Twilight Zone Day-NO NOT TWILIGHT THE OVER DONE VAMPIRES DAY. Twilight Zone was a classic TV program with a narrator introducing the audience to the story at hand and adding a follow up observation at the end. It is kind of an Aesop’s Fables for eerie seeking audiences.
Eat What You Want Day-If you want to eat salad with no dressing, boiled fish or tofu, have at it…but, wouldn’t it be nice to just splurge. This day was designed for just that-splurging. I personally feel there should be an Eat What You Want Day every month for those that ‘diet’ regularly and faithfully.
1811-Chang & Eng Bunker (Siamese twins); 1888-Isadore Balin (songwriter known as Irving Berlin, White Christmas); 1904-Salvador Dali (artist, Crucifixion); 1911-Phil Silvers (actor, Sergeant Bilko); 1912-Foster Brooks (comedian, best ‘drunk’ on the circuit); 1918-Richard Feynman (physicist, path integral formulation of quantum mechanics); 1920-Denvier Pyle (actor, Dukes of Hazzard); 1933-Louis Farrakhan (religious leader, Nation of Islam); 1946-Richard Jarvik (physician/inventor, artificial heart); 1963-Natasha Richardson (actress, The Parent Trap/1998); 1982-Jonathan Jackson (actor, General Hospital)
1858-Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd US state. 1916-Albert Einstein presented his Theory of General Relativity. 1947-BF Goodrich manufactured the first tubeless tire. 1951-Jay Forrester patented the computer core memory. 1967-1 millionth US telephone was connected. 1981-Bob Marley died at the age of 36 of brain & lung cancer.1981-Cats, the Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot musical premiered in London. 1985-Chester Gould cartoonist of Dick Tracy died at the age of 84. 2001-Douglas Adams, author of Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy died at the age of 49.
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