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[Travellin Dave]

Jamming' day 2!

[Travellin Dave]

Bueso's on the sis and golfin' Dave is off the grid...

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          5/19.50
 2 Romeo y Julieta Vintage
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 1 Oliva Connecticut Reserve
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Good morning guys.

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On this day in history ..
0556 - Pelagius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1346 - King Stefanus IX of Serbia proclaims himself czar of Greece
1509 - French army under Louis XII enters Alps
1521 - Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms
1632 - Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander
1705 - Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College
1724 - 1st Easter observed (OS=Apr 9)
1746 - Battle at Culloden: Troops of "James VIII & III" defeat Charles Stuart
1777 - Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout Brits
1787 - 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in NYC
1789 - George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration
1818 - Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border)
1849 - Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris
1854 - Franz Liszt's "Mazeppa," premieres
1854 - San Salvador destroyed by earthquake
1854 - Steamer "Long Beach" sinks off Long Beach NY, 311 die
1861 - US president Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states
1862 - Pres Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35
1862 - Slavery abolished in District of Columbia
1862 - US Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years)
1865 - Battle of Columbus & West Point, GA (Ft Tyler)
1866 - Karakozov attempts to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia
1866 - Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo & Co office explodes
1868 - Louisiana voters approve new constitution
1869 - Ebenezer Bassett, 1st US Negro diplomat, begins service in Haiti
1870 - Vaudeville Theatre Strand opens in London
1871 - German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
1874 - Dr David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton
1883 - Paul Kruger chosen president of Transvaal
1888 - Drentse & Friese peat cutters go on strike

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1900 - US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
1908 - Natural Bridges National Monument forms (Lake Powell Utah)
1912 - Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel
1912 - Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers 2nd base)
1917 - Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution
1921 - Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague
1922 - Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row
1922 - Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, a women's record
1922 - German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized
1924 - 1st radio-transmission of wireless: Matth„us Passion
1924 - Child labor laws strengthened in Holland
1926 - Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" & "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner
1929 - Cleve Indian Earl Averill, becomes 1st AL to hit a HR on 1st at bat
1929 - NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
1935 - 1st radio broadcast of "Fibber McGee & Molly"
1935 - Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR
1938 - Great-Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
1939 - Stalin requests British, French & Russian anti-nazi pact
1939 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
1940 - 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)
1940 - Cleve Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0
1940 - Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro
1941 - Little Theater at Adelphi Strand closes
1942 - Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
1942 - King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta
1943 - 40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem Neth (85 killed)
1945 - German troops in Groningen surrender
1945 - Red Army begins Battle of Berlin
1945 - US troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WW II
1945 - US troops land on He Shima Okinawa
1946 - 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt
1946 - NSB mayor of Rotterdam Neth, FE Mller sentence to 100 years in jail
1947 - -17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
1947 - Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
1947 - Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx
1948 - Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris
1949 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games

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1951 - British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75
1952 - "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances
1953 - British royal yacht Britannica taken out of service
1953 - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Palm Springs Golf Open
1953 - Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game
1953 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1953 - WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3
1956 - 1st solar powered radios go on sale
1957 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
1957 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 - 22nd Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 284
1958 - French govt of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis
1959 - "Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 44 perfs
1959 - Datu Abdul Rozak inaugurated as premier of Malaysia federation
1959 - NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard
1959 - Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit
1961 - 15th Tony Awards: Becket & Bye Bye Birdie win
1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1961 - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
1962 - Brazil nationalizes US businesses
1962 - Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News
1964 - 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
1964 - Geraldine Mock of US is 1st woman to fly solo round the world
1965 - Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
1966 - Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1967 - "Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs
1967 - Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings
1970 - 70 die in a snow crush (France)
1972 - "That's Entertainment" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1972 - 1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock
1972 - 2 giants pandas arrive in US, from China
1972 - Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1972 - Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0
1972 - China sends 2 giant pandas to US
1974 - "Words & Music" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances

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1974 - 200,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam I in Ontario Calif
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 - Cambodian Red Khmer occupy Phnom Penh
1977 - Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
1978 - "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA NYC after 21 perfs
1978 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1978 - St Louis Card Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0
1979 - 15th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks & Mets tie 1-1
1979 - 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:27
1979 - 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15
1979 - Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1979 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Sam Shepard for "Buried child"
1980 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
1980 - Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
1980 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 - "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances
1981 - Columbia space shuttle returns [04/24]
1982 - Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
1983 - Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
1984 - 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of NZ in 2:29:28
1984 - 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34
1984 - Oakland A Dave Kingman hits 3 HRs including a grand slam
1984 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive"
1985 - "Grind" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 79 performances
1985 - Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2
1986 - To dispel rumors he's dead, Moammar Gadhafi appears on TV
1986 - West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
1987 - August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama
1987 - FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
1987 - Howard Stern & Infinity Broadcasting are warned by FCC
1987 - Michael Jordon, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
1987 - Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction

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1987 - Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences"
1989 - 1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins
1989 - Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world
1989 - Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
1989 - Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28)
1990 - "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances
1990 - 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23
1990 - 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19
1990 - Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week
1990 - Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977
1991 - M Leander & E Seago's musical "Matador," premieres in London
1991 - St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
1992 - "Metro" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 13 performances
1992 - 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
1992 - Afghanistan president Najibullah resigns
1992 - NY Rangers win team record 50th game
1993 - Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
1994 - Circus performers Marissa Young (24) & Matt Richardson (21) wed
1994 - Singer Harry Connick Jr (26) weds model Jill Goodare (30)
1995 - 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1628 - Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice admiral of Zealand
1635 - Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter
1648 - John Luyken, poet/etcher (Duytse Lyre)
1652 - Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope (1730-40)
1660 - Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)
1673 - Francesco Feroci, composer
1682 - John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
1696 - Giovanni Battista Tupolo, Italian painter
1697 - Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer
1703 - Caffarelli, [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castra singer/duke
1728 - Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist
1800 - Jozef Stefani, composer
1800 - William Chambers, author/publisher (Basis of Communication & Coding)
1808 - Caleb Blood Smith, Secy Int (Union), died in 1864
1816 - Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army)
1820 - Georg Curtius, German classical linguist
1821 - Ford Maddox Brown, painter
1823 - Mother Joseph, [Esther Pariseau], religious leader (US capitol)
1823 - Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1907
1832 - John A Neuhuys, painter
1838 - Karel Bendl, composer
1844 - Anatole France, writer (Tha‹s, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921)
1850 - Herbert Baxter Adams, US, historian (American Historical Assn)
1851 - Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist
1861 - Isaac Murphy, US jockey (won 628 races)
1867 - Jos‚ de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot/PR Secretary of Justice
1867 - Wilbur Wright, of aeronautical fame (Wright Brothers)
1868 - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer
1868 - Spottiswoode Aitken, Edinburgh Scot, actor (Eagle, Home Sweet Home)
1871 - John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the Sea)
1871 - Martin Lunssens, composer
1878 - R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903)
1881 - Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to US (1940-46)
1882 - Seth Bingham, composer
1885 - Leo Weiner, Hungary, composer (Fasching)
1886 - Ernst Th„lmann, German communist presidential candidate
1886 - Jekabs Graubins, composer
1886 - Konstantin Mostras, composer
1889 - Charlie Chaplin, (Tramp), comedian (City Lights)/IBM salesman
1893 - Federico Mompou, composer
1893 - Joseph Yasser, composer
1897 - Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer
1897 - Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)
1897 - John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
1898 - Marian Jordan, Peoria Ill, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly)

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1900 - Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home)
1901 - Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen)
1901 - Leo Poos, nazi police officer (caught Dutch underground agents)
1904 - Clifford Case, (Sen-R-NJ)
1904 - Fifi D'Orsay, Montreal, actress (Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary)
1904 - Lily Pons, Draguignan France, soprano diva (Hitting a New High)
1905 - John Lee-Barber, admiral
1906 - Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer
1906 - Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist
1906 - Marion Lloyd Vince, Bkln NY, fencer (National champ 1928, 31)
1906 - Pigmeat Markham, Durham NC, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In)
1909 - Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian
1911 - Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges movies)
1911 - William Stearn, botanist
1912 - David Langton, Scotland, actor (Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship)
1912 - John Halas, animator
1913 - Constance Shacklock, opera singer
1913 - Les Tremayne, London, actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds)
1913 - Lord Aberconway, CEO (John Brown & Co)
1914 - John Hodiak, Pittsburgh PA, actor (A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat)
1915 - Dany [Dani‰l S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic & water
1915 - Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer
1918 - Spike Milligan, India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers)
1919 - Merce Cunningham, choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus)
1920 - Barry Nelson, Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband)
1920 - Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor
1920 - John William Farr, Detroit, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
1920 - Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
1921 - Peter Ustinov, London, actor (Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd)
1922 - Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy)
1922 - Kingsley Amis, London, novelist (Lucky Jim, James Bond Dossier)
1922 - Leo Tindermans, British statesman
1924 - Geoffrey Johnson Smith, actor (Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games)
1924 - Henry Mancini, Cleveland, composer/conductor (Pink Panther)
1924 - John Harvey-Jones, CEO (ICI)

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1925 - Edie Adams, Kingston Pa, Mrs Ernie Kovacs (Murial Cigar), actress
1926 - Barbara Tizzard, British educator
1927 - Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus
1927 - Peter Mark Richman, Phila Pa, actor (Andrew-Dynasty)
1928 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Rams, Cards, Lions)
1929 - Roy Hamilton, singer (You'll Never Walk Alone)
1930 - Frank Page, British broadcaster/actor (Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer)
1930 - Herbie Mann, Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin')
1930 - John Robson, British ambassador (Norway)
1931 - Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1932 - Imre Polyak, Hungary, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1932 - Vince Hill, singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose)
1933 - Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster/actress (Cold Comfort Farm)
1933 - Joseph Bottoms, Santa Barbara, Calif, actor (Blind Date, Braker)
1933 - Perry Botkin Jr, NYC, orch leader (Bert Convy Show)
1934 - Brian Peppiatt, joint CEO (SG Warburg Securities)
1934 - Geoffrey Owen, British editor (Financial Times)
1934 - Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster
1934 - Robert Stigwood, producer (Saturday Night Fever, Grease)
1935 - Bobby Vinton, Pitts Pa, singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue)
1935 - Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist
1936 - James Rand, British judge (Advocate General)
1938 - Michael Hirst, chief constable (Leicestershire England)
1939 - Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster
1939 - Dusty Springfield, [Mary O'Brien], London, vocalist (Growing Pains)
1939 - John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician
1939 - Margaretha de Boer, Dutch minister (PvdA)
1939 - Reinier Lucassen, Dutch painter (Kuifje contra James Union)
1940 - David Holford, cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder)
1940 - Lord Camoys, deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1940 - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972- )
1940 - Paul Cox, actor (Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me)

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1940 - Queen Margrethe II, of Denmark
1940 - Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer
1941 - Cliff Stearns, (Rep-R-Florida)
1943 - Ewald Vanvugt, author (Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love)
1943 - Johnny Watkins, cricketer (NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Aust)
1943 - Ruth Madoc, actress (Hi Di Hi)
1944 - Dennis Russell Davies, composer
1945 - Goran Antunac, Yugoslavia, International Chess Master (1975)
1945 - Stefan Grossman, NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie)
1947 - Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street)
1947 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor], NBA center (Mil Bucks, LA Lakers)
1950 - David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor (Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6)
1951 - John Bentley, rocker
1952 - Peter Westbrook, St Louis Mo, US fencer (Olympic-bronze-88, 92, 96)
1953 - Jay O Sanders, Austin TX, actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski)
1955 - Charlotte Morrison, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1955 - Ellen Barkin, Bronx NY, actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love)
1955 - Henri, Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg
1956 - David M Brown, Arlington Va, Cmdr USN/astronaut
1956 - Marty Dickerson, Middletown OH, golfer (1994 ShopRite Classic-22nd)
1958 - Philip Bainbridge, British cricketeer
1959 - Anne Kursinski, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96)
1961 - Selena, Texas, spanish singer (Grammy-1994)
1962 - David Pate, LA Cal, tennis star
1962 - Ian MacKaye, rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1962 - Jeanne Golay, Coral Gables Fla, cyclist (Olympics-16th-92, 96)
1963 - Garry Galley, Montreal, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
1963 - Hu Na, China, tennis star
1963 - Jimmy Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Donnie & Marie)
1963 - Nick Berry, Britain, actor (Wicksy-EastEnders)
1963 - Salim Malik, cricketer (memorable Pakistani & Essex batsman)