BIRD DAY – I love birds. Right now I can see, sparrows, blue jays, goldfinches, housefinches and titmouses (titmice? Hmmm). I can hear a woodpecker getting a headache, oh, wait he is giving me a headache…I like him anyway.
NATIONAL CANDIED ORANGE PEEL DAY – Um, ewww. Um, yummm. Um…hmmm.
NATIONAL TEACHER’S DAY – Kristi Mueller, Mr Yingling, Mr and Mrs Anderson, Ms. Smith, and every other teacher that taught me that, right now, I cannot recall their names. Wish I could do what you did…
RENEWAL DAY – Find some old friends, redo your nails, color your hair, pick up an old hobby, or a new one.
On this day in:
1626 – What a Deal: Dutch settlers purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape people for goods approximately worth $1000 today. In 1626, it would have been equal to about 2,400 tankards of beer.
1878 – Is it Live or Memorex? The Grand Opera House played for the first time, a Phonograph.
1932 – IRS Strikes Back: Al Capone takes residence in the Atlanta Penitentiary after his conviction of income tax evasion.
1948 – Write Right: Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead is published. His first novel is critically acclained and considered one to the best novels publised after WWII.
1964 – Serial Drama: Another World and As the World Turns premiere on NBC and CBS.
1965 – Going Home Again: “Say, Hey” Willie Mays, playing for the San Francisco Giants, hit his 512th home run. He currently hold the fourth spot in the record books with 660.
1970 – War Hits Home: Kent State University student anti-war demonstrations lead to riots and the killing of 4 students by the National Guard.
1977 – Frost/Nixon: Now immortilized in a major motion picture, the true interview of former US President Richard Nixon by British journalist David Frost occurred
1994 – Beginning Peace: The Gaza-Jericho Agreement was signed by Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.
We Celebrate the Births of:
1919 – Heloise Bowles Cruse, Author. Hints from Heloise.
1929 – Ms. Audrey Hepburn, Actress. Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
1941 – George F Will, Author. Pulitzer Prize for Commentary Winner (1977).
1956 – Pia Zadora, Actress. Butterfly.
1959 – Randy Travis, Singer/Actor. Diggin’ Up Bones/Black Dog.
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