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[Travellin Dave]

Some great basketball, and more today.

[Travellin Dave]

And a whole day of Cuarenta's

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And a whole day of Cuarenta's

We have had much worse on a Sunday.

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Good morning guys.

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On this day in history ..
0502 - Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power
1461 - Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses)
1638 - 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
1673 - Eng king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions
1795 - Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
1798 - Republic of Switzerland forms
1804 - Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti
1814 - Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians
1827 - 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
1847 - 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico [or 0327?]
1848 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1849 - Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India
1850 - Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
1852 - Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day
1860 - Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC
1864 - Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece
1864 - Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
1865 - -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed
1865 - Battle of Quaker Road, VA
1867 - British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes
1867 - Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1871 - Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London
1879 - Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow
1882 - Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
1886 - Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke
1897 - Japan adopts Gold Standard

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1906 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games
1912 - Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"
1919 - Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) & Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic
1924 - Bayern & Vatican reach accord
1927 - Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona
1928 - Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (NYC)
1929 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
1932 - Jack Benny debuts on radio
1934 - Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt
1935 - French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
1936 - 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
1936 - Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
1940 - Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title
1941 - 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem"
1941 - 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Wash State 39-34
1941 - WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
1942 - British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
1942 - British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die
1942 - German submarine U-585 sinks
1943 - Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WW II
1943 - Meat rationed in US (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's
1946 - 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
1946 - Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon
1947 - "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 perfs
1948 - Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten
1948 - Yanks & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
1949 - Turkey recognizes Israel

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1951 - "King & I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
1951 - 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday & J Ferrer win
1951 - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying
1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1958 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
1958 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
1959 - "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
1959 - Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
1960 - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres
1961 - 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Wash DC residents to vote for pres
1961 - After a 4« year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1961 - KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 - Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army
1962 - Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
1963 - Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
1966 - "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin NYC for 129 perfs
1966 - Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 - WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - Students seize building at Bowie State College
1969 - Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
1970 - "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 perfs
1970 - Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II
1971 - 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1971 - Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
1971 - Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
1971 - Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
1971 - Royal Albert Hall opens
1971 - WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 - Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP
1973 - US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution
1974 - Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
1975 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open
1975 - Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers

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1976 - 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
1976 - 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
1979 - Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball v Pakistan at WACA
1979 - Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London
1979 - Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1979 - Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad
1981 - "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 770 performances
1981 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1981 - Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m
1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins
1982 - 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62
1982 - 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda & K Hepburn win
1982 - Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
1984 - NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 - Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
1985 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
1986 - Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
1987 - 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
1987 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
1987 - Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant
1987 - Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party
1988 - "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 46 performances
1988 - US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
1989 - 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
1989 - 1st US private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
1989 - 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win
1989 - 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins
1989 - I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
1989 - Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in NY for racketeering

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1989 - I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
1989 - Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in NY for racketeering
1992 - "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale NYC for 462 perfs
1992 - 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins
1992 - 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie
1992 - Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in NYC
1992 - Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
1992 - Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS)
1992 - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)
1992 - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)
1992 - NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC
1993 - 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win
1993 - Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
1994 - Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys
1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border
1994 - Serbs & Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia
1995 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago IL on WCKG 105.9 FM
1996 - 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men
1996 - Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens
1996 - NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
1997 - 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
1997 - Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna
1997 - PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith
1998 - 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
1998 - 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship
1999 - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: a

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1484 - Johann Spangenberg, composer
1519 - Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal
1561 - Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic
1602 - John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)
1616 - Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer
1636 - Esaias Reusner, composer
1725 - Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer
1752 - Edward Jones, composer
1790 - John Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845)
1799 - Edward Stanley, Earl Derby (C), British PM (1852, 1858-59, 1866-68)
1813 - John Letcher, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1884
1816 - James Gallant Spears, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
1817 - Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet
1819 - Edwin Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well
1819 - Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/founder (American Hebrew Congregations)
1821 - Joshua Thomas Owen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1822 - Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter
1826 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German MP (social-democratic)
1829 - Ritta & Christina, Siamese twins, in Sardinia
1829 - Robert Emmet Rodes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1831 - Amelia Barr, writer
1848 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War
1867 - Cy [Denton True] Young, Gilmore Ohio, pitcher (511 wins, 1890-1911)
1869 - Ales Hrdlicka, US, anthropologist/curator (US National Museum)
1869 - Edwin Lutyens, architect, London
1871 - Tom Hayward, cricketer (great England batsman of the Golden Age)
1875 - Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33)
1875 - Paul Rubens, composer
1876 - Jan Ingenhoven, composer
1876 - Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist
1883 - Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Micromanometric analysis)
1886 - Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer
1888 - Adrianus M de Jong, Dutch writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak)
1888 - James E Casey, founder (United Parcel Service)
1889 - Howard Lindsay, Waterford NY, playwright/actor/dir (State of Union)
1889 - Warner Baxter, Columbus OH, actor (In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid)
1891 - Ivan Goll, writer
1892 - Jązsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal
1895 - Ernest Jnger, German philosopher (Anschwellender Bocksgesang)
1898 - Cecil Lewis, airman/writer

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1901 - Frans U Kailas, Finnish poet
1902 - Marcel Aym‚, French writer (Jument Verte)
1902 - Onslow Stevens, LA Calif, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life)
1902 - William Walton, England, composer (Troilus & Cressida, Wise Virgins)
1905 - Annunzio Mantovani, Venice Italy, orch leader (Mantovani)
1906 - E Power Biggs, Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS)
1908 - Arthur O'Connell, NYC, actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years)
1908 - Dennis O'Keefe, Fort Madison IA, actor/dir (T-Men, Fighting Seabees)
1909 - Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock)
1909 - Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke)
1911 - Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu)
1913 - Jack Jones, British trade unionist (CH)
1913 - Niall MacGinnis, Dublin Ireland, actor (Curse of the Demon)
1913 - Phil Foster, Bkln NY, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley)
1914 - Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author (about secret service)
1915 - George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist
1916 - Eugene J McCarthy, Watkins Minn, (Sen-D-Minn, pres candidate 1968)
1916 - John Paul, Governor-General (Bahamas)
1917 - Arthur Knight, CEO (Courtaulds)
1917 - Man O'War, racehorse (winner of 20 out of 21 races & $249,465)
1918 - John Read, CEO (TSB Group)
1918 - Pearl Bailey, Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly)
1918 - Sam Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart)
1919 - Eileen Heckart, Columbus Ohio, actress (Doll's House, Trauma Center)
1921 - Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant (South Yorkshire)
1921 - Sam Loxton, cricketer (flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's)
1923 - Julia Montgomery Walsh, political consultant/writer
1924 - Jules de Corte, blind Dutch ballad singer
1925 - Emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)
1925 - Lord Justice Beldam
1927 - Arthur Ravenel Jr, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
1927 - John McLaughlin, TV commentator (McLaughlin Group)
1927 - John Vane, FRS/pharmacologist
1927 - Lord Ross

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1928 - Vaclav Felix, composer
1929 - Ronald Clive Williams, actor/comedian
1929 - Sheila Kitzinger, author, anthropologist & child birth educator
1930 - Donny Conn, rocker (Playmates)
1930 - G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler (2 Tests India v NZ 1955-56)
1930 - Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, marquis of Hertford
1930 - Marquess of Hertford
1931 - Evelyn de Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire
1931 - James Weatherhead, moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1931 - Lord Tebbit, British CH
1931 - Sylvia Law, British town planner
1934 - Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, composer
1935 - Ruby Murray, Irish pop singer (Softly Softly)
1936 - Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer
1937 - Anne Stoddart, diplomat
1937 - Billy Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of Pres Carter
1938 - Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA)
1938 - Margaret Howard, British broadcaster
1939 - Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut)
1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature)
1940 - Raymond Davis, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
1941 - Terence Hill, Venice Italy, actor (Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity)
1942 - Larry Pressler, (Sen-R-SD, 1979- )
1943 - Eric Idle, England, comedian/actor (Monty Python)
1943 - John Major, British PM (C, 1990-97)
1943 - Vangelis, [Papathanasiou], composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire)
1944 - James Diggle, FBA, classicist
1944 - John Suchet, British TV journalist (Independent TV News)
1945 - Julie Goodyear, British actress (Bet Lynch-Coronation Street)
1945 - Walt "Clyde" Frazier, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
1945 - Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show)
1946 - Bruce Weber, director (Broken Noses)
1946 - Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest
1947 - Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3, 8, 14, 20)
1947 - Bobby Kimball, [Robert Toteaux], Vinton LA, rocker (Toto-Roseann)
1947 - Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder (Iceland Frozen Foods)
1948 - Bud Cort, New Rochelle NY, actor/director (Electric Dreams, M*A*S*H)
1949 - Michael Brecker, rocker (Brecker Brothers)
1949 - Uton Dowe, cricketer (WI pace bowler 1972-73 "Dowe shall not bowl")
1951 - Barry Goudreau, rocker
1951 - Geoff Howarth, cricketer (NZ captain early 80's)

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1952 - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1954 - Karen Anne Quinlan, NJ, famous comatose patient (right to die case)
1955 - Christopher Lawford, actor (Charlie Brent-All My Children)
1955 - Dianne Kay, Phoenix Az, actress (Nancy-8 is Enough, Reggie, Glitter)
1955 - Earl Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans, 1977 Heisman)
1955 - Henry Bellingham, MP
1956 - Kurt Thomas, US, gymnist (Olympics), actor (Gymkata)
1956 - LaToya Jackson, singer (If You Feel the Funk)/posed for Playboy
1956 - Lisa J Allen, TV reporter/lawyer
1956 - Sue Fogleman, LPGA golfer
1957 - Christopher Lambert, actor (Highlander, Subway, Greystoke, Why Me)
1958 - Fiona Reynolds, director/Council for Protection of Rural England
1959 - Brad McCrimmon, Dodsland, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1959 - Marina Sirtis, London, actress (Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1961 - Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio)
1961 - Mike Kingery, St James MN, outfielder (Pitts Pirates)
1962 - Kirk Alan Triplett, Moses Lake WA, PGA golfer (1992 Shell Houston-2nd)
1964 - Elle MacPherson, Sydney Austrailia, model (SI)/actress (Sirens)
1964 - Jill Goodacre Connick, Lubbock Texas, model (Victoria Secrets)
1966 - Dwayne Harper, NFL cornerback (SD Chargers)
1966 - Eric Gunderson, Portland OR, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1966 - Robb Thomas, NFL receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1967 - Brian Jordan, Baltimore MD, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1967 - Jerry Olsavsky, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
1968 - Chris Calloway, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
1968 - James Williams, NFL tackle (Chic Bears)
1969 - Darren Chandler, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1969 - James Atkin, rocker (EMF-Unbelievable)
1969 - Jeff Blackshear, guard (Baltimore Ravens)
1969 - Jimmy Spencer, NFL cornerback (NO Saints, Cincinnati Bengals)
1969 - Kai Nurminen, Turku FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
1969 - Perry Farrell, rocker (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros)
1969 - [Jane] Kim[berly] Batten, McRae Georgia, 400m hurdler (Oly-silver-96)
1971 - Lennart van Reen, son of author Ton v R/publisher Corrie Zelen
1971 - Ryan Mark Lambert
1972 - Alex Ochoa, Miami FL, outfielder (NY Mets)
1972 - John Rothell, Titusville Florida, 400m hurdler
1972 - Paul Michael Kent, Australia, NZ breastroker (Olympics-96)
1972 - Trevor Kidd, Dugald, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames)
1973 - Brad Bridgewater, US, 200m backstroke (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - John Oppio, Sparks Nevada, double trap (Olympics-1996)
1973 - Marc Overmars, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1973 - Mark Platt, Peterborough Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1975 - Christopher Yule, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1976 - Jennifer Capriati, Long Is NY, tennis pro (Oly-gold-92)
1987 - 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins
2334 - Beverly Crusher, Copernicus Luna, fictional doctor-Star Trek Next Gen
2336 - Deanna Troi, Betazed, fictional counsellor-Star Trek Next Generation
Famous deaths for this day ..

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Magnet
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Panicking when her toddler swallowing a tiny magnet; my sister, Betty, rushed him to the emergency room.

"He'll be fine," the doctor promised her. "The magnet should pass through his system in a day or two."

"How will I be sure?" she pressed.

"Well," the doctor suggested, "you could stick him on the refrigerator. When he falls off, you'll know."