Today is Hammock Day…Grab a glass of Iced Tea (or Iced Water or other favorite beverage) and roll into that little hammock that has been sitting forlorn in the side yard. He’s (or she, if you think that way) been lonely during the long heat wave accompanied by the thunderstorms. Maybe you can contemplate how to celebrate Ratcatcher’s Day, which is celebrated in honor (honor, really?) the day The Pied Piper of Hamlin returned to town and took their children.
On this day in history,
2003- Army Private Jessica Lynch returned home to Palestine, WV after being injured and captured while serving a tour in Iraq. 1991- Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer and cannibal, was caught. 1975- Civil War Confederate General Robert E Lee’s United States citizenship was restored by an act of Congress.
1934- John Dillinger was shot and killed in the alleybeside the Biograph Theater in Chicago’s Lincoln Park Neighborhood. He was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for robbing two dozen banks, four police stations and for the deaths of several police officers.
1923- John Dillinger joined the Navy inorder to avoid prosecution of auto theft in Indiana.
1862- Abraham Lincoln addresses his cabinet and chief advisors that he will issue a proclamation to free slaves.
Born on this day in:
1965, Saturday Night Live actor, David Spade; 1955, Platoon actor Willem Dafoe; 1947, Eagles singer, Don Henley; 1947, Lethal Weapon actor, Danny Glover; 1947, Albert Lawrence Einstein (aka Albert Brooks), actor seen in Broadcast News; 1940, Jeopardy host, Alex Trebek; 1934, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest actress, Louise Fletcher; 1932, Fashion designer, Oscar De La Renta; 1923, politician, Robert Dole; 1890, presidential mom, Rose Kennedy.
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