Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Read to the end...

HISTORY:
1777-1st ice cream advertisment (philip lenzi, NY Gazette)  1792-Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented by John Ashley   1870-Manitoba became a province of Canada. 1875- First recorded shoutout in professional baseball.  1897- Girl of Yde, an 1800-1900 year old fossil, found in Drente Neth.  1932-Body of Charles Lindbergh’s kidnapped son is found in Hopewell, NJ.  1932- Dippy Dawg (now known as Goofy) debuts in Mickey’s Revue.   1937-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) began production by Sandoz Labs.  1942-A Nazi U-Boat sank an American cargo ship at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Happy Birthday...
Florence Nightingale, 1820, Florence, Italy…She became a Nurse.
Wilfrid Hyde-White, 1903, England…This actor was featured in My Fair Lady and Peyton Place.
Katharine Hepburn, 1907, Hartford, CT…She is my favorite actress! Bringing Up Baby, Philadelphia Story, On Golden Pond.
Mary Kay Ash, 1918…she grew up to love pink and build a cosmetics company.
Lawrence Berra, 1925, (aka Yogi) NY Baseballer.
Burt Bacharach, 1929, Kansas City, Mo….composer of great ditties including I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.
Bruce Boxleitner, 1950, Elgin IL…One of my faves…Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Babylon 5.
Emilio Esteves, 1962, New York, NY, Brat Packer acted in Breakfast Club.
Kim Fields, 1969, Los Angeles, CA, she played Tootie on Facts of Life.
MacKenzie Astin, 1973, Los Angeles, CA, younger son of Patty Duke and John Astin.

Deaths on this day include:
1864-JEB Stuart-age 31…he was a Confederate general.
1992-Robert Reed-age 59…Everybody’s favorite TV Dad, Mike Brady.
1973-Frances Marion, age 85…she wrote the glad movie, Pollyanna.
1980-Lilian Roth, age (secret)…nice actress featured in Animal Crackers and Alice Sweet Alice


OH, YEAH...
Today is Limerick Day, Fatigue Syndrome Day, National Receptionist Day, International Nurses Day, School Nurse's Day.

Here is a limerick for Limerick Day

There was a boy named Dandy Don,
Who loved to work and mow his lawn.
He snipped the grass,
Oh, no, alas
His foot is now foregone.

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