I SCREAM, ICE CREAM

Today is Canada Day ( In 1867 Canada grew up and became a country unto its own. Oh, Happy Day.) International Joke Day ( Did you hear the one about the p955p4 boy6 wpow ,.zm woou?  He hit it with his LEFT hand! Hahahahahahahahah!)

AND in honor of National Ice Cream Month, it is Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day. What is your favorite flavor? I used to LOVE Pistachio Almond Fudge! It had to have the fudge. Too hard to find these days.

Today In…

2005- Ford Thunderbird was put down.

1984- PG-13 was born. Not that it does any good. The first PG-13 film was….

1979- If it weren’t for this product, would we really have laptops, cell phones or IPods? Thank you Sony for producing the Walkman.

1967- Baywatch actress, Pamela Anderson was born in British Columbia, Canada.

1961- 10 time Olympic medalist (track and field), Carl Lewis was born in Birmingham, AL.

1961- Princess of Wales, Diana Spencer, was born in Norfolk, England.

1952- Blues Brother, Dan Aykroyd was born in Ottawa, Canada.

1943- The US offered (required) taxes to be taken from paychecks.

1942- Karen Ziegler (Black), actress seen in Burnt Offerings, Easy Rider, The Great Gatsby and House of 1000 Corpses.

1934- Jamie Farr, actor known for his role as the dress wearing Klinger in M*A*S*H. I hear you should check out Blackboard Jungle for a great performance, was botn in Toledo, OH.

1916- The last surviving lead character from Gone with the Wind, Olivia deHavilland, was born in Tokyo, Japan.

1916- Happy Anniversary Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower.

1863-The Battle of Gettysburg began. It is the largest military conflict in North American history.

1847- The US offered (required) for sale postage stamps.  The first stamp featured Benjamin Franklin and had a face value of 5 cents. (it was good for a 1 oz letter travelling less than 300 miles.)

1804- Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin (aka: Baroness Dudevant, George Sand) was born. She is known as the first major French female novelsit.