTHDAYS
1785	John James Audubon	Artist/Naturalist	Beautiful paintings of North American Birds
1798	Eugene Delacroix	Painter	The Natchez; The Barque of Dante
1822	Frederick Law Olmstead	Architect	Central Park, NYC; Niagara Reservation, NY; Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC
1894	Rudolf Hess	Oppressor	Hitler’s Deputy
1917	I.M. Pei	Architect	John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum;  Hancock Tower.
1933	Carol Burnett	Actress/Comedian	Mama’s Family; Plaza Suite; The Front Page (1974); Pete ‘n Tillie
1938	Duane Eddy	Singer	Because They’re Young; Rebel Rouse.
1942	Bobby Rydell	Singer	Volare; Wild One; Kissin’ Time; Bye, Bye Birdie (actor)
1962	Michael Damian	Actor	The Young and the Restless
1963	Jet Li	Martial Artist	War; Lethal Weapon 4; Romeo Must Die; Cradle 2 the Grave
1967	Glenn Thomas Jacobs	“Wrestler”	Kane; WWE
1977	Tom Welling	Actor	Smallville; Cheaper by the Dozen; The Fog;
1977	Jason Earles	Actor	Hanna Montana

 HISTORY QUIZ ANSWERS... NO CHEATING!!!

1.     Jonas Saulk’s polio vaccine field trials began. The vaccine was deemed safe within one year and became a standard immunization, It has all but wiped out polio in the western hemisphere.

2.    David Hume was born. In response to Hume’s theories on prevention factions by using small republics, James Madison wrote Federalist X retorting a large republic was the best way to keep special interests from taking control.

3.    Presidential assassin, John Wilkes Booth is shot while standing in a burning barn.

4.    Explosion at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Actually, there were 3 explosions, once the truth was revealed.

5.    Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger were married in Hyannis, Mass.

6.    Anita Loos was born. Ms Loos has over 200 screen credits to her name!!!

7.    Studio 54 Opened.

8.    Ronald Reagan visited China.