Golfer's Day, Ha

I am going to skip over Golfer's Day and go right onto Sibling's Day only because, well, golfers are golfers.  So, Sibling's Day. Yeah, you might be in a family that some siblings get more attention than others on most days and you won't be the one to say, hey, what about me.  Instead, you sit back, let everyone gush over Sister Sue or Brother Bob (or both of them) and think...'one of these days...' And here is the day. Now don't get a flustered when Brother Bob and Sister Sue don't wish you Happy Sibling's Day or take you out to dinner. Keep in mind, they are the ones that expect you to do it and won't let you forget it when you don't get them a gift! Get over it! Remember you are the pushover and they love you for it!!!

On this day in 1834, Delphine Lalurie's mansion burned in New Orleans. One of her kitchen servants set it on fire. She figured she would rather burn and die in the fire than continue to work for the tyrant Madame Lalurie. She survived, but only because someone who came to fight the fire was able to unchain her from the stove. More chains and torture chambers were discovered in the basement of the house. In 1866, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was established. In 1906, Writer O.Henry had his collection of short stories "The Four Million" published. This collection included the classic tale, "The Gift of the Magi". If you have never read it, I recommend it highly. In 1912, a famous boat left port. The HMS Titanic left Southampton, England on its maiden voyage. I think you all know what will be in this post in a few days!  In 1916, the first professional golf tournament was held, hence Golfer's Day. In 1953, the first 3-D color film, "House of Wax" starring Vincent Price opened. It made $4.3 million at the box office (using a slide calculator and my highly evolved brain I calculated that to be equivalent to about $35 million today, and that does not include DVD and PayPerView). In 1963, USS Thresher, an atomic submarine sunk in the Atlantic killing 129 aboard. In 1970, Paul McCartney announced (officially) that The Beatles had broken up. In 1972, Charlie Chaplin received an honorary Oscar from the academy for his "incalculable" contribution to filmmaking. This would be his first visit to the US since leaving in 1952 during the McCarthy Era.  Wow, busy day...

BIRTHDAYS:
1794- Commodore Matthew Perry, who opened naval relations with Japan

1847- Joseph Pulitzer, journalist, publisher

1879-Sandor Herz, Hertz Founder

1882- Frances Perkins, first U.S. woman cabinet member- Secretary of Labor (Baby from Dirty Dancing was named after her)

1915- Harry Morgan, actor (Dragnet, MASH)

1921- Chuck Connors, actor (The Rifleman)

1929-Max Von Sydow, Actor/Director (The Seventh Seal)

1932- Omar Sharif, actor/bridge player

1936- John Madden, football coach, sportscaster

1938- Don Meredith, football player, sportscaster

1951- Steven Seagal, actor (if it has a white guy doing karate-no lectures please-it is either him, Chuck Norris, or Jean Claude VanDamme)

1988-Haley Joel Osment, actor ("I see dead people")