September 20, 2006

  • 20 September
    Gibberish Day
    National Rum Punch Day

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    Happy Birthday
    Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales; Sir James Dewar; Herbert Putnam;Charles Reidpath;
    Red Auerbach; William Kapell; Sir John Dankworth; Fernando Rey; Dale Chihuly;
    Anne Meara; Gunnar & Matthew Nelson; Darrell Russell; Juan Pablo Montoya; Gogi Grant

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    on this day in:
    1596 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain
    1737 - Edward Marshall completed his day-and-a-half 'walk'
    1906 - RMS Mauretania was launched at the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle, England
    1940 - Genevieve Grotjan disovered the key to breaking the Japanese Purple code
    1973 - Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in a 'battle-of-the-sexes' tennis match

     

September 19, 2006

  • 19 September
    National Student Day
    Scouring the White Horse
    Visit a Sick Friend Today Day
    National Butterscotch Pudding Day

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    Happy Birthday
    Charles Carroll of Carrollton; John Ross Key; Joe Pasternak; Ferry Porsche;
    Frances Farmer; William Golding; Adam West; Brook Benton; David McCallum;
    Benjamin T Hacker; Nick Massi; Bill Medley; Randolph Mantooth;
    Twiggy; Cass Elliot; Trisha Yearwood; Terri Lynn

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    on this day in:
    1796 - George Washington delivered his farewell address
    1928 - Walt Disney released Steamboat Willie
    1945 - Lord Haw Hawe was sentenced to death
    1959 - Nikita Khrushchev was denied permission to visit Disneyland

     

September 18, 2006

  • 18 September
    National Play-Doh Day
    National Chocolate Day

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    Happy Birthday
    Johann Gottfried Walther; George Read; Kate Booth; Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson;
    Agnes de Mille; Leon Askin; Jack Warden; Phyllis Kirk; Nikolai Rukavishnikov;
    Rossano Brazzi; Jimmie Rodgers; Frankie Avalon; Fred Willard; Charles L Veach;
    Ken Brett; Takao Doi; Holly Robinson; Rik Foley; Tonio K; Kerry Livgren;

    on this day in:
    1502 - Christoher Columbus landed at Costa Rica on his 4th, and final, voyage
    1789 - The US government took out its first loan, in the amount of $191,608.81
    1793 - George Washington laid the first cornerstone of the Capitol building
    1838 - Richard Cobden established the Anti-Corn Law League in Manchester
    1873 - Jay Cooke and Company declared bankruptcy
    1885 - Riots broke out in Canada to protest compulsory smallpox vaccinations
    1947 - Ernest Tubb & Roy Acuff became the first country singers to perform at Carnegie Hall
    1975 - After a year on the FBI's Most Wanted list, Patty Hearst was arrested


    The third week of September is
    National Flower Week - National Child Care Week - International Priorities Week
    National Courtesy Week - Vituperation Week
    - National Laundry Workers Week
    National Chiropratic Week - National Adult Day Care Center Week
    National Osteopathic Medicine Week -
    National Farm Safety Week
    National Farm Animals Awareness Week


    Aw, go ahead and download RealPlayer. Sorry, but after waiting about 1/2 hour or so for the mp3 to download, the song wasn't quite all there. I hate it when that happens. So, it'll have to be Real for now.

    If I owe you a visit, I'll try my best to catch up this evening. Busy, busy weekend. 8-}

     

September 17, 2006

  • 17 September
    Constitution Day
    I Am an American Day
    National Apple Dumpling Day

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    Happy Birthday
    David Dunbar Buick; Hank Williams; Chaim Herzog; Anne Bancroft;
    Roddy McDowall; Stirling Moss;
    John Ritter; BeBe Winans

    on this day in:
    1859 - Joshua A Norton proclaimed himself 'Emperor of These United States'
    1908 - Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge became the first airplane fatality
    1928 - The third deadliest natural disaster in US history struck in SE Florida


    Sorry, but I'm just way too tired to flesh this out any more. Drove a good 12 hours today... need sleeeeeppppp...
    zzzzz  Catch y'all tomorrow. Sleep sweet. And may God bless.

    Have a JESUS-filled day! ^i^

    PS - Hope the music is right... don't have time to wait for it to load to make sure. If it isn't BeBe and CeCe, somebody let me know and I'll try again.

     

September 16, 2006

  • 16 September
    King Turkey Day
    Collect Rocks Day
    National Stepfamily Day
    Stay Away From Seattle Day
    National Working Parents Day
    National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day

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    Happy Birthday
    Henry V; Karl Kling; JC Penney; BB King; Allen Funt; Ed Begley Jr; Peter Falk;
    Orel Hershiser; Charlie Byrd; Jack Kelly; Danny John-Jules; David Copperfield;
    George Chakiris; Richard Marx; Anne Francis; Janis Paige; Lauren Bacall;
    Derik Toy; Chris Eaton; Stormie Omartian; Mark Schultz

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    on this day in:
    1893 - Settlers in Oklahoma raced to steal more Cherokee land
    1920 - Terrorists set off a bomb in NYC's Financial District
    1956 - Play-Doh was introduced to the world
    1966 - The Metropolitan Opera House moved to Lincoln Centre in NYC

September 15, 2006

  • 15 September
    Felt Hat Day
    Wo-Zha-Wa Festival
    Battle of Britain Day
    Landscape-Nursery Day
    National Creme de Menthe Day

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    Happy Birthday
    Marco Polo; James Fenimore Cooper; William Howard Taft; Agatha Christie; Fay Wray;
    Sir Donald Bailey; Roy Acuff; Margaret Lockwood; Penny Singleton; Jackie Cooper;
    Cannonball Adderley; Henry Darrow; Gaylord Perry; Merlin Olsen

    Jackie_Cooper

    on this day in:
    1683 - Germantown, Philadelphia, PA was founded
    1821 - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua jointly declared independence from Spain
    1928 - Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory
    1949 - The TV series The Lone Ranger premiered on ABC
    1959 - Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet leader to visit the US

     

September 14, 2006

  • 14 September
    Nutting Day
    Eat a Hoagie Day
    National Anthem Day
    National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day

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    Happy Birthday
    Jan Masaryk; Charles Dana Gibson; Kid Nichols; María Capovilla; Archie Hahn;
    Hal B Wallis; Jack Hawkins; Kay Medford; Harve Presnell; Walter 'Chekov' Koenig;
    Joey Heatherton; Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman; Clayton Moore; Kimberly Williams-Paisley;
    Steve Grace; Brandon Thompson

    Clayton_Moore,_The_Lone_Ranger

    on this day in:
    1752 - The British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days
    1814 - Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner
    1959 - The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashed on the Moon
    1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries was founded
    1984 - Joe Kittinger became the first person to fly a hot-aor balloon solo across the Atlantic

     

September 13, 2006

  • 13 September
    Defy Superstition Day
    Positive Thinking Day
    Snack-a-Pickle Time
    National Peanut Day

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    Happy Birthday
    Cesare Borgia; Samuel Wilson; Clara Schumann; Milton S Hershey; Larry Shields;
    John J 'Black Jack' Pershing; Arnold Schoenberg; Bill Monroe; Mel Torme; Scott Brady;
    Claudette Colbert; Dick Haymes; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Judith Martin; Richard Kiel;
    David Clayton-Thomas; Peter Cetera; Jean Smart; Gary Mullet; Aaron Benward

    Jean_Smart_as_First_Lady_Martha_Logan_in_24

    on this day in:
    1743 - Great Britain, Austria and Savoy-Sardinia signed the Treaty of Worms
    1788 - New York City became the temporary capital of the US
    1922 - The temperature, in the shade, at Al 'Aziziyah, Libya reached a world record 136.4°F

     

September 12, 2006

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    12 September
    Respect for the Aged Day
    National Chocolate Milkshake Day

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    Happy Birthday
    Henry Hudson; Guillaume Le Gentil; Maurice Chevalier; Jesse Owens; Ben Blue;
    Desmond Llewelyn; Tony Bettenhausen; George Jones; Glenn 'Jeep' Davis;
    Joe Pantoliano; Leonard Peltier; Peter Scolari; Ricky Rudd;
    Hans Zimmer; Ruben Studdard; Eric Dawkins

    on this day in:
    1846 - Elizabeth Barrett eloped with Robert Browning
    1942 - RMS Laconia was torpedoed
    1947 - The US Screen Actors Guild implented an anti-Communist loyalty oath
    1957 - NORAD began operations
    1959 - The first regularly-scheduled TV programme presented in colour premiered

     

September 11, 2006

  • 11 September
    Make Your Bed Day
    Wrench in the Works Day
    No News is Good News Day
    National Tricky Handshake Day
    National Neighbourhood Day
    National Hot Cross Bun Day

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    Happy Birthday
    James Thomson; William Boyce; Friedrich Kuhlau; Carl Zeiss; O Henry; Anne Seymour;
    Paul 'Bear' Bryant; Tom Landry; Earl Holliman; Gherman Stepanovich Titov; Queen Paola;
    Robert Crippen; Princess Akishino - (Kiko); Ariana Richards; Crystal Lewis

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    on this day in:
    1609 - Henry Hudson landed on Manhattan Island
    1789 - Alexander Hamilton was appointed as first Secretary of the Treasury
    1792 - The Hope Diamond, along with other crown jewels, was stolen
    1914 - Australia invaded New Britain, defeating a German contingent there
    1960 - Young Americans for Freedom adopted the Sharon Statement


    The second week of September is
    La Merienda Week - Fall Hat Week - National Housekeepers Week
    Battle of Britain Week - National Mind Mapping For Project Management Week