King Me

Checkers Day and Dogs in Politics Day

A great day to play checkers and to remember Richard Nixon’s “Checkers” speech in which Nixon explained some issues with mishandling certain campaign contributions. It Is called the Checkers speech because he mentioned that the girls had received a dog and they named it Checkers.

HISTORIES:

1972 – Mac Davis hit #1 with a “chauvinistic” little ditty (I personally don’t think it is that bad) called Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me. 

1964 – Artist, Marc Chagall, revealed his painted ceiling at the Paris Opera House.

1875 – Billy the Kid was arrested for the first time for stealing a basket of laundry.

1846 – The planet Neptune was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

1806 – Lewis and Clark returned to St Louis, MO after a two and a half year exploration of the western US.

BIRTHDAYS

1959 – Jason Alexander, actor – most known from his role as Jerry’s friend George Costanza in the TV series Seinfeld.

1949 – Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, singer/songwriter – Is known as “The Boss” who had outstanding success with albums, Born to Run and Born in the USA.

1943 – Julio Jose Iglesias de la Cueva, singer – He has been making music since (at least) 1969 including To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before.

1930 – Ray Charles Robinson, singer/songwriter – Singer from Georgia who sang Georgia On My Mind onto the charts as well as Hit The Road Jack and You Are My Sunshine.

1930 – Joseph Yule, Jr, actor – As famous for marrying 8 times as well as the movies he made under the name Mickey Rooney including the Andy Hardy series, National Velvet, Words and Music and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, just a few of his over 300 credits!!!

1897 – Walter Pidgeon, actor – Made a successful move from silents to talkies for a career spanning 1926 to 1978 with credits in Mrs. Miniver, Forbidden Planet and Funny Girl.