Tuesday, June 22, 2010

To read this blog, send me an Eclair!

Today is one of my favorite days for celebrating…National Chocolate Éclair Day….Um, Yum. Need I say more?

1978- Charon was discovered. Not the ferryman, he is a myth, the moon of the planet Pluto. IT IS SO A PLANET!
1976- The House of Commons in Canada abolished capital punishment.
1911- George V succeeded bis father, Edward VIII as King of the United Kingdom.
1847- Doughnuts were created.  Well, I don’t think Hansen Gregory invented DOUGHNUTS, that was probably way back in the 18 ought something, but he did claim to have invented the traditional hole-y doughnut.
1633- Galileo Galilei recanted his view that the Sun was the center of the universe, not the Earth.  The Pope made him do it.
 1611- Henry Hudson was set adrift in a small open boat with 8 others, including his son, after spending the winter trapped by is in the bay named after him. He was never seen again.

1964- Outstanding author, Dan Brown, The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons and The Lost Symbol.
1964- Amy Brenneman, actress now seen on Private Practice.
1954- Freddie Prinze, actor seen in classic TV sitcom, Chico and the Man.
1953- Singer, Cindy Lauper, she knew, Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
1949- Lindsay Wagner, The Bionic Woman. Well, she was the actress who played Jamie Sommers, The Bionic Woman.
1949- Meryl Streep, actress known for her versatility playing women from across the globe.
1941- TV Journalist, Ed Bradley.
1936- Kris Kristofferson. This singer/actor, I believe, is one of my mother’s favorite people on the planet. Ow, she just hit me!!!
1930- Charles Augustus Lindbergh III. He would live less than 21 months before he would be kidnapped and murdered, devestating his parents and the world.
 1929- Actor,  Ralph Waite, sure, you know this guy, he played the Daddy in Walton’s Mountain, now he is Jethro Gibbs’ Daddy on NCIS!
1922- Bill Blass, fashion designer to the stars.
1906- Anne Morrow was born. A pilot in her own right, she would marry famous pilot Charles Lindbergh and author several books.
1903- Outlaw, John Dillinger.

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