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[CigarBanter]

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[IrascibleOldFool]

Congrats on 11k TX Dave!

[LSUFAN]

Congrats on 11k TX Dave!

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[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

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Business Trip
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One of the airlines recently introduced a special half-fare rate for wives accompanying their husbands on business trips.

Anticipating some valuable testimonials, the publicity department of the airline sent out letters to all the wives of businessmen who used the special rates, asking how they enjoyed their trip.

Responses are still pouring in asking, "What trip?"

[LSUFAN]

On this day in history ..
1452 - Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor
1496 - Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria
1497 - Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation,
1500 - Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India
1522 - -16] Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit
1551 - Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne
1562 - Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
1617 - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
1640 - Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris
1642 - English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Neth
1697 - Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe
1701 - France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance
1721 - English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower
1741 - English fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena
1745 - Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston
1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais
1798 - Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy
1820 - -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
1820 - James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House
1822 - Charles Graham of NY patents artificial teeth
1839 - Prussian govt limits work week for children to 51 hours
1841 - US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
1842 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan
1844 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice
1849 - Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres
1858 - Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox
1860 - 1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington
1861 - Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000
1862 - "Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads
1864 - Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army
1868 - The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris
1873 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded
1882 - False teeth patented
1889 - Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV
1889 - Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in US
1893 - Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs
1895 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1
1897 - Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)
1897 - Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
1897 - Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official)
1902 - Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler in Vienna
1904 - Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
1907 - 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
1907 - Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin
1914 - Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co
1914 - US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico"
1916 - General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades US (17 killed)
1916 - Germany declares war against Portugal
1916 - Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12
1918 - Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
1918 - Ukrainian mobs massacre Jews of Seredino Buda
1918 - Wageningen Agricultural College Neth opens
1922 - Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape," premieres in NYC
1922 - KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
1923 - Amsterdam taxi strike ended
1923 - Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in NYC

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1924 - South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka)
1926 - Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle
1929 - Marcel Pagnol's "Marius," premieres in Paris
1932 - Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland
1932 - Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria
1933 - Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov & Vassili arrested in Berlin
1933 - Congress is called into special session by FDR, & began its "100 days"
1936 - Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player
1942 - Construction of the Alaska Highway began
1943 - Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown
1943 - Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps
1945 - 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb
1945 - Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China
1946 - Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang
1946 - Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses
1947 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1947 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1948 - Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia
1949 - Brigadier Gen Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1949 - England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes
1950 - Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC
1952 - Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
1953 - Josef Stalin buried in Moscow
1954 - 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)
1954 - Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now)
1954 - WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (

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WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles
1956 - Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England
1957 - 8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska
1958 - George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season
1959 - "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances
1959 - 1st known radar contact is made with Venus
1959 - Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold
1961 - 1st animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9
1961 - Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72
1961 - Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit
1961 - Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again"
1962 - Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians
1962 - US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight
1963 - Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe & Chris Montez
1964 - 1st Ford Mustang produced
1964 - Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Okla
1964 - Supreme Court issues NY Times vs Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel & recover damages
1966 - Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
1967 - Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West
1968 - 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sgt Pepper's wins 4
1971 - J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI v India at Port-of-Spain
1972 - Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary
1974 - Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1975 - "Lieutenant" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 9 performances
1976 - 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy
1976 - Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0

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1977 - Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Wash DC, siege ended Mar 11th
1977 - Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche
1978 - Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk & Karponosov
1978 - Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Rodnina & Zaitsev (URS)
1978 - Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Anett Potzsch (GDR)
1978 - Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA)
1979 - Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters
1979 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 - Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
1980 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament
1981 - Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News
1983 - Caryl Churchill's "Fen," premieres in London
1983 - Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana
1984 - Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections
1984 - John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"
1984 - Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
1984 - Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
1985 - Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed
1986 - 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000
1986 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1986 - NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts
1986 - Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km
1987 - Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion
1988 - President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
1989 - Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy
1989 - Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
1989 - Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary
1989 - Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court
1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 - Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female US surgeon general
1991 - "Les Miserables," opens at Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
1991 - 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg
1991 - Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1991 - US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit

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5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg
1991 - Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1991 - US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit
1993 - 19th People's Choice Awards
1993 - 7th Soul Train Music Awards
1993 - Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
1993 - Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs
1994 - IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport
1995 - Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1995 - Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record)
1995 - President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns
1996 - Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India
1996 - Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) v England in WC QF
1996 - STS 75 (Columbia 19), lands
1997 - Senior Golf Slam
1997 - Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open

[LSUFAN]

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1454 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)
1564 - David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)
1568 - Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint
1697 - Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)
1735 - August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer
1737 - Josef Myslivecek, composer
1753 - Jean-Baptiste Kl‚ber, French general/architect (Mainz, Fleurus)
1758 - Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology)
1777 - Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
1791 - George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
1810 - Jean-Georges Kastner, composer
1812 - Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer
1814 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev [NS]
1824 - Leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U
1826 - Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist/composer
1839 - Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928
1839 - Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS]
1848 - Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer
1850 - Alexandre Luigini, composer
1859 - Richard Engl„nder, [Peter Altenberg], Austria, author (Lebensabend)
1865 - Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918)
1874 - Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer
1875 - Martin Fallas Shaw, composer
1877 - Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist

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1881 - Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician
1881 - Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs
1883 - Umberto Saba, writer
1885 - Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player
1887 - Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)
1890 - Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN)
1892 - David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox)
1892 - Frank Puglia, Sicily Italy, actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book)
1892 - Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Adel und Untergang)
1892 - Vita Sackville-West, England, novelist/poet (The Land)
1893 - Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist/decorator
1893 - Hans Munch, composer
1900 - Aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43)
1902 - Edward Durell Stone, US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi)
1902 - Will Greer, Frankfort Ind, actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons)
1905 - F‚lix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes)
1905 - Grigori Kozintsev, Kiev Ukraine, director (Hamlet, King Lear)
1905 - Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic (Byron in Italy)
1905 - Rex Warner, English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase)
1907 - Henry Leland Clarke, composer
1908 - Luiz Cosme, composer
1910 - Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Survivor)
1910 - Samuel Barber, West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal)
1911 - Ramon Campbell Batista, composer
1912 - Alan David Melville, polymath
1913 - Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (PvdA)
1914 - Fred Clark, Lincoln Calif, actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard)
1915 - Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns)
1917 - Dante B Fascell, (Rep-D-FL, 1955- )
1918 - Marguerite Chapman, Chatham NY, actress (Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars)
1918 - Mickey Spillane, [Frank], Brooklyn NY, mystery writer (I the Jury)
1920 - Carl Betz, Pitts, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show)

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Herbert P Douglas Jr, Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948)
1923 - Andr‚ Courr‚ges, France, fashion designer (introed the miniskirt)
1923 - James Buckley, (Sen-R-NY)
1924 - Konstantin Iliev, composer
1926 - Celso Garrido Lecca, composer
1926 - Gerrit A Kooy, Dutch sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa)
1926 - Irene Papas, Corinth Greece, actress (Moses The Lawgiver)
1927 - Hans Ludwig Schilling, composer
1927 - Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958)
1927 - John Beckwith, composer
1929 - Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president (Guyana, 1985-92)
1929 - Marie Cardinal, writer
1930 - Harrie J B Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1930 - Thomas Schippers, Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors)
1931 - Taina Elg, Helsinki Finland, actress (Hercules in NY, Les Girls)
1932 - Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer (Han de Wit goes in development aid)
1933 - Lloyd Price, Kenner La, singer (Just Because)
1933 - William Francis McBeth, composer
1934 - Joyce Van Patten, Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show)
1934 - Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1)
1935 - Keely Smith, Norfolk Va, singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
1935 - Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun
1936 - Marty Ingels, Bkln NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
1936 - Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
1936 - [Aino] Elina Salo, Sipoo Finland, actress (Hamlet Goes Business)
1937 - Grahame Chevalier, cricketer (one Test for S Afr 1970, 0 & 0*, 5-100)
1938 - Charles Siebert, Kenosha Wisc, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper John)
1940 - Raul Julia, PR, actor (Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
1941 - Ger van Each, sculptor
1941 - Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open)
1941 - Trish Van Devere, [Patricia Dressel], Tenafly NJ, actress (Changeling)
1942 - Bert Campaneris, shortstop (Oakland A's)
1942 - John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer (Velvet Underground)
1942 - Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers & Raiders)

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1950 - Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
1952 - Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952 - William Kirby Cullen, Santa Ana Calif, actor (How the West Was Won)
1953 - Henri‰tte J Toll, actress (Soldier of Orange)
1954 - Charmain Elaine Sylvers, rocker
1954 - Keven Wade, Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls)
1955 - Fernando Bujones, Miami Fla, ballet dancer
1955 - Ornella Muti, Rome Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife)
1955 - Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983)
1957 - Faith Daniels, news anchor (CBS-TV)
1957 - Jeff Senior, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1957 - Jon Engen, Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1958 - Martin Fry, rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart)
1959 - Barbie, doll (Mattel)
1959 - Kato [Brian] Kaelin, actor (Beach Fever)/OJ roommate/witness
1959 - Lonny Price, NYC, actor (Muppets Take Manhattan)
1960 - Linda Fiorentino, Phila, actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns)
1960 - Mike Leach, Minneapolis Minn, tennis star
1962 - Brian Green, Columbus Indiana, actor (Sam Fowler-Another World)
1963 - Kent Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver (Olympics-92, 96)
1963 - Terry Mulholland, Uniontown PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
1964 - Phil Housley, St Paul MN, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team USA Oly-98)
1965 - Benito Santiago, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Phila Phillies)
1965 - Brian Bosworth, NFL quarterback (Seattle)
1966 - Juliette Binoche, Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness)
1966 - Louis Oliver, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1967 - Curt Schreiner, Albany NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Eric Flaim, Pembroke Mass, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1967 - Michael Kiselak, CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts)
1969 - Bryce Burnett, NFL/WLAF tight end (Broncos, Barcelona Dragons)
1969 - George Nimako, CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts)
1969 - Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets)
1970 - Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW)
1971 - Bev Oden, Millington Tenn, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1971 - Emmanuel Lewis, Bkln NY, actor (Webster)
1971 - Jiro Nihei, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
1971 - Lou Benfatti, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets)
1971 - Sean Holcomb, NFL linebacker (NE Patriots)
1972 - Marcia M Griffith, Washington DC, Miss America-Maryland (1996)
1972 - Sara Nicole Williams, Miss USA-Washington (1997)
1973 - David Prinosil, Olmutz Czech, tennis star (1995 ATP Newport)
1973 - Josh LaRocca, WLAF QB (Rhein Fire)
1973 - Troy Bailey, WLAF DE (Scotland Claymores)
1974 - Mark Harrity, cricketer (promising South Aust left-arm fast bowler)
1975 - Adonal Foyle, NBA center (SF Warriors)
1975 - Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
1977 - Radek Dvorak, Tabor Cze, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)

[Travellin Dave]

Morning Chip.  Good Monday to you.