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Good morning guys.

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On this day in history ..
0756 - Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain
0884 - Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1004 - Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy
1213 - English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury
1248 - Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for K”ln cathedral
1492 - Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse
1525 - German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war
1536 - Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
1572 - Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes
1602 - Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
1610 - Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII ( as French king
1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law
1625 - 16 rebellious farmers hanged in V”cklamarkt Upper-Austria
1648 - Treaty of Mnster: Spain & Netherlands ratified
1665 - Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme
1672 - 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
1702 - War of Spanish Succession, 1st Amer conflict between England & France
1718 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
1730 - Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)
1796 - France & Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris
1796 - French troops occupy Milan
1800 - King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt
1800 - Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles
1817 - Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia
1829 - Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith
1836 - Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse
1849 - Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded
1851 - Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned
1856 - 2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized
1858 - Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London
1862 - -May 17] Battle of Princeton WV
1862 - Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Ft Darling), Virginia
1862 - Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London
1862 - Department of Agriculture created
1862 - Gen Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores
1862 - Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens
1864 - Battle of New Market, Virginia
1864 - Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
1868 - Dutch Govt of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls
1869 - National Woman Suffrage Assn forms
1876 - 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38¬
1882 - May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania
1883 - Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary & Germany
1885 - Canadian M‚ti insurgent Louis Reil captured, Saskatchewan
1891 - British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) forms
1891 - Jules Massenets opera "Griselde," premieres in Paris
1891 - Operations begin at Philips & Co in Holland
1891 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum
1894 - 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41
1896 - Tornado kills 78 in Texas

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1902 - Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft
1902 - Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola
1905 - Las Vegas Nevada founded
1905 - Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville
1906 - NY Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning
1911 - British house of commons accept Parliament Bill
1911 - Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates
1911 - Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)
1912 - 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6
1912 - Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended
1914 - Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris
1915 - A T & T becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders
1916 - Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
1918 - 1st airmail postal service (NY, Phila & Wash DC)
1918 - 1st regular airmail service (between NY & Wash) inaugurated
1918 - 43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6
1918 - 44th Preakness: Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare Jr wins in 1:53.4
1918 - Greeks troops lands at Smyrna
1918 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game
1919 - Bkln Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0
1920 - Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk
1923 - Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms
1926 - 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8
1926 - British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike
1928 - Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance
1929 - Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleve Ohio)
1930 - Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (SF to Cheyenne)
1931 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno
1933 - 1st voice amplification system to be used in US Senate
1934 - Dept of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive
1934 - Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia
1935 - Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
1936 - Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h
1937 - 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4
1938 - Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium
1940 - 1st nylon stockings sold in US
1940 - 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300
1940 - German armour division moves into Northern France
1940 - German troops occupy Amsterdam, Gen Winkelman surrenders
1940 - Nazi's capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)
1940 - Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (US)
1940 - Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris
1941 - 1st British turbojet flies
1941 - British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya
1941 - Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1
1941 - Nazi occupiers in Neth forbid Jewish music
1942 - Gasoline 1st rationed in US (17 Eastern States)
1942 - Nazi occupiers in Neth arrests 2,000 Dutch officers
1943 - Halifax bombers sinks U-463

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1943 - Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction
1944 - 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz
1944 - Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0
1944 - Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan
1944 - Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne
1948 - 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends
1948 - 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4
1948 - Australia scores 721 runs in one day v Essex, world record
1948 - Bradman scores 187 Aust v Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five
1948 - Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel
1951 - AT&T is 1st US company to have one million stockholders
1952 - Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks no-hits Wash Senators, 1-0
1952 - Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1953 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago
1953 - Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
1953 - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title
1954 - KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1955 - Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again
1955 - Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins
1955 - KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 - Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence
1957 - 18,000 people at Madison Sq Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
1957 - 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)
1958 - USSR launches Sputnik III
1959 - 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst & Williams Teams reenact the original contest
1960 - Chic Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
1960 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1960 - KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 - Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed
1960 - Taxes took 25% of earnings in US
1961 - "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19

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1961 - 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1961 - Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra
1962 - US marines arrive in Laos
1963 - Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1963 - Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
1963 - Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1964 - Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 - 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
1965 - Canadian Football Players Association organizes
1965 - Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1966 - 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex v Somerset
1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational
1966 - South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
1967 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1967 - Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
1968 - "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival
1968 - 1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 Calif win against Chicago
1968 - A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
1968 - Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host
1969 - Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
1970 - Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US
1970 - Elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named 1st female US generals
1970 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1970 - Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
1970 - South-Africa excluded from Olympic play
1971 - "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 35 performances
1971 - 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
1971 - Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
1972 - "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 6 performances
1972 - Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
1972 - George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Md
1972 - Ryukyu Is & Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 yrs of US control
1973 - Calif Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0
1974 - Mail truck terrorists take school in Ma„lot, 30 killed
1974 - Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president
1975 - 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
1975 - Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1976 - 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
1976 - Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1976 - Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91
1976 - Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85

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1977 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1980 - 1st trans-US balloon crossing
1980 - Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1980 - Shawn Weatherly, (SC (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA
1981 - "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs
1981 - 2nd City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC)
1981 - George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK
1981 - Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto
1981 - SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC
1981 - Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6
1982 - 108th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
1983 - Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1983 - Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
1985 - Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1986 - Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years
1987 - 1st Energiya Launch (USSR)
1987 - Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set
1988 - "Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 5 performances
1988 - "Gospel at Colonus" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 61 perfs
1988 - 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams & Tracey Ullman
1988 - Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan
1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1988 - Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan
1989 - "Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 44 performances
1989 - Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams & replace him with Cito Gaston
1989 - Soviet Pres Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs
1989 - US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
1989 - Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
1990 - "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 perfs
1990 - "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million
1990 - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45
1990 - Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
1990 - Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe
1991 - Defense releases docs claiming Noriega is "CIA's man in Panama"
1991 - Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier
1991 - Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1991 - Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns
1991 - Pres Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Balt Oriole game
1991 - Red Sox & White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)
1992 - Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy
1992 - NY dept store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores
1992 - Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue
1993 - 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6
1993 - Alamodome in San Antonio TX opens
1993 - Jane Seymour & James Kesch, Marriage
1993 - Montreal Expo retires their 1st #, #10 for Rusty Staub
1994 - 40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
1995 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1997 - ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com
1997 - STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission
1999 - 125th Preakness

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1565 - Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam
1567 - Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1754 - Pierre Dutillieu, composer
1759 - Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
1764 - Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer
1773 - Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince
1791 - Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
1795 - Adolf B Marx, German music theorist
1802 - Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1807 - Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer
1808 - Gottfried Herrmann, composer
1808 - Michael William Balfe, composer
1810 - Jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885
1813 - Stephen Heller, composer
1819 - Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 - Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1830 - Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)
1841 - Giovanni Bolzoni, composer
1845 - Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
1855 - Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)
1855 - Graf Keyserling, writer
1856 - Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
1859 - Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
1860 - Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson
1862 - Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
1865 - Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion)
1873 - Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS]
1878 - Francisco Pujol, composer
1880 - Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop (Confessional Church)
1883 - Stanley Robert Marchant, composer
1888 - Jean Wahl, French philosopher
1889 - Bessie Hillman, founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America)
1890 - Katherine Anne Porter, US, novelist (Ship of Fools)
1891 - Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima WA, US indian actor (Pony Soldier)
1891 - David Vogel, Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven)
1891 - Fritz Feigl, Austria, chemist (spot tests)
1891 - Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist (Black Snow)
1893 - Michel Gusikoff, composer
1893 - Stanley Lupino, English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes)
1894 - Jean Renoir, French director (La B‚te Humane) [or Sept 15]
1895 - Charles Lamont, SF CA, director (Abbott & Costello Go to Mars)
1897 - Casper H”weler, Dutch music critic
1898 - Arlette-Leonie Arletty, [Bathiat], Courbevoie France, actress (Maxime)

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1902 - Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chic)
1903 - Anny Ondra, Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman)
1904 - Clifton Fadiman, Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)
1904 - Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein, Sweden, equest dressage (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
1905 - Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse)
1907 - Josef Alexander, composer
1907 - Phillip Piratin, communist
1908 - Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)
1909 - James Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
1909 - Rodolfo Cornejo, composer
1910 - Constance Cummings, Wash, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour)
1910 - Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65) [or Apr 20]
1911 - Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy)
1911 - Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann)
1912 - Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer
1912 - Alexis Nihon, Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
1912 - Arthur Victor Berger, NYC, composer (Ideas of Order)
1914 - Jack Pepys, immunologist
1914 - Pierre Froidebise, composer
1915 - Maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service)
1915 - Paul A Samuelson, economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal)
1916 - Bill Williams, Bkln NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels)
1917 - Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist
1918 - Eddy Arnold, Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime)
1918 - Joseph Wiseman, Montr‚al, actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables)
1919 - Charles Palmer, cricketer (one Test 1955, later MCC president)
1920 - Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet
1922 - Enrico Berlinguer, Italian communist/sec-gen (CPI) [or May 25]
1923 - Richard Avedon, US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)
1924 - Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60)
1924 - Don Kenyon, cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55)
1924 - Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist
1924 - Ursula Thiess, Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano)
1925 - Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay, composer
1925 - Emmanuel Ghent, composer

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1925 - Jos Jacobs, Flemish director (Madonna of Nedermunster)
1926 - Anthony Shaffer, twin brother playwright (Sleuth)
1926 - Clermont Pepin, composer
1926 - Peter Shaffer, twin brother playwright (5 Finger Exercise, Equus)
1929 - Jack Flavell, cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
1930 - Jasper Johns, Augusta, Ga, painter/sculptor (Green Target)
1931 - David Healy, actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest)
1931 - F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice (VVD)
1932 - John Glen, Thames England, actor (Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire)
1934 - David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick
1935 - Ted Dexter, cricketer (in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's)
1936 - Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italy, singer/actress (Cinderfella)
1936 - Donald [Anthony] Moffitt, US, sci-fi author (Jupiter Theft)
1936 - Jean Balissat, composer
1936 - Paul Zindel, playwright (Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds)
1937 - Trini Lopez, Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer)
1938 - Lenny Welch, Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do)
1939 - Brian Hartley, mathematician
1940 - Beth Stone, LPGA golfer
1940 - Mireille Darc, Toulon France, actor (Week End, Hurried Man)
1940 - Paul Rudd, Boston Mass, actor (Conn Yankee in King Arthur's Court)
1941 - Cyril Cooray, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test umpire on intl panel)
1941 - K T Oslin, Crossett Ar, country singer (80's Ladies)
1941 - Lainie Kazan, Brooklyn, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust, Beaches)
1941 - Richard Edward Wilson, composer
1942 - Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-F)
1943 - Harve Brosten, comedy writer/producer/director (All in the Family)
1944 - Gunilla Hutton, Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)
1944 - Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1980)
1944 - Tich, rocker
1946 - Chazz Palminteri, Bronx NY, actor (Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale)
1947 - Graham Goble, Adelaide,Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band)
1948 - Brian Eno, Woodbridge England, rock keyboardist/singer (On Land)
1949 - Eric J Beekes, actor/singer (Hunk)
1949 - Frank L Culbertson Jr, Charleston SC, Cmdr USN/astro (STS-38)
1949 - Wendy Pritchard, Australian women's field hockey team manager (Oly-96)
1951 - Dennis Frederiksen, rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1952 - Rick Waits, baseball pitcher (Rangers, Indians, Twins)
1953 - George Brett, WV, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP)
1953 - Mike Oldfield, England, composer (Tubular Bells)
1954 - Bob Beauchemin, Winnipeg Canada, golfer (West Coast Open-1982, 83)
1955 - Lee Horsley, Muleshoe Tx, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston)
1956 - Alice Miller, Marysville CA, LPGA golfer (1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1959 - Andrew Eldritch, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)

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1961 - Anne Kelly, LPGA golfer
1963 - George Heidweiler, Suriname, Dutch painter
1963 - Grant Herslov, LA Calif, actor (Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof)
1964 - Pamela Dukes, Bronx NY, discus thrower
1964 - Pierre Trentin, France, 1K time trials (Olympic-gold-1968)
1965 - Dan Stryzinski, NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)
1965 - Glen Hnatiuk, Selkirk Manitoba, Nike golfer (1992 Mississippi Gulf)
1965 - Jeff Rochlin, Bkln NY, actor (Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps)
1966 - Paul Ysebaert, Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1967 - John Smoltz, Detroit MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young)
1967 - Omar Vizquel, Caracas Venezuela, shortstop (Seattle Mariners, Indians)
1968 - James "Jim" Neil, Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
1968 - Leroy Hoard, NFL running back (Cleve Browns, Minnesota Vikings)
1968 - Todd Porter, NJ, actor (Hamilton-Whiz Kids)
1969 - Emmitt Smith, running back (Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader)
1969 - Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 - Artie Smith, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
1970 - Cory Philpot, CFL running back (BC Lions)
1970 - Desmond Howard, NFL receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders)
1970 - Frank de Boer, Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
1970 - Keith Tower, NBA center (LA Clippers)
1970 - Prince Be, rapper (PM Dawn)
1970 - Rod Smith, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1970 - Ronald de Boer, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1970 - Tony Brown, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Scott Shipley, Bremerton Wash, slalom single kayak (Olympics-6th-96)
1972 - David Charvet, actor (Melrose Place)
1972 - Patrick Pothuizen, soccer player (Vitesse)
1972 - Tirrell Greene, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Troy Drake, NFL tackle (Phila Eagles)
1973 - Suzannah Bianco, San Jose CA, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-alt-96)
1973 - Vic"Tori"a Davey Spelling, LA Ca, actress (Donna-Beverly Hills 90210)
1974 - A J Hinch, Wavely IA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 - Addilson dos Santos, soccer player (Sparta)
1974 - Ahmet Rodan Zappa, son of Frank/rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV)
1975 - Ray Lewis, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
1976 - Eric DuBose, Bradenton Fl, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1978 - Amy Chow, San Jose Calif, gymnast (Olympics-gold/silver-96)
1978 - David Krumholtz, NYC, actor (Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons)
1978 - Krissy Taylor, model
1981 - Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne

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Marketing Translations
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Cracking an international market is a goal of most growing corporations. It shouldn't be that hard, yet even the big multi-nationals run into trouble because of language and cultural differences. For example, observe the following examples below.

The name Coca-Cola in China was first rendered as Ke-kou-ke-la. Unfortunately, the Coke company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax" depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ko-kou-ko-le," which can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth."

In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" came out as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead."

Also in Chinese, the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan "finger-lickin' good" came out as "eat your fingers off."

The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, "Salem - Feeling Free," got translated in the Japanese market into "When smoking Salem, you feel so refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty."

When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it was apparently unaware that "no va" means "it won't go." After the company figured out why it wasn't selling any cars, it renamed the car in its Spanish markets to the Caribe.

When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to say "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." However, the company mistakenly thought the spanish word "embarazar" meant embarrass. Instead the ads said that "It wont leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."

An American t-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of the desired "I Saw the Pope" in Spanish, the shirts proclaimed "I Saw the Potato."

Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.

In Italy, a campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water translated the name into Schweppes Toilet Water.

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Time to hit the road for work, enjoy your day guys.

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Sheesh X 2.5!

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Sheesh, indeed. Morning, Chip.