September 26, 2006
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26 September
Balaclava Day
Good Neighbour Day
National Pancake Day
Happy Birthday
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros; John Chapman; Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford;
Antonio Moreno; Edmund Gwenn; George Raft; Bill France, Sr; George Gershwin;
Jack LaLanne; Arthur Rhys Davids; Marty Robbins; Patrick O'Neal; Donna Douglas;
Kent McCord; Lynn Anderson; Olivia Newton-John; Linda Hamilton; Steve Butler;
Melissa Sue Anderson; Komitas; James Caviezel; Elliott Chenault; Jody Davis
on this day in:
1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed the first US Secretary of State, John Jay the first Chief Justice of the US, Samuel Osgood the first US Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph the first US Attorney General.
1944 - Operation Market Garden failed
1981 - Nolan Ryan set a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter
1983 - Stanislav Petrov averted a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union
1983 - Australia II became the first non-American boat to win the Americas Cup
Comments (1)
Mmm, those pancakes look delicious...sure would be good with my coffee this morning. But I do NOT have the "want to" to get up and cook any this morning. Maybe after a few more cups of coffee. LOL Clay & Sarah both are home from school sick today. I was up with them last night, checked on them at 6 this morning, and just left them in bed....head colds & sore throats.
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