Today is National Tooth Fairy Day. There are songs about Santa and The Easter Bunny, so, why is there no song for The Tooth Fairy? Let’s see if we can work on that, okay?
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATORS…
Tori Amos (1964), singer/musician who’s best single on the charts, 1000 Oceans, made it to #22.
Cindy Williams (1947), actress best know as “Shirley” on the long running TV series, Laverne and Shirley.
Bill Parcells (1941), NFL football coach.
Valerie Harper (1940), actress best know for her role as “Rhoda” in the 70’s TV series’, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda.
Annie Proulx (1935), author of The Shipping News (her second novel), which won the Pulitzer Prize among other awards.
Norman Schwarzkopf (1934), US General who lead forces during the First Iraq War in 1981.
Ray Bradbury (1920), science fiction writer with credits including: Fahrenheit 451, The martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes plus multitudes of other novels, short stories, screen and teleplays, children’s literature and non-fiction works.
Dorothy Parker (1893), quick witted author who wrote over 300 poems, short stories, screenplays and reviews for the New Yorker Magazine.
Claude Debussy (1862), composer who wrote many works including unfinished short operas based on Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher and The Devil in the Belfry.
Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), astronomer and aviation pioneer. Invented the bolometer which measures infrared radiation. In aviation, he attempted to design a working, piloted heavier-than-air craft, including using a steam powered engine.
WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY:
(1989) Nolan Ryan through his 5,000th strike out, the first pitcher in major league history. He accumulated a total of 5,714 in his entire career, his closest competitor is 1,500 behind him.
(1962) The OAS attempted to assassinate French President Charles De Gaulle. The attempt failed thanks to the sleek design of the president’s auto, the Citroen DS 19.
(1950) Althea Gibson became the first black American player to compete in a US national tennis competition.
(1922) Finance minister of Sinn FEin, Irish revolutionary, Michael Collins was killed 8 months after his appointment.
(1862) Jean-Henri Dunant, a Swiss humanitarian, proposed The International Red Cross. He was awarded the first Nobel Peace Price in 1901.
(1848) Ulysses S Grant married his long time fiance, Julia Boggs Dent.
(1776) The Redcoats came, the redcoats came. Nearly 24,000 British landed on Long Island in NY, ready to kick butt! I wonder what happened.
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