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On this day in history ..
0767 - St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1119 - Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeat French Crusaders
1245 - 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens
1461 - Edward IV crowned king of England
1485 - Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Neth
1519 - King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V
1524 - Duke van Bourbon occupies Province
1575 - Spanish troops conquer Buren
1583 - Duke French van Valois returns to France
1593 - Earl Mauritius conquerors Geertruidenberg
1629 - Peace of AlŠs: Rights of French huguenots limited
1635 - French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
1675 - Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden
1748 - Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
1762 - 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
1762 - Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power
1770 - Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1776 - Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack
1778 - Battle of Monmouth, NJ (Gen Washington beats Clinton)
1778 - Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots
1807 - British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina
1820 - Tomato is proven non-poisonous
1832 - Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns
1838 - Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey
1859 - 1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England)
1861 - Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest
1862 - Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, VA
1869 - Amsterdam typographer strike
1874 - Freedmen's Bank closes
1887 - Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0
1892 - Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories
1894 - Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday
1895 - El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua form Central American Union
1897 - Marquis C de Bonchamps' expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia

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1902 - Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
1902 - US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
1904 - International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam
1907 - Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey
1909 - 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens
1911 - Joseph Caillaux forms govt in France
1914 - Austria invades Siberia (WW I)
1917 - Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
1917 - Raggedy Ann doll invented
1918 - 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
1919 - Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees
1919 - Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence
1919 - Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France
1923 - Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th
1923 - Queen Wilhelmina & Prince Henry for state visit to London
1924 - Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's
1924 - Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio & Lorain Ohio, killing 93
1928 - Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention
1928 - Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
1930 - 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on KC Monarchs
1934 - Hitler flies to Essen (Night of Long Knifes)
1935 - Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673
1935 - FDR ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky
1938 - Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's
1938 - Queen Victoria ascends to British throne
1939 - Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 - Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
1939 - Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
1940 - "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
1941 - German & Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
1941 - German troops occupy Galicia Poland
1942 - Col-gen Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj
1942 - Dumont TV network begins (WABD NY)
1945 - Polish Provisional Govt of National Unity set up by Soviets
1946 - Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st pres of Italy
1946 - Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleve Indians games begins
1947 - "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
1948 - US/British airlift to West-Berlin begins
1950 - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 perfs
1950 - North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea [or 1/4/1951?]
1951 - "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
1953 - 8th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1954 - 111øF (44øC) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1956 - 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago Ill
1956 - Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die
1957 - Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters
1957 - Frick overrules & names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team
1958 - Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
1958 - Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6)
1959 - Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)

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1960 - 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
1961 - Phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie
1962 - Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands
1963 - Belaunde Terry inaugurated as pres of Peru
1963 - Khrushchev visits East-Berlin
1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waldemar Golf Open
1964 - Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in NY by Malcolm X
1965 - 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by Pres Johnson
1965 - Princess Beatrice & Claus von Amsberg announce engagement
1966 - Ernie Terrel beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title
1967 - George Harrison is fined œ6 for speeding
1967 - Israel annexes East Jerusalem
1968 - Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
1969 - John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
1970 - Mary Mills wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open
1971 - Fillmore East closes
1971 - Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs & no-hits Reds
1971 - Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali
1973 - Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule
1973 - Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis & Althea Gibson elected
1974 - Fall of earth & rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1974 - Wings release "Band on the Run" & "Zoo Gang" in UK
1975 - David Bowie releases "Fame"
1975 - Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill)
1976 - 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo
1976 - Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda
1977 - Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
1977 - Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1978 - UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
1978 - Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
1979 - OPEC raises oil prices 24%
1980 - NYC transit fare rises from 50› to 60›

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1981 - "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 165 performances
1981 - 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
1981 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
1982 - Prince Chuck & Lady Di name their baby "William"
1983 - Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3
1983 - NASA launches Galaxy-A
1985 - Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
1986 - Irish population condemns divorce
1986 - Kenneth & Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
1987 - "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
1987 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1987 - Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
1988 - Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
1990 - 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards
1990 - Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time
1992 - "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 18 performances
1992 - 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock Calif
1992 - Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
1992 - Italian govt of Amato forms
1992 - LA Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down
1992 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1992 - Pres Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch
1992 - US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1993 - Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm
1993 - Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
1993 - NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Neth
1993 - Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught & most HRs by a catcher
1994 - NY Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges
1995 - NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
1996 - "Nutty Professor," starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA
1997 - "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater NYC after 601 performances
1997 - "Steel Peer," closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 76 perfs
1997 - TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
1998 - wins ShopRite LPGA Classic

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1367 - Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia
1476 - Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59)
1490 - Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal
1547 - Cristofano Malvezzi, composer
1550 - John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator
1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, Siegen, Flemish Baroque painter (Circumcision)
1586 - Paul Siefert, composer
1712 - Jean Jacques Rousseau, France, composer/social contractor (Confession)
1734 - Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer
1787 - Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces
1806 - Napoleon Coste, composer
1808 - Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican
1812 - Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter
1816 - Jacob P P baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Min Foreign Affairs (1852-53)
1824 - Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro (located speech center)
1824 - William Tatus Wofford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
1825 - Richard ACE Erlenmeyer, German chemist (Erlenemyer kolf)
1831 - Joseph Joachim, Kittsee Germany, violinist (Hungarian Concerto)
1847 - Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer
1852 - Hans Huber, composer
1853 - Edwin Arthur Jones, composer
1865 - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist (Remarkable Stories)
1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer (6 Characters-Nobel 1934)
1867 - William Courtleigh, Guelph Ontario, actor (Eyes of Youth, Madame X)
1873 - Alexis Carrel, France, surgeon/sociologist/biologist (Nobel 1912)
1874 - Oley Speaks, composer
1879 - Sigurd von Koch, composer
1885 - Berthold Viertel, writer
1885 - Giuseppe Mule, composer
1886 - Joe Cox, cricketer (S African pace bowler in 1913-14 series v England)
1887 - Boleslav Vomacka, composer
1888 - George Challenor, cricketer (pioneering West Indian batsman)
1889 - Frank Mayo, silent screen actor (Burning Gold, Hell's Headquarters)
1892 - Edward H Carr, England, historian (History of Soviet Russia)
1893 - Luciano Gallet, composer
1893 - Nils Bjorkander, composer
1894 - Lois Wilson, Pitts Pa, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family)
1895 - Kazimierz Sikorski, composer
1897 - Jacobus J E Hondius, graphic artist

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1900 - Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Kordian into Cham)
1902 - John Dillinger, US bank robber (public enemy #1)
1902 - Pierre Brunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)
1902 - Richard Rodgers, Hammels Station NY, composer (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
1903 - Alan Bunce, Westfield NJ, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert)
1904 - Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer
1906 - Maria Goeppert Mayer, US atomic physicist (Nobel 1963)
1906 - Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator
1906 - Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian
1907 - Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer (La civilisation du phoque)
1908 - James L Reinsch, media-adviser (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy)
1909 - Arnold Shaw, composer
1909 - Eric Ambler, London, suspense writer (Epitaph for a Spy)
1909 - French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist
1912 - Audrey Langford, singing teacher
1912 - Carl F von Weisz„cker, German physicist/philosopher
1912 - Sergiu Celibidache, conductor
1913 - George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman)
1914 - Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player
1914 - Lester Raymond Flatt, TN, bluegrass (Earl-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
1917 - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady)
1918 - Bert Schierbeek, [Lambertus], Dutch writer/poet (Cross Roads)
1921 - P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- )
1922 - Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset)
1923 - Lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948)
1924 - Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host
1925 - Giselher W Kleber, German (opera)composer (Die R„uber)
1926 - Mel Brooks, NYC, comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs)
1926 - Robert Shelton Shapiro, journalist
1927 - Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian
1928 - Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist
1928 - Peter Heine, cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's)
1928 - Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor
1929 - Don Dubbins, Brooklyn, actor (Enchanted Island, Fix)
1930 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Karetnikov, composer
1933 - Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, composer
1933 - Pat Morita, Berkeley CA, actor (Happy Days, Karate Kid)
1934 - Carl M Levin, (Sen-D Michigan, 1979- )
1934 - Roy Gilchrist, cricketer (volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s)
1936 - Bill Orton, (Rep-R-UT, 1983- )
1936 - Gisela Kraft, writer

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1936 - Major R Owens, (Rep-D-NY)
1936 - Peter Hall, folklorist/musician
1938 - Leon E Panetta, (Rep-D-CA, 1977- )
1942 - "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, sec-gen (S Africa Communist Party)
1942 - Jim Kolbe, (Rep-R-AZ, 1985- )
1942 - Sjoukje Dijkstra, Holland, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 - Bobby Harrison, England, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
1943 - Ed Pastor, (Rep-D-Arizona)
1945 - Dave Knights, London, rock bassist (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
1945 - Jane Harmon, (Rep-D-California)
1946 - Bruce Davison, Phila, actor (Capt Wyler-Hunter, Willard, High Risk)
1946 - Gilda Radner, Detroit Mich, actress (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon)
1946 - John "Mike" Lounge, Denver Colo, astr (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35)
1946 - Robert L Asprin, US, sci-fi writer (Thieves World, Cold Cash War)
1946 - Robert Xavier Rodriguez, composer
1947 - Mark Helprin, US writer
1947 - Patrick Kincaid, who wrote the TODAY program; send him a card
1948 - Kathy Bates, Memphis TN, academy award winning actress (Misery)
1949 - Don Baylor, Tx, baseball player (Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP)
1949 - Edward Totah, art dealer
1950 - Ken Arthur, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian runner (200m world record)
1954 - Alice Krige, South Africa, actress (Chariots of Fire, Ladykiller)
1954 - Ava Barber, Knoxville Tn, country singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
1955 - Mitch Addock, Macon MS, Nike golfer (1992 BC Open-11th)
1955 - Nikolai Simyatov, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1976)
1958 - Oran "Juice" Jones, rocker (Curiosity, Here I Go Again)
1958 - Sergei Shakrai, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
1960 - John Elway, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1961 - Jay Schroeder, NFL quarterback (Wash Redskins, LA Raiders)
1961 - Jeff Malone, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Miami Heat)
1962 - Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, Romania, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1984)
1963 - Allen Pitts, CFL slot back (Calgary Stampeders)
1963 - Andy Cousin, rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet & Other Stories)
1964 - Bryan Barker, NFL punter (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1964 - Stephanie Maynor, Chester England, golfer (1995 PING Welch's-13th)
1964 - Susan Mascarin, Detroit Mich, tennis star
1965 - Michele Timms, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury, Olympics-1988, 96)
1966 - Andrew Lang, NBA center (Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks)
1966 - John Cusack, Chicago, actor (Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead)
1966 - Mary Stuart Masterson, Houston Tx, actress (Some Kind of Wonderful)
1966 - Mike Bellamy, WLAF receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1967 - Anthony Smith, NFL defensive end (Oakland Raiders)

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1969 - Tichina Arnold, Queens, actress (Ryan's Hope, Sharla-All My Children)
1970 - Mushtaq Ahmed, cricketer (prodigious Pakistani leggie 1990-)
1970 - [Jack] Stephen Burton, Indianapolis, actor (Chris-Out of this World)
1971 - Aileen Quinn, actress (Annie)
1971 - Bobby Hurley, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
1971 - Gary Downs, NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
1971 - Greg Evans, NFL/WLAF safety (Buffalo Bills, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Greg Keagle, Corning NY, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1971 - Jeff Cothran, NFL fullback (Cin Bengals)
1972 - Arie van de Padt, Dutch soccer player (Tonegido, Sparta)
1972 - Eric Johnson, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Jerry Colquitt, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Kelly Wiltshire, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Marvin Jones, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
1972 - Ryan Fujita, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1973 - Alberto Berastegui, Spain, tennis star
1973 - Brian Maisonneuve, Detroit Mich, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - Ingrid Seynhaeve, Brussels Belgium, model (Look of the Year 1991)
1974 - Atilla Buday, Budapest Hungary, Canadian canoeist (Olympics-96)
1974 - Josh[ua] Crosby, Manchester Mass, rower (Olympics-1996)
1974 - Karim Abdul-Jabaar, running back (Miami Dolphins)
1975 - Chad Green, Dunkirk NY, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1977 - Lindsay Lee, Okla City Okla, tennis star (1995 Futures-Woodlands TX)
1979 - ? Papajohn, Englewood Co, 1996 US Ladies' Figure Champion

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Sound  Like a Frog
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There were three little boys visiting their grandparents.

The oldest came out and asked his grandpa, "Can you make a sound
like a frog, Grandpappy?

Grandpa (being in a kind of ill mood) responds, "No, I don't really
want to make the sound of a frog now."

So, the second little boy comes out and asks his grandfather, "Will
you please make a sound like a frog?"

Grandpa again says, "No, not now. I don't really want to do that.
I'm in a grumpy mood. Maybe later."

Then the third little boy comes out and says, "Grandpa, oh please...
Please, please will you make a sound like a frog?"

"Why do all of you boys want me to make a sound like a frog?" Grandpa
asked.

The little boy replied with a hopeful face, "Well, Mom said that when
you croak, we get to go to Disney World!"

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

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Time for a couple of sheesh's.

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Good Egg
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A chicken and an egg are lying in bed.

The chicken is leaning against the headboard smoking a cigarette,
with a satisfied smile on its face. The egg, looking a bit pissed
off, grabs the sheet, rolls over, and says,

"Well, I guess we finally answered THAT question!"

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Time for a couple of sheesh's.

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