National Thriftshop Day…If you can’t find a “thrift shop” try a consignment shop, flea market, second-hand store or surplus store like Hotline, Goodwill, Friends of the Library, Salvation Army or whatever your favorite local charity organization. Have fun shopping.
How About Celebrating this...
1978 – Pilots, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, flew across the Atlantic (3233 miles) in 6 days in a balloon calle Double Eagle II.
1969 – The end of the “Three Days of Peace and Music” outside a little town in upstate (hah) NY called Woodstock in Bethel, NY. The final act was Jimi Hendrix performing The Star Spangled Banner.
1961 – Work on The Berlin Wall began.
1933 - Lou Gehrig broke Everett Scott’s consecutive game record at 1308. He would not stop there, participating in 2,130 games in a row.
1915 - Charles F Kettering, Dayton Engineering Labrotories Company (DELCO), received a patent for his invention, the first electric ignition device for automobiles.
1877 – The first victim of Billy the Kid died, a blacksmith who was shot (in self-defense, not that I am sticking up for William Bonney) during a scuffle which started out with name calling.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY:
Sean Penn (1960), actor whose first credit was “Kid” the episode “The Voice of Tinker Jones” in the unparallelled family program Little House on the Prarie. His father directed the episode.
Belinda Carlisle (1958), lead singer of The Go-Gos. Although their first single, Our Lips are Sealed, only made it to 20 on the charts, it is one of my faves.
Robert DeNiro (1943), actor who is well known today, but have you seen his 1968 comedy Greetings?
Maureen O’Hara (1920), actress whose early roles include Esmeralda in The Huntchback of Notre Dame and Mary in Jamaica Inn.
Mae West (1892), larger than life actress who was featured in only 12 films, she may be best known for a life vest being named after her.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882), ambitious producer of Porgy and Bess, Hans Christian Andersen, The Kid from Brooklyn, Pride of the Yankees, Wuthering Heights and The Cinderella Man (1917). Also, famous for his Goldwinisms… “Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.”; “Modern dancing is old fashioned.”; “Our comedies are not to be laughed at.” ; “A bachelor’s life is no life for a single man.” Funny.
Davy Crockett (1786); larger than life frontiersman who is also A member of the US House of Representitives from TN, a pioneer, soldier, trapper and explorer. He was among the many killed during the seige at the Alamo Mission in San Antonio.
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