Tubas, Spouses, Tourism and Space

International Tuba Day - Tubas can weigh between 12 and 50 pounds; Wiebrecht & Moritz patented it in 1835, Germany; They can have 3,4,5 0r 6 valves. Ooompah, Ooompah!

Military Spouses Day – Thanks to President Ronald Reagan and Secretary of Defense, Casper Weinberger for creating and establishing this day in 1984.

National Tourism Day – To all my friends on the Outer Banks who are glad this doesn’t happen July or August.

International Space Day – Thanks John Glenn for “Internationalizing” this great day. Space museums are everywhere visit one today.

On this day in...

1832, Greece became an independent republic with Otto of Bavaria being chosen king.

1896, Dr. HH Holmes (Merman Mudgett) was hanged. He was possibly the US’s most prolific serial killer with police discovering over 200 bodies on his property known as “The Castle” in Chicago.

1902, Mt Pele began erupting starting the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20^th century. The entire city of St. Pierre was buried under molton ash within minutes. Only 2 survivors, one was a prisoner who had been held in an underground cell. 15 ships in the harbor capsized.

1914, Woodrow Wilson walked his daughter, Eleanor, down the aisle at the White House.

1915, A German submarine fired a torpedo, sinking the Lusitania, killing 1198.

1966, Monday, Monday by The MaMas and The PaPas hit #1 on the Billboard charts.

1982, PC-DOS (version 1.1) is released by IBM. What are we up to now?

1989, Guy Williams, Actor in Lost in Space died in Argentina at the age of 65. I loved that show.

1994, After being stolen three months before, Munch’s The Scream is recovered.

Some Noted Births:

1812-Robert Browning, Poet of Pied Piper; 1840- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer of The Nutcracker; 1868-Johannes Brahms, Composer of lullabys; 1885-Gabby Hayes, Roy Rogers’ sidekick; 1901-Gary Cooper, Actor in High Noon; 1919-Evita Peron, 1^st Lady of Argentina; 1922-Darren McGavin, Actor in The Night Stalker; 1931-Teresa Brewer, Singer of Put Another Nickel In; 1933-Johnny Unitas, NFL Quarterback (aka: The Golden Arm) ; 1934-Willard Scott, NBC Weatherman; 1950-Tim Russert, Journalist and long-time host of Meet the Press; 1965-Owen Hart, Professional Wrestler, most notable for his death, fell from the rafters during an event;