Self Improvement Month
Sewing Machine Day Swap Ideas Day
1977 – Damida Djandoubi, a man convicted of murder in France, was the last person executed by guillotine just 185 years after it was first used on a highwayman in revolutionary France.
1897 – George Smith was arrested for drunk driving after slamming his taxi cab into a London building. If he had been fined more than just 25 shillings, maybe there wouldn’t be as big a problem with driving under the influence now.
1845 – Elias Howe patented his sewing machine
1608 – John Smith was elected president of Jamestown, VA, just 9 months after being captured by Chief Wahunsonacock’s tribe and his life spared by the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas.
DO YOU SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH:
Ryan Phillippe (1975)? He is a pretty good actor appearing in I Know What You Did Last Summer, Crash and Breach. Not very smart in his personal life he divorced Reese Witherspoon.
Amy Irving (1953)? She is a good actress who has appeared in Carrie, Crossing Delancy and Yentl. Also may not be a good judge of male companionship divorcing Steven Speilberg (although she received a HUGE settlement).
Jose Feliciano (1945)? He is a virtuoso guitarist and composer known for Feliz Navidad, Light My Fire and Chico and the Man. Oh, yes, he didn’t let a little thing like blindness stop him!
Roger Maris (1934)? He is known for his 37 year record 61 home runs in 1961 (this broke The Babe’s 60 in 1927).
Charles Kuralt (1934)? This TV journalist is known for his CBS Eventing News segments known as “On the Road” and hosting CBS Sunday Morning for 15 years.
Arnold Palmer (1929)? A little golfer generally known as one of the greatest golfers of all time with 94 professional wins.
Fay Wray (1907)? This actress is best known for being beauty to King Kong’s beast.
Waldo Semon (1898)? This Alabaman is famous for inventing the second most used plastic, vinyl and 5,000 other synthetic rubber compounds including 116 patents.
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