Beauty and the Beast

Today is Beautician’s Day and Forgiveness Day. I forgive my beautician for raising her rates so much that I can’t visit her anymore. I forgive her for frowning profusely the last time she saw how much I gave her as a tip.

Today in…

1997- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published.  I wonder what ever happened to that Harry Potter guy and the lady who wrote about him.

1979- “The Greatest”, Muhammad Ali, retired from boxing.

1977- Elvis Presley performed in his last concert.

1974- Future NY Yankee, Derek Jeter was born in Pequannock (that is fun to say!) Township, NJ.

1970, NCIS:LA actor Christopher Eugene O’Donnell was born in Illinois. Don’t you think he looks nice in tights? Did you know he had 5 kids???

1959, Queen Elizabeth II came over in her ‘yacht’ Britannia and invited President Eisenhower on a cruise to open the St. Lawrence Seaway.

1956- Actor/Singer Chris Isaak was born.

1914- Six time Female Athlete of the Year, Babe Didrikson Zaharias was born.

1910-  Roy Plunkett was born. He did work with Tetra-ethyl lead (a gasoline additive), Freon, AND he invented Teflon!

1904- Famous face and voice in films, Peter Lorre, was born.

1892- Pearl Sydenstricker (aka Sai Zhezhu, Pearl S Buck) was born in West Virginia.

1819- Abner Doubleday, the would be General of the American Civil War, was born. He was the first to return fire at Fort Sumter, the location of the beginning of the Civil War. He was also pivotal during the early Battle of Gettysburg. He obtained a patent on the cable car rail system in San Francisco. He was also credited with inventing baseball. After decades of research and debate, the powers that be say he did not, including General Doubleday himself.           

1819- The birth of flight. The bicycle was patented. How is that the birth of flight. If the bicycle wasn’t invented, then the Wright Brothers would not have been unhappy bicycle repairmen, and, in turn, invented the airplane and flew it 1 mile from where I used to live.

1284- A man claiming to be an exterminator contracted with councilmen of Hamelin, Germany to rid the town of rats. He did so, did not get paid and rid the town of its children as well. It really is unknown whether this was a real man, or if he is a symbol of death.